MORAL COURAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 254, 27 October 1938, Page 8

MORAL COURAGE.

Mr. C. Scott professes not to understand the phrase "moral heroism." and yet uses it himself as if lie did. After the most humiliating defeat a British force ever had, it required a degree of moral courage bordering the lieroie to withstand the popular clamour for revenge. I am old enough to have acquired the power to apprehend clearly the idea behind mere words. Mr. Scott, like the majority of _ our countrymen, has not. Has he no responsibility for the Treaty of Versailles? Xe\v Zealand skrned it. Are politicians invariably stupid? Mr. Scott must share their lack of sense, because he—and I—help to elect them. This critical disparagement is a common failing of the quidnuncs of all countries. Could Britain and France prevent Germany's return to power bv force? T think not. Xo nation goes to war to be defeated. I notice a question mark after the editorial caption "A Brighter Dawn?' International amity will certainly linger if we work for it individually, and newspapers are specially fitted to lead the wav. ALEXANDER ERASER-