WORLD AFTER WAR

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20649, 27 December 1941, Page 7

WORLD AFTER WAR

MISTAKES OF THE PAST ARCHBISHOP’S ADVICE Active participation in bringing about a new world was urged by Archbishop West-Watson, warden of Christ’s College, Christchurch, in an address to the school during the prizegiving ceremony held at the college. The mistake made after the last war. he said, was that people believed that they had earned the right to a good time, and had shirked the, responsibilities of winning the peace.

All the older people of the community, he said, were deeply sorry that youth., should have to spend a time that should' have been full ov life and hcpe under the cloud of war. The boys of the school were facing the same problem 25 years ago, and they met it gallantly. The leaders cf the nation in the last war had had the full confidence of thfe people) and Were the right men for the right place. ’“But I suppose that Churchill and Roosevelt have radiated more courage and confidence than any leaders known to history,” he said. The story of the present time would be a wonderful one to tell future generations. • It was, however, necessary not only to feel confident, but to jive out that spirit of confidence. It was said o! Lloyd George- in the last war that he never lost heart. 1 The present leader had never lost heart. “If you have to shoulder the burden earlier than you might have,” he said, “you should remember that the people who are able to go on with their education until they are 17 or 18 years old are a very small proportion of the human race. You should remember that manv of the leaders of New Zealand and ’of England were forced to make their own Way" at an early age. "K “Last time the world made the mistake of believing that, after the hard times it had had, it had a right to a good time, and so it refused to throw itself into the battle for humanity, and the opportunity was lost. Now again we are hearing a call for the devotion of lives to humanity and to the world. This war is not just a cloud passing over the face of the sun The call to this generation is a call to think things out, to decide on the best way of life, and to work and to pray to bring it about.”