PLANNING OF WORLD

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1942, Page 7

PLANNING OF WORLD

PEACE

METHODIST VIEWS

Ten principles and standards for the ordering of international life to obtain a righteous and secure peace were summarised by the peace committee in a report presented to the Methodist Conference1 in Wellington yesterday. The summary was:— [ Assurance of life and independence and equality of rights for all. nations. All-round disarmament ensuring to the nations deliverance from the tyranny of material force. An international institution to guarantee fulfilment of agreed conditions and for revising the peace settlement. Removal of incentives to violent action and adequate attention to the needs and demands of nations, of populations, and of racial minorities. The development among the peoples of a sense of responsibility which weighs human statutes according to the standard of the law of God. Extreme inequality in wealth and possessions should be abolished. Every child should have equal opportunities of education suitable for the development of his peculiar capacities. The family as a social unit must be safeguarded. The sense of a Divine vocation must be restored to man's daily work. The resources of the earth should be used as God's gift to the whole human race and used with due consideration for the needs of the present and future generations. The report goes to the May synods and men's fellowships for full consideration.