May 2.
Whether or not the proposed arms embargo in connection with the long drawn out war, which is still being waged between Bolivia and Paraguay over the ownership fof the Gran Chaco, will have the required effect, the desire of the nations of the world to put a stop to this insensate struggle is decidedly a good indication of the manner in which public opinion throughout the world is being organized in favour of peace. It is, perhaps, unfortunate that other pressing problems, and possibly the difficulty of "covering it," have prevented the newspapers of the world from giving it that prom minence which in other days it would undoubtedly have received. The result has been that, broadly speaking, public opinion has been slow. in crystallizing and itis comparatively orly recently that there has accumulated sufficient support for the various Govern-
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