THE INDIVIDLAL AND PEACE
Sir, —The letter of “Democrat” in reply to my most important and most practical letter is specially welcome. In reply, I ask the writer three questions. First, if we had come under Japanese rule, would we not be better able to appreciate how' the 500,000.000 ruled men and women till lately in the British Empire felt, or how the Samoans under the New Zealand mandate and trusteeship still feel? Secondly, does “Democrat” mean by “freedom” “obedience to the law of the whole” (or of “God” in religious phraseology) or that “licence, (men) mean when they cry liberty”? Thirdly, is it not possible that the “enemy” is armed because we are armed, and could be disarmed by our own example, especially if such disarmament were not only material (abolishing armies, navies, and atomic bombs), but also mental (putting racial, economic, political, cultural, in a word, world fraternity into actual practice now)?—Yours, etc., N. M. BELL. January 12, 1948.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19480113.2.37.9
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25390, 13 January 1948, Page 5
Word Count
161THE INDIVIDLAL AND PEACE Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25390, 13 January 1948, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.