PEACE.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume XVIII, 13 November 1931, Page 4

PEACE.

“The field of economics offers the most fruitful ground for our work toward international sympathy and understanding—which is only another way of saying peace,” wrote the late Dr. Nansen. “For instance, why not strive to do away with all tariff boundaries? A free exchange of goods w T ould not tend to lower the standards of living as much as many economists would have us to believe. “Rather would it serve to deepen the stream of trade everywhere, and so result in a higher degree of happiness and prosperity for all. Such a step would mean a more rapid development of those industries, activities and possibilities for which the various countries are particularly suited. “Further, let there be no bars to travel; let us strive for a full and free interchange of ideas and impulses, both materially and spiritually. But at the same time let us zealously guard each country’s treasure house of political and spiritual independences; its luggage, customs and traditions. Let us remember that in human society, as in nature, true progress tends toward diversity, and not toward standardisation.”