A Message of Peace & a Word of Warning — Page 9
A Message of Peace and a Word of Warning 9 imperialist regime and the triumph of Communism. The Russian Revolution which seems to have changed the course of history took place exactly in keeping with the prophetic utterances of the Promised Messiah as. It was in 1905 that he prophe- sied, on the basis of Divine revelation, that the Czar of Russia and his family and their system of Government would face dire distress and be destroyed. It is a strange coincidence that within months of this prophetic announcement the foundation of a political party was laid which, some 12 or 13 years later, destroyed the monarchy and the royal house of the Czars. The eventual rise of Communism and its vast ramifica- tions are too well known to need elabora- tion. Suffice it to say that the overthrow of the Czarist regime and the triumph of Communism in Russia and elsewhere is a tragic chapter of human history which makes painful reading but which can on no account be ignored. No country in the world, including your own, has been immune against its impact. But we are neither surprised nor upset at the way events have moved. Their intensity, speed, and direction