Referring to recent history, none asserted, for instance, that the Russo-Japanese war was a dishonour to Europe and Asia. It was fought out honourably on both sides. Peace was restored without leaving bitter and burning recollections in the minds of either peoples. And when Germany dishonoured herself and stained Humanity with blushing shame, both Russia and Japan joined together to avenge Civilization. Let us now see how Mr. Bourassa distorted the words of the Pope so as to use them for his own purpose of misrepresenting the true stand of the Allies, and more especially of England. The first sentence of his article dated, August 3, 1915, to be found at page 11 of the pamphlet, under the title: "_The Pope's Appeal_," reads thus:-- "_The anniversary of the hurling of the sanguinary fury which makes of Europe the shame of Humanity has inspired the Rulers of peoples with resounding words._" And after eulogizing the Pope's intervention, he adds:--"_that men will not hear his voice, drunk as they are with pride, revenge and blood_." This may be cunningly worded, but it should deceive nobody. One cannot help being indignant at the contemptible attempt to place the Allies on the same footing as the Central Empires with regard to the responsibility _in hurling the sanguinary fury in 1914_. The plain, incontrovertible, truth is that the outbreak of the war was a shame, not for Humanity, the victim of Teutonic treachery, but for Germany herself; whilst the sacred union of Belgium, France, England and their allies to resist the barbarous onslaught hurled at them all, was an honour for Civilization and the promise of an heroic redemption. At page 12 of the pamphlet, he closes the first paragraph with the following words:--"_since the fatal days when peoples supposed to be Christian hurled themselves at one another in a foolish rage of destruction, of revenge and hatred_." In French, it reads thus:--"_depuis le jour fatal ou les peuples soi-disant chretiens se sont rues les uns contre les autres, dans une rage folle de destruction, de vengeance et de haine_." Read as a whole, with the full meaning they were intended to convey, those words constitute a daring falsehood. Historical events of the highest importance cannot be construed at will. There are facts so positively true, and known to be such, that they should preclude any possibility of deceit. It is absolutely false that, _on a fatal day_ of mid-summer, 1914, _peoples hurled themselves at one another_. What really took place, in the glaring light of day, was that Germany, fully prepared for the fray, _hurled_ herself at weak Belgium, throwing to the waste basket the scraps of the solemn treaties by which she was in honour bound to respect Belgian neutrality. She had first opened the disastrous game by _hurling_ her vassal, Austria, at weak Servia.