THE LEAGUE AND PEACE
WHERE HOPE LIES.
SPIRIT, NOT THE LETTER. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Sept. 17. Lord Robert Cecil, in the course of a paper read on his behalf at the Brotherhood Conference, said that although war was so horrible, it was better than condoning a crime, and until something were substituted to restrain international wrongdoing war would be the only recourse, and would recur with increasing ferocity and destructiveness. Every method of keeping peace except the League of Nations had been tried and failed. If, however, we relied on the provisions of the covenant to preserve peace we would be living in a fool's paradise. The real motive of peace must be sought elsewhere ; the only solution would be the application of the principles of Christianity to international relations by following the broad bases of mercy, pity, truth, and justice. It was not the covenant of the League of Nations which could save humanity, but the spirit underlying it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17269, 19 September 1919, Page 7
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161THE LEAGUE AND PEACE New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17269, 19 September 1919, Page 7
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