THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Boss Or Wkstkkn Piikstwe. In fhc Great War the AVcst has lost prestige throughout the East to an , 1,1,, >nt Nt Honolulu linilH'HMll il'Ml* a -VIA Ml. •' L tI K » Orientals cuiilVssoil s?,nl ° Miss Hint up lu that time they had h— id-aliscd the West, and h;n| sough: to follow its spirit and • i.cthcds. But the sight of the white rmes of the world tearing one another pieces with almost every imaginable ferocity seemed to them the complete negation of these ideals, and they arc turning hark to their own ancient eultii|o- and civilisations to find a more worthy interpretation of the de-i my of mankind. To them our gods seem jo he activity, efficiency, “progre.-s.” ii,i,| speed. and now they are saying. ‘•y ( . v -need; hut where are you gn-
injr;- We do not know." One distinguished Japanese said: “Real pto-..j-c.-s is a good thing." and then added mther caustically. “11 supplies us with telephones, motor ears—-and. finally, bombs.''
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1925, Page 2
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