POWER OF RELIGION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 251, 23 October 1935, Page 7

POWER OF RELIGION.

Archbishop on Keeping of World Peace. , CHURCHES BACK LEAGUE. (Received 12 noon:) LONDON, October 22. ' The Archbishop of Canterbury, in a statement made subsequent to a conference'representing the Church of England, the Evangelical Free Churches, the Salvation Army and the Scottish Churches, summarises its views as follows:— "We believe that the principle of collective responsibility for world peace, based on the League Covenant, is a practical application of Christianity which members of the League must Uphold. We therefore wholeheartedly BUpport the League's attitude in regard to the Abyssinian war, -and urge the League to arrange international conferences on more equitable distribution of the world's resources, on removal of trade barriers and on collective reduction of armaments to the lowest point .compatible with security. "We are convinced that spiritual power is the only one which in the last resort can maintain world peace."

COTTON SUPPLIES. ITALY BUYING IN EGYPT. (Received 11 a.m.) ALEXANDRIA, October 22. # In view ,of sanctions Italy is feverishly seeking to obtain cotton from Egypt, and has reversed its policy of refusing to pay cash. Every Alexandrian cotton exporter, including British, is rushing all available sjfppliea to Italy. ' • . .