UNIVERSAL PEACE.
FACTORS IN REALISATION.
THE PRINCIPLES OF ROTARY.
At the weekly gathering of the Auckland Rotary Club, which took place at Dixieland yesterday, Mr. K. Mackenzie presided over a large attendance. '.; An address en the subject of universal peace and the means by. which international brotherhood might be established was given ■• by Miss Martha Root. ; World-
peace could not be attained by any one .■:-■■ method or principle, sho said, but by certain basic, dynamic principles, and by the ' inculcation of these principles among the peoples of all' nations. i-« The selection *of an auxiliary universal language was one of the important points ' emphasised by the lecturer. Esperanto was now being taught in many countries, and it merits were such that it might 'well be;■; adopted -as ..the universal language required. Standardisation of university , courses, complete "■■■[ equality oE . the;, sexes in the matter of. education] and the abolition of racial, religious and national prejudices were otiher matters closely connected with : the attainment of the ideal of ' ; world peace. 'Harmony between science and religion was another potent factor in the introV duction of universal brotherhood; there
; was actually no conflict between the two, r~ declared the lecturer, and men of science ''".-: and religion were in reality working together to understand the great laws of ; God. .;' \'v*-' ■ ' ■ • ' '■',-". ; One country could not do much by ' itself, however. ; Only by working in co'%U operation, with other countries could the .■-achievement of world peace be secured. The (speaker concluded with an appeal to • all ■ Rotariaiis,,, collectively : and individu- - allv, to do their utmost, to advance the '■ ideals of Rotary, which stood for those -. things most needful to bring about, a better understanding between men and ;: nations. ' '".,.-, ", ■, ■»/• A piano and violin duet by Miss • -McGruer and Mr. Truebridge completed ' ': the programme. V
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18827, 30 September 1924, Page 9
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