It may, however, be doubted whether public opinion is sufficiently well informed to be capable of estimating the comparative gravity of the acts which are just now attracting attention.
Holland reflects on the challenges of public opinion in understanding complex international issues.
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Only compare the horrors of the Thirty Years' War with the struggles of modern times.
It is surely desirable that henceforth Great Britain should know, and that other nations should at least have the means of knowing, for certain, whether she is at war or at peace.
War is an element in the order of the world ordained by God.
To localise hostile pressure as far as possible, and to give to it such a character as shall restrict its incidence to the peccant State, is surely in the interest of the general good.
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