From the archives: On the eve of war

This story was first published on Oct. 2, 2010, in the Montreal Gazette.
“There was a picturesque blending of military prowess and peaceful desires at the unveiling of the monument to King Edward the Peacemaker on Phillips Square yesterday morning.”
The Gazette, Friday, Oct. 2, 1914
No one could have escaped the day’s cruel irony. Here was a magnificent new statue to the late King Edward VII, Edward the Peacemaker, being unveiled in Phillips Square. Yet for several months, what