ABSTRACT
THE TIMES ARE UNEASY. Only lately war's red shadow fell straight across Europe while the whole world caught its breath expecting the entire continent to blaze into war—a war that might mark the end of European civilization. A sigh came when the crisis passed; but the relief was only temporary. For we are far from the placidity of the Nineteenth Century. Today all the world is feverishly arming; powers have grouped, oriented, and aligned themselves, developed converging policies, and are pushing on to the day of final reckoning. War is not so far away.
