5 OCTOBER 1912, Page 18

Herr Kerr said : " The key is in your

own pockets France and Saturday, at a Conference at Bradford, of a National Society. England united are invulnerable. . . . Disunited—Heavens! of Free Workers. An admirable address was delivered on You will be at the mercy of Germany, and.war will Mimi the previous day by Mr. Mark Judge out the right of every

almost automatically." Whether Herr. Kerr does his country- men an injustice or not, we must remember that the German autocracy can make war without the sanction of the people. The maintenance of the Triple Entente is the only guarantee of peace. The key of peace is indeed in our own pocketa. We have always said this, and are very glad to find ourselves supported by the lively language of the German editor. Our pacificist readers will no doubt be inclined to describe Herr Kerr as a "brute," a disgrace to humanity, but we would ask them to remember that even if this is so it does not make what he says untrue. The only way to secure peace is to make the rulers of Germany recognize that it is not worth their while to fight.