PEACE AND BUSINESS
Speaking to members of the Rotary Club today Dr. Gordon pointed out that with business men rested the key to world problems. There was something more in business than the mere collection of tolls on goods made, conveyed, or exchanged. The world economically and industrially had without doubt gone wrong and was facing collapse, hence it was incumbent to think wisely about business. It rested with business to prevent war. It was of no use to blame the League of Nations for its failure: any failure was due to the indifference of those who sent representatives. If every person realised the stupendous folly and waste of war—and surely business men should do that more than anybody—there would be no more war. It was the callous indifference of mere partisanship which had prevented the League from functioning as it might have done, but, as Lord Robert Cecil had said, if there was anything wrong with the League it was due to those who composed it.
Tomorrow evening the executive of the Wellington Association of Scots Societies will entertain Dr. Gordon at dinner.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 10
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184PEACE AND BUSINESS Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 10
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