THE DANGER OF WAR
TO TUB EDITOB OP THE PRESS. Sir,—lt is very gratifying to see In "The Press Junior" of to-day's issue a requotation of General Smuts' opinion about war with Germany, when speaking at the Institute of International Affairs. It serves as a very timely and healthy counteraction to Adam J. F. Mickle's somewhat ferocious letter on the above subject. The pity is we don't get more of the opinions of men like General Smuts in our
daily papers. Everyone knows how he is respected in the world to-day for his intimate knowledge of international affairs, his broad outlook, and sound judgment. It is quite time the armchair patriots ceased their fire-eating talk; it must be bad for the digestion and certainly causes naughty, horrid, distrustful, and spiteful feelings in others. I think this definition of a patriot I saw in a certain peace journal lately is rather apt: "A patriot is a person (often old) who is prepared to sacrifice your son for his country."—Yours, etc., A.M.C. November 15, 1934.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 8
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