A war which has for its object the conquest of political or religious liberty cannot be condemned even by the most confirmed pacificist.

The hours pass amid the clash of rumours and discordant voicesoptimist, pessimist, pacificist.

The professional pacificist has at times festered in the diseased tissue of almost every civilisation; but it is only within the last three-quarters of a century that he has been a serious menace to the peace of justice and righteousness.