Russia as a Peace Advocate.
. » On tho Czar's order, Count Muravieff has banded to the Ambas sadora of the various Powers at St. Petersburg a proposal of international disarmament. The document says the maintenance of peace is the ideal towards which the endeavours of all Governments should be directed. Power ful alliances wera forged and military farces increased, regardless of sacrifice, without the desired paci fication, An armed peace was beiDg turned into a crushing burden and if prolonged would inevitable lead to a cataclysm, which he desired to avert. The conference, it says, would be a happy presage for the century about to open. The document has created a pro- | found pensation in Europe.
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Manawatu Herald, 1 September 1898, Page 2
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115Russia as a Peace Advocate. Manawatu Herald, 1 September 1898, Page 2
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