EMPIRE’S PROBLEMS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 120, 21 April 1932, Page 7

EMPIRE’S PROBLEMS

CAUSE OF PRESENT DIFFICULTIES. “PURSUIT OF SELF-INTEREST.” ROTARY LEADER’S ADVICE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 21, 8.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 20. The Chief llotarian, Mr Sydney AV. Pascal!, who is making a world tour, has arrived hero after visiting South Africa, India, the Malay States and AA r cstern Australia. Later he will spend a few days in Tasmania, where his firm has business interests, and subsequently he will proceed to New Zealand en route home.

In the course of an address ho delivered here, Mr Pascall urged that the principles of Rotary could be applied beneficially even to such a controversial subject as the tariff, which should bo used only in such a manner that it would help tho user and promote trade with otner nations, instead of destroying it. An exclusive tariff which disregarded the welfare of the trade of other countries could not be productive of permanent benefit. “Tho whole world must realise, Mr Pascall said, “that pursuit of self-in-terest, whether in politics or industry, has brought about the present mess. Tho only way out is to employ tho Rotary principle of co-operation in service. Nothing else can lift tho world from its present disorganised condition.” CO-OPERATION IN SERVICE. Received April 21, 8.55 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 21. Mr Pascall was the guest of honour at a luncheon arranged by the Melbourne Rotary Club. He was cordially welcomed by the Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, who said that the principles on which Rotary were based were those which could free Australia and the Empire from tho present difficulties. Mr Pascall said that the policy of selfishness, hostility between man and man, class and class, nation and nation and devil take the hindmost usually ended with the devil taking the lot. The world would never recover until it adopted the policy of live and let live. INTER-EMPIRE TRADE. TORONTO, April 20, Predicting that the Imperial Conference would be tho greatest force for good the world had even known, Mr G. H. Ferguson, Premier of Ontario, told the Empire Club that England had done everything possible to promote inter-Empiro trade. The British pound would never again be at dollars 4.86, but par at dollars 4 throughout tho Empire.

OVERCOMING RACIAL STRIFE,

AA’hen Mr Pascal arrived at Fremantle on April 12, he was met at the wharf by the. leaders of the 1 Rotary movement in Perth and i remantle. He was entertained during the morning by .the Perth Rotary Club. He attended a joint luncheon of tho Berth and Fremantle clubs at Fremantle. Mr Pascal is the first Englishman to hold the position of president of tho movement. _ , Mr Pascal said that Rotary was bringing together various races and religious communities in a manner which nothing previously seemed to have done. In. Malaya tne reigning Sultans were Malays, the Government officials were British, the traders wore principally Chinese, and the remainder of the population were Indian. Rotary had brought those people together in service for their country.