MR. SHAW'S VISIT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1934, Page 6

MR. SHAW'S VISIT.

Will "ignoramus" please explain, to your readers why a religious test for entry into this (Dominion should be "perhaps excellent, but certainly impracticable"? Is not such * test impracticable because of the many flaws Mr. Shaw attributes to the various religions which are accepted without inquiry or knowledge by so many to-day? "Ignoramus^ , throws around the word "Communist." Does he propose to apply for the immediate expatriation of the Maori race, who have in the past practised Communism very fully, and do so to an extent to the present day? To cite Japane refusal to allow Mr. Shaw to land as a precedent for this Dominion is not very complimentary to New Zealanders, since Japan is one of the most backward countries in the world from a sociological point of view. And then the pardon—the platitudes : "Sir, all God-fearing and loyal subjects of His Majesty must shudder (burr-r-r-r) with apprehension at the impending threat to the tranquillity and harmony that reigns amongst us." Precisely the attitude oft the Pharisees toward Bonian rule in Palestine, under which they and their kind alone of the Jews benefited; neither Jesus nor Shaw speaks of "tranquillity and harmony" as existing when the terms cannot be applied to the outcast. To-day Paulinism has annexed the teachings of Jesus and corrupted them. Religions based on tradition, environment or fear are in no way allied to the Christianity of that combative person Jesus. It is obvious that your correspondent fears Mr. Shaw. How much" more would he have feared that Man Whose existence changed our calendar, if not our hearts? BONNE FOI.