A PEACE HERO.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 6

A PEACE HERO.

s..\.w.il line- of lining!:! an- -ujigosted ' by the trngic and heroic end oi Mr. I Iv.-oy llnmkili'M, momber of '.he Now! South W.iles Assembly. Mr. Biooklicld ! was no rank and lile member. He! ill tract od much attention by his extreme; view, on social and economic questions, and the veiieme.-ue with which he expressed them. That the Red Fi.igwas' ihi-TNily ilhk to tight or die for was his avowed creed This brings us to the irony oi his end. That one *o akin to : the Hol-hevik- should have been slml by a KiHsian who. if he was mad. as apparently •> disciple <>f l.<-nin, is .i • M'liiplilication of tin' iron;. of fate. I'.ul th'Te is Romething n-ire s , . ril.iiig than ihis in tlie ir»-ed\. and il i.s an illustration of the truth Ihat peace has its heroism us ui-ll as war. To militarists who argue that war is necosary to preserve the connive of man, the reply is that peace afford" numerous opportunities for the display of courage and self sacritee. In grappling with l!iis armed and homicidal Uii-ian Mr. lirookliekt showed the kind of fearlessness and devotion that trains .i soldier decoration. Tile In-- of -o fearli's a man is mourned by political foes as well as friends. The party -y-tem may breed fierce antagonisms' in' the political arena, but in the presence of a tragedy like thi- the voice of fa. lion i- -tilled."and i!i»s C who d.sagreed with the victim ii is impossible to imagine dUagroemi'tit more violent than thai produced by Mr. ltrooklield's ■Ittitudc towards certain <]ui--tions - remember him .I,icily ;1 s „ ni.-in sincere in hi- beliefs who guve his life for otliere. ! . I