EXPLOITATION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1920, Page 2

EXPLOITATION.

(To the Editor.)yj r __Qii<; fdginng hi niseis Anxious' seems very anxious to have, us believe that Archbishop O'Sheadid not mean "back to lUmanisni:' by "back to Christianity.''' Ho hastens to' explain that His Grace,:during a function in Uhristc.hurch deplored evil, notably exploitation, asked for recognition of Christian principles, .and hoped-, for ;i return to Christian education. Had the "function been at the opening of a Protestant college wo might have believed it, but it will take some better explanation to show that the references to Christian principles having no longer any practical effect upon, our present governments (■'oligarchies"), and to. bringing back Christianity into the world do not point to the past power of Romanism upon our fitters and to the time when it was the established religion of all nations. The most of "Anxious's" letter is cornposed of clever sarcasm. He is not above a little misrepresentation, however I never said many good people would prefer a Red revolution to taking the advice of a Roman Catno 10 Archbishop, but that such would be their preference as against Rome rule :»s the alternative remedy for exploitation. Whatever "Anxious" thinks of the preference he knows the statement is true. This preference is not the result "of hate as "Anxious suggests but of a study of examples ot both in the past. If "Anxious'' knows nothing about the "smouldering volcano" 'as he has rightly named the aims of Romo he must, have both eyes and ears closed. In- reference to the Ten Commandments, I am aware that both Catholic and Protestant bodies teach them as a nile of life That they •ire a frte'at • edde of morals (though ;,ot the" greatest),in. the Old Testament, and that they should be made known I agree. But to teach them as in force now, and to expect, a reduction of evil and exploitation, is what I question. The Jews whom all sects acknowledge were the elect of boo, taught them for fifteen centuries without" satisfactory results. So that Cod introduced a new and better system. Can we expect then that waiving sects, the election of any of winch is, disputed bv all the others will have hettei success. The Christianity required is that which was preached by the Apostles before those sects were born Jhe Ten Commandments will never abolish Exploitation even on the part of those w ho commend them. They, are the code of slaves and not for free men.— Yours etc., <,