[Ads-l] Antedating of "Cold War" in General Sense

[Amy West]

On 5/29/23 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Sun, 28 May 2023 14:43:02 -0400
> From:    ADSGarson O'Toole<adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Antedating of "Cold War" in General Sense
>
> Interesting topic and excellent citations, Fred.
> The 1909 citation below might fit the general sense of "cold war".
>
> Date: April 7, 1909
> Newspaper: The Manchester Guardian
> Newspaper Location: Manchester, England
> Article: Labour and the "Navy Scare": A Resolution Moved by Mr. E.
> Bernstein, (Edward Bernstein)
> Quote Page 8, Column 2
> Database: Newspapers.com
> https://www.newspapers.com/image/258515580/?terms=%22cold%20war%22&match=1
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> If we look at it, what is this peace given to us by the ruling classes
> and by the parties in power at present in most of the countries?
> Peace, let us say, in bandages-(laughter),-peace that has written upon
> it "Very fragile"-(laughter),-peace rather like war in regard to its
> cost-(cheers),-peace, in fact, more costly than most of the wars of
> the past. In Germany it has been called "a cold war." It is a kind of
> Japanese duel, where each of the two duellists cuts his own
> throat."-(Cheers.)
> [End excerpt]

I think there's a bonus cit here for "Japanese duel," which is new to me 
(cue recency fallacy) and parallels "Mexican stand-off" . . . (?)

---Amy West

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