PEACE AND REPORM.
A plea for the discussion now of peace aims is made in a symposium, “After the War,” by Baroness Ravensdale,, a peeress in her own right, who says: Many people feel that it is too early to discuss peace aims or a possible new world order. “Let us get on with the war,” they say, “and finish that before we consider peace and reforms.” They are, I think, wrong; for every new effort needs tending and watching like a plant which mltst not be withered by the blast of abuse before it has had time to show what blossom it will produce. Moreover,' if we wait until men and nations are weary and embittered, what sort of plan can we hope to establish? And should peace come sooner than we dare hope, are we ready foi it? Or shall we, lacking foundations, perforce erect a makeshift improvisation—and then for 20 years complain that we have missed another opportunity?
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 42, 29 November 1940, Page 4
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