TIMELY TOPICS

Northern Advocate, 24 October 1936, Page 4

TIMELY TOPICS

WHICH WAY TO PEACE?

“Peace ! Who does not wish for this blessing who has any heart left in him? Who does not crave for this factor of happiness and prosperity? But for us, Christians, we should not only hope for peace, but we should also work for its realisations, and this requires as a guiding principle in life as well as a duty, ‘ Love ye one another.’

“I imagine that if the invisible presence of those whose memory we are honouring today could make itself heard, these victims of the great hecatomb who fell dreaming of a world freed from war by war, would not say otherwise.

“It is a tragedy to find that peace between nations can generally be attained by force of arms only. Could not humanity escape from this terrible predicament by a great effort of love and wisdom? Yes, undoubtedly, but

on the condition that all nations, in a common ideal of mutual harmony, justice and respect, base their claims on the immortal teachings of the Gospel of Christ.”—The Bishop of Montreal at the unveiling of the Canadian memorial on Vimy Ridge, France. [§! 1) IS S IMPERIAL STRUCTURE.

“We live in dangerous times, (says the “Round Table), and great strains may be imposed on the nations of the Commonwealth. We shall be gravely handicapped if, when the strain comes, we have still in our midst, both here and in the Dominions —where unemployment has been on the whole no less severe than at home —a deadweight of demoralisation and disheartenment, the product of long-term unemployment. We shall find ourselves equally at a disadvantage if our economic and social structure has not been organised to cope with the greater individual insecurity inseparable from mechanisation. There is no single or straightforward solution to this infinitely complex problem—we must indeed break it up into little pieces. But having done so, and having chosen our remedies in the light of that dissection, we must next reassemble the v pieces to make a new and better picture of our whole national and imperial life.” fai IS SI 0 Words That Tell a Story. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE.—A change for the worse. Said of the fish which, jumped from the pan and found itself in the fire. II II M - 0 Do You Know ——? (1.) Who was the first president of the Royal Academy? (2.) When was the War declared? (3.) Who wrote “Idylls of the King”? (4.) Who was Hector? (5.) What is a poll tax? (6.) Who wrote “Kenilworth”? Answers to the above questions will be found on Page 3. gl H ’S. M. - Words of Wisdom.

To trust others is to express erne’s self, hut this courage touches generous hearts. —Amiel. §U B IS SI

Tale of the Day. > Mother (seeing daughter sitting on fence with young man’s arm around her waist): “Mandy, tell that young man to take his arm, away!” • Daughter: “Mother, you tell him He’s a stranger to me.”