THE RULE OF LAW

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22182, 27 August 1937, Page 10

THE RULE OF LAW

UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION

ESSENTIAL

MR ARTHUR HENDERSON'S { VIEWS

(FSESS ASSOCIATION TELBQBAM.) WELLINGTON, August 26. Replying to the welcome given him at a civic reception to-day, Mr Arthur Henderson, a member of the British Parliament, emphasised the necessity for nations to recognise the rule of law instead of the rule of force. Unless they did that there would be a very poor outlook for civilisation.

The nations of the British Commonwealth were bound together by a common King, said Mr Henderson. He could not conceive that it would be possible for a war-to take place between Australia and New Zealand, or between New Zealand and the United Kingdom. What a pity the same thing could not obtain throughout the whole world. There were some people in New Zealand who took the view that they should not worry about what was taking place in Europe, and much the same point of view was expressed in the United States of America. That, in his view, was a short-sighted attitude. Modern science had brought the world closer together, and it was no use for people to delude themselves into the belief that what took place in one part of the world was no concern of theirs. Mr Henderson paid a visit to the State housing scheme at Miramar, and was the guest of the Governor - General (Lord Galway) at Government House.