Major Antedating of "Cold War"

[Mark A Mandel]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Fred Shapiro wrote:

#I have now found a much earlier example, earlier than any possible
#unpublished usage by Swope:
#
#1938 _Nation_ 26 Mar. 345  (heading) Hitler's Cold War.

How does the sense compare with that of the other cites?

-- Mark A. Mandel