The return of the remaining pot tion of the Ford Peace Crusade cal attention to as gigantic a misconception of the facta of the situation in Europe as any public man hi ever made, Mr. Ford's great mistake was in believing that the nations of Europe wanted peace when in reality they wanted, and want, justice. Had Mr. Ford been able to secure the latter or bring about peace which should entail it, he would have been conferring an inestimable boon upon millions of humanity. That he failed merely added point to his misconception. Had the mere demand for peace called William of Orange from his trenches against the Duke of Alva, had Oliver Cromwell laid down the sword, the armies of Europe ceased their drawn out battles inst earlier individual attempts for European dominion, what sort of history should we be living through now lard to conceive that anything ed and all that Mr. Ford could have brought about by the success of mission would have been a pall tion of existing temporary condi tions and a period of renewal and preparation for a future and sterner struggle.
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