Article December 31, 1927 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from President Coolidge

[President Coolidge, as quoted in the Christian Herald, New York, New York]

A condition of understanding and good will among the people of the earth is very largely a state of the public mind. It is almost inconceivable that nations which have maintained friendly relations should all at once find themselves at war with each other. Armed conflict arises from a long series of misunderstandings and abuses which suddenly flare up on some unexpected provocation. Open hostility does not break out unannounced. It is a growth of long and assiduous cultivation. It cannot be doubted that people as a whole desire peace. They cannot long secure it if they are constantly harboring feelings of hostility. It is for these reasons that the public press, especially the daily newspapers and weekly periodicals, has such an enormous influence in creating a situation that brings the blessings of peace or is fraught with the perils of war.

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