RANDOM OPINIONS
Two Savings Asiatics, like all other human beings, attach as much importance to the saving—and filling— of stomachs as they do to the saving of “face.” —“Melbourne Argus.” i Kremlin’s Methods Whether or not the South Korean Republic succeeds in holding up the aggressors in their long-premeditated onslaught, the significance of this latest outrage by Communist imperialism must be plain to every independent nation, and not least to our oavii. It is that the Kremlin, if it sees the chance, will use naked force as readily as it uses the revolutionary conspirator. The democracies must be ready, at every hour, to deal Avith both. —“Sydney Morning Herald.” Atomic Energy Control It may Avell be that no atomic energy agreement will be possible until there is an over-all peace settlement. We may have to live with the failure to control atomic energy for the rest of our lives. If that is to be our lot, let us face it steadfastly and resolutely with faith in the civilisation Ave defend. The acid test of the strength of any society is the self-discipline of its adherents. —Bernard Baruch.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 259, 19 August 1950, Page 4
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