PEACE OF MIND

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14006, 10 March 1920, Page 2

PEACE OF MIND

THE "NEED OF A OVKSELYESj|| • (B.y Philip aibbJj Pence lias been ratified ,j4|B our former enemies, but I'.sSS as yet iii the soul;, 0 j ]js|| world oyer there art' tical convicts, and Bets ofrviai the armistice which more than *■« year ami kVsiH followed by *a "i-wis,. fir/411 -passiuiiH. i ?£B *' It is noticeable Unit iiwmM through the worst tliiiwSJls hated" them, and most u f ?M fertd the strain ol tin- h$M have not attained tluit..J3ffl| pine.>s which we expected toll hostilities ceased. AimhsS world troubles, ami tli e misery bequeathed to there seems to he httU> either in thf ""KvidiiHlVr SSI Here in England. wuZM been less hurt m n matc»ij| counting loss of life) t) -«| helligeteut _country i„ .jLJ| finds . among one's own 'Ssl to tell tfir truth, in oiiVES a melancholy'and u <)isilli ls ffi* easy ot cure. . . . Heading papers—an e vi| tressed l,y the daily tragedies which seem to LM a sudden breakdown in iTtjS men and women who were h| seemed, sound and sane 7% Leaving on one side tlie ijjjP ti'S of crime (thouirli dJ3$ whh that epidemic) depression of spirits anion, J pie which they try to f M dP JSB iicial gaieties and om it*nirii!?3 I insistent demand lor ;1 „» ft; ! of wealth in order that tW ! tain a happiness- whirl, .W- 1 they think, is heyunil tlioir J 1 All this morbid m, n XSS traceable to t-lwj 'war, andv?' attacking victors as well ..'jf As old .Milton wrote:- « Long is the wav A,Ul lffi" thi>l olU ' WeTcannol ri-env, r (|11 ; ( . k yea is pi devildom m wliirh t old ideals of civihsatiowKJf bonut>. a belief in ihe vn] 3j life.,a faith in (he human nature—had tn be i, n ? side for the primitive code oft man fighting for lif,, alul ,"' Hie ape-man ,We r,m m Q educate manhood in Uu> lt J ul intensive culture ihtc tnimk better so that they miidit Mi nor quickly, ~roe<mslnict j|i-. souls many "devastated areas"the liner sontimenl () |' KfrW ■ ■(I as beauty was blasted f rol i ol Flanders. -' The dreadful pi opiignnjjoi which was used lo piop-up \jt Pcoj'jll' at home, lel'l numv'ligl untouched. -In Cologne "tliQvJb quickest to for/rive. And'in ( rhe« they had a peace nf.ftjj from the inevitable iionsiliu&s and blood) which w.is duo ft Ipleli- divorce Iroin the linmift of lite.. .. •_"!

What the individual ,the world, is a dcclii rational peace of mind—and a first'! that new treaty is the abrilitiol cede of violence which goviS3j evitablv in war. '■: ;MS

For that reason many dfcMj not "softies"—think it' urifflitflf we should clamor for 'fhigj head, and for. the trial andjii Germans in, the "bluck'lJH men may deserve eondirtj™ death, but many peoplewotaM leave them to. thpi jiidgmcK rather than ''have a Europe,, pandering sions of our Towest\ people/:™ a. banquet of yengeancopkll the smell of/blood out -6f'iH as far as we may. . -im

Wo shall not get lmck'«j§) mind untif we are able ; toia| again in things that do nrifcSi or life: a country walk whft glint of sun on the. road-bf-i in one's face;., a good Wof some noble stuff iivit; a.go'fijf is plavedl .for the fun -of, t% for -that joyous tirpdnees'ffi rest sweet;, a good tough tojj the poison gas of passiMi^! It is not easy to find tliiu| on a. country walk spectres.'! the road with one, nnd!;M lines of a; good in staring letters, .n. .tinkle! stricken peoples, mob vj(j| broken hopes; and.to geb"ttj est, pimple laugh' one iiiii|| tonr-nieut—which,is heggjiijpl tiou of how to- get it. i:^ But it is certain, anyhqßj shall not- cc-t anv pence:.ofj money-grabbing for greater! higher wages, nor by substij hatreds for old hatreds,'ifflj olckistrife, new tyraJinios.-;fof| nicjf. which at the nioiiietit.i| the world's, policy. . ; ..?l| The individual who willifl of neace with himself nmsfc'J? of the cruel instincts wi|ljM heritage, of the apc-lilnll-r;iitj| tirpate fear, out of ivhiwi,:| bred. . :-:sv§§ ■•-. Mnnv _ prfived that tlipjSa death;bravely. . Wr miisVJw we C3ll, to face life witfe courage and gaiety, notidifllj! poverty, .which i« tlinjrrea'W the world now, wtyWl hpr-'as a bride. :':>|sl Tf. then, we can gcrtbii* kind of faith in the .spiriWJ man and in some' power m|S which .wo owe ;illeginnce, road which lead's to M?) till then. - "Long is.-tli©! hard." but unless we' find™ that peace of mind we, are lost. , 'v;*i