Who will believe what has been declared? Who will believe what lies ahead? Who can foretell the full results of the present conflicts?
All defies the imagination. Yet, reason declares that destructive powers lie in the hands of so many, all enemies of each other, having no trust in the other’s word.
The age of treaties is past. Why concede anything when great powers of destruction are available? The time of reason is past. The age of peace has ended. Only war remains. Nations are too powerful to submit to terms. Too selfish to accept narrow limits. Too avaricious to be satisfied with what they have.