THE CRIB AND A PARADOX.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 8

THE CRIB AND A PARADOX.

Mr. Semple and his colleague, Mr. fWebb, affirm the generally current opinion that amongst us are admiren *'f : » of Stalin. Now there must be ;; good in people capable of the noble emotion of admiration; especially in people gifted with so lively imagination as to find something to admire in tkit crafty little Georgian despot. To thee good people at this season of raerrifeeit among men of goodwill, roav I propound an obvious problem T After Lenirt horribly inglorious death, Radek, Rvkoff Bukharm. Zinovieff and almost all tks brilliant leaders of the Communis party were brutally butchered after frame-nn "trials" during which they were charged with being "in Germany's pav," and j "agents of Fascism." Yet to-day the cunning rascal, Stalin, who "liquidated? scores of possible competitors for the dictatorship of Soviet Russia, struts ? arm-in-arm with those same "German t swine" in a ruthless military invasion of the territories of non-aggressive Christian Stat»s! It seema not only that the leaders of the Communist party are guilty of detestable crimea aaainst society, but also that their brutality is an essential mark of Communist religion of Hate, Bet while bewildered admirers of Stalin eecretlY curse their idol for letting them &WK Christians are bound (hard is!) to pray for him, ae for all Yes, even when visiting that ancknt symbol of Love—the Crib. HUGH McHAIGH. I