NARROW NATIONALISM

Evening Star, Issue 25700, 25 January 1946, Page 8

NARROW NATIONALISM

SOME EVIDENCE AT U.N.O. CONFERENCE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 24. Regret was expressed by General George L. Carpenter, international leader of the Salvation Army, in the course of a civic welcome extended to himself and Mrs Carpenter to-day, that at the United Nations Assembly emphasis was being placed on material things rather than on spiritual values. General Carpenter applauded the stand taken by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, towards a settlement of the questions on an international plane rather than according to narrow nationalistic principles. " I think Mr Fraser gave to the world all that we should expect in these international conferences when he wouldl even favour the interests of those who are not of our flosh and blood in order that there should be a universal approach to the great questions of the day," he saicL One of the great hindering things in the world during past decades had been the development of a narrow nationalism. He felt that one of the great contributions which the Salvation Army had been able to make had been to create a better understanding in the peoples among whom it worked. General Carpenter was welcomed by the mayor, Mr W. Appleton, and the Hon. B. Roberts, the Minister of Agriculture, on behalf of the Government. Mrs Carpenter, in a short reply, said she brought a message from the Queen to the women of New Zealand. Her Majesty wished to express greetings to all women, to all who had a loving thought for Britain in her hour of trial, and to all who had expressed their thoughts in a practical manner.