(2) “That is a sign which I confess I regard as most ominous. For forty years it has been a platitude to say that ‘Europe is an armed camp,’ and for forty years it has been true that all the nations have been facing each other armed to the teeth, and that has been in some respects a guarantee of peace. Now, what do we see? Without any tangible reason we see the nations preparing new armaments. They cannot arm any more men on land, so they have to seek new armaments upon the sea, piling up these enormous preparations as if for some great Armageddon–and that in a time of profoundest peace.”
The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. March 1, 1910 Reprints p. 4572-4573