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Poor Prospects for Peace

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 26, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 9.

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Poor Prospects for Peace

By E. K. Slade

E. K. SLADE
A LEADING Paris paper, dated December 31, in reviewing the world's work for 1913, contained the following significant statements, which were reprinted in a recent number of the Cleveland Press:—
"Turkey has secured peace, but the Balkan States are still effervescent.
"Germany and Russia have become rivals over Asia Minor.
"Spain is enjoying an endemic political crisis.
"In Portugal a revolution is smoldering.
"Italy dreams of conquest, hoping to restore the prestige of the ancient Roman Empire.
"Austria is in the throes of internal race conflicts.
"China has awakened and is preparing mysteriously, while Japan is ready to champion the yellow race.
"Mexico is in the throes of a civil war, with brigandage of the worst description.
"The African continent is covered by France, Germany, and England."
"With all these volcanoes [the newspaper says that] peace in 1914 is assured"!
To the student of prophecy it is somewhat gratifying to observe that there are those who are not afflicted with that type of optimism which looks for universal peace in the near future in the face of conditions known to exist in nearly every land.
The spirit of strife and warfare that has actuated Turkey and her enemies during the past two years is not confined to any one locality, nor are the conditions in and about Turkey and in the other nations already named tapering off and merging into an epoch of peace. True to the prophecy contained in Rev. 16: 14, this war spirit is to "go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Armageddon is to be the outcome of the general unrest which is so apparent to this French writer.
The tendency toward war is not on the decline. In addition to these disturbances noted above, the abnormal preparations for war in all leading nations where peace prevails at present are no less significant. The amount of money thus spent by most nations is positively appalling. The arming of the nations must engage the attention of the whole world, yet peace is promised in the very near future by those who will not let the divine light of the Word enlighten them.
The statement, "China has awakened," signifies much in this connection. It serves to show that men of broad knowledge recognize conditions which the student of prophecy is warranted in looking for.
Mount Vernon, Ohio.