A ROTARY IDEA

Grey River Argus, 4 March 1937, Page 3

A ROTARY IDEA

UNIVERSAL SJFFRAGE • t « “A Terrible INTELLECTUAL ARISTOCRATIC RULE DESIED. (Per Press Asssiation.) WELLINGTN, March 3. “I don’t think then’s a place for Rotary in polities, but' do think individual Rotarians shoul try to bring about much needed (norms,” declared Dr. J Inglis Rober’on, of Sydney, to the Pacific Potty. Conference. ‘‘Surely to goodness; the time has come for thinking nife to try to see there is a demand fof- certain standard knowledge from /.very candidate for Parliament, and tile to reduce to a minimum internaitmal misunderstandings brought abot by political blunderings. Surely, w should try to secure parliamentary yovernmefct by an aristocracy of intellet, as the only possible offset to the tcrible handicap of universal suffrage.” Dr. Inglis Robertson irged the institution of a “drive” o inculcate a peace, instead of a wa sense. . Modern sport as an agent for promoting international aiity is regarded critically"by Dr. Tiglis Robertsci.. He said it introduced an element of rivalry and certainly i invited par”, san feelings. It would -e a brave man who would assert thal'any internat.ional boxing contest hlned to create good feelings between rations. . Public ft clings, he said, ran hgh over spotting fixtures. This wa fanned and tomentefi by a certain section of the press, and "t was veiz questionable whether sporting cont-sts had done ver;, much to fu’-ther tie cause of international understanding