MR. EDEN'S FUTURE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23044, 23 May 1938, Page 12

MR. EDEN'S FUTURE

Sir, —Your correspondent j thinks Mr. Chamberlain' courageous in, formulating his policy "knowing that he would subject himself to the violent criticism of' Communists* and other ' opponents." Of,course, the main pur- ./; pose of the above quoted statement of- . your correspondent was to infer that I •. am a Communist or extremist. If. .■ "W.M." had attended any of my meet- : ings during the last general election, he would know better than to make such an inference. At that time I , stated at every meeting, and gave the reason why, it had been decreed that "£ Italy must be -kept afloat, even if it \ meant the end of the League of:-; Nations. Sanctions against Italy,"': "W.M." asserts, were just bluff, in so . far as they were carried out they were f: farcical. But,, if at the time every country had been represented at the League by a person of their own nationality putting forth the ideals of their respective peoples, sanctions would have been properly applied and the Ethiopian people saved untold abomina- r tions. It would not have caused, a European war, but it certainly would have meant an internal upheaval in Italy. Attention has been drawn to the • . fact that I have more than, once;:" ; referred to the Christian standpoint. . The world will most surely go back .to '; ~ barbarism unless in private, national.":/ and international dealings, Christianmoral values arp placed before political expediency and personal ambition. trarv to Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Eden stooil to lose materially had his policy v' ;of • Christian morality been carried throughi This shows his unselfish i devotion to the cause of humanity. y [' C. IV. H. .'PICKEBIXO, 'A . ) 21 Eemuera Road.