CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16431, 24 December 1913, Page 2

CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Joseph Grey writes: "Peace,.not war, should be our boast, but the world, Now Zealand included, has, formed- two religions, and "war. has 'begun between the rival creeds, one a religion of pleasure, pride and privilege, supported by a servile Press; the other a.religion of life which dominates the toiling masses with. a regard for saner social order, enforcing the -need for regulating competition in the labour market. Labour is worthy of its hire, despite the robbers' cry,.of supply and demand-" F. W., Burke remarks that Professor Macmillah Brown, in his recent address to the "Women's.. Social and Political Reform ' League, .on race degeneracy, did not touch.on the* appalling increase of lunacy throughout the civilised world, gave ho lead in any important direction and carefully avoided all allusion to fundamental principles. Mr Burke writes:. "The professor probably knew that if it .were seriously proposed to discuss practical measures to eliminate racial decay .his auditors would not be dragged into the assembly.with wire cables and. a, locomotive. . They compose the privileged class in human society which resists all attacks upon monopolies in land, irade, transport and banking which are ruining, us all physically, mentally.-and morally.. Freedom for all of access ,to. the land is the only practical plan.of social reconstruction and regeneration.'.' J.G. asserts that, before there can be real peace between employers and employees the churches and schools must throw off the shackles -of class distinction. • "It is," he writes, "the snobbish training in high schools and universities that leads youths and maidens to imagine Ihemselves superior clay to the poorer classes, and the churches uphold the same exclusive dogma." W. L. Brian complains that night after night horses are to be found running loose and feeding on St John's Road and Church Street, Papanui. They wander on to. the footpaths, and on 3ark nights are a'danger to pedestrians. He suggests that steps should be taken by the local constable to prevent a continuance of. this practice. F.J. writes: "In answer to 'Mayfield's' query* which is a very natural one, I refer him to 11. Samuel xii. 23."