The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

FINAL CHAPTER
The foregoing chapters were written before this
Great War commenced, and it must now be obvious
to all Freemasons how futile were the efforts of our
Deputy Grand Master, and the other Brothers, to
cement the bond of brotherhood for peace and
good-will with the Germans, at their various inter-
national meetings, although the terminology of
laudation on each side at the time was most
exaggerated. I drew attention to this in an article
published in The Freemason, asking the pertinent
question,
'
Had they succeeded in their object in
preventing the then threatened war? " as I and
others had done some years ago with the Brethren
of the United States of America, when the question
between us was " Shall there be war, or no war? "
The Brothers decided that there should be no war
then, or ever, between England and the United
States of America.
The question of our overtures of peace and good-
will to the Germans has now been answered in the
negative—and the Brethren throughout the world
will question why ;
also what will be the result and
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