PEACE BY ARBITRATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 May 1931, Page 13

PEACE BY ARBITRATION

“Wars do not arise because of bad faith. Wars are not entered by men or nations who believe themselves to be wrong. Wars are not the result ot a conflict between two nations, one of whom believe). itself to lie wrong; wars are the result of a conflict between two nations, both of whom believe themselves to be entirely right, said Mr Norman Angell, in a speech in the House of Commons. . “We are dealing with a world which is not entirely British, and we have to take into account some of their misgivings. We cannot ask them always* to wait and see, and to rest assured that we will deal fairly when the time comes; will, in fact, be judge of our own cause. We must firmly establish the principle of third-party judgment through the medium of international authority. We cannot expect international institutions to grow like a tree, as our Constitution has grown. These institutions must he made by conscious building. They are the product,,not of nature, but of civilisation, and this is just one more step, one more contribution, which we have to make to the institutions of civilisation.”