Moral Rearmament

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 256, 27 July 1939, Page 11

Moral Rearmament

Sir,—lt was heartening to see hi your issue of Friday last a statement by our Prime Minister, members of the Cabinet, and other leading citizens, which indicated their agreement with the objects of the Campaign for the moral and spiritual rearmament now gathering momentum in so many countries. . May I point out to your readers that such a manifesto must needs have a strong backing of public opinion if it is to carry due weight. Among all peoples there is a strong, but somewhat inchoate desire for peace. Our leaders are conscious of the forces which cause unrest and disruption, but the rank and file are still bewildered. They know that all the pressing questions of the world can be settled by negotiation, but do they realize that negotiations can only be successful when the nations whose leaders are concerned are willing to make the sacrifles which are the price of peace? National selfishness and greed, the unwillingness to lose some trade connexion, a desire not to offend some possible ally, or likely enemy, often cause a failure of international justice. Let us hope that the willingness to remove the root causes of world crises may grow so strongly that the foundations of a new and stable world will be laid in this generation.—l am, etc., E. L. MULCOOK. Kaponga, July 24.