SEEKING SECURITY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 14

SEEKING SECURITY

WORLD WIDE INFLUENCE LESS PARTY POLITICS INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS “I felt all the way through my travels that, people were taking less interest in partisan politics than they were. Bitter partisanship has. served to kill patty politics in some countries, because those concerned tOuld not bear the burden ol service. All the world over I think, peoples are looking for the security that bitter, partisanship cannot give. these remarks were made by the Premier 01 h.ew South Wales, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, in an address to the Auckland itolaiy Club, at which he was the guest o. honour. Mr. Stevens said the security most persons looked for was primal lly tlu tangible tiling of security in finance, trade and industry. There was not t. great deal of such security in the work. to-day. tin his arrival at Auckland, In learned the news that France had joined the sterling area and that the othei countries _ which were members ot tin goiii bloc were com.ng into line, it seem ed that this was a step in the directioi of giving a basis for security •in iiitc. national relationships, which was tlu life-blood of the security desired by tlu peoples. For several years prominent men had been working to provide that security. DEVALUATION O'F THE FRANC The devaluation of the franc would give the French exporter that extra premium on exports that had been denied him in the last few years, li would bring back to France and Switzerland, previously the Mecca of travellers, much of . their old trade again, though, of course, there would be a corresponding, reaction .in some countrici that had benefited by the diversion ol "the tourist trade from Trance and Svvit zmaiul. • ( no thing that had heartened him in the intricacies of discussions abroad vvu. that those taking part, whether econom ists or business men, seemed to be united in the purpose of obtaining international security. - ----- ■ • "At the-same time.” continued Mr. Stevens, "1 .hope that the latest mow d<ies not mean that there will be a depreciation ra c between countries ti secure economic advantages. I hope a. basis will be secured upon which counL.ics can build and rebuild. SOCIAL CONDITIONS We hear a lot. aeout slnle and di . . . at uiuuguoat the world. Any on, ■ ' uni write ot tiie degrading soda. .',':.(Ut,inn.4 .from which some people ar« t> 4 ,u o ' 1 think we have got past t cage when a preiace to a review cl ~.u conditions should be devoted to .a; x- t, ioi- there are many sensible persons* in the world, many responsible politicians, who are ' trying to evolve lability- in trade between nations. . ::l was the principal speaker in Berlin at what was called an international cl: amber of commerce. There were several prominent speakers, and it seemed to me that all were looking for what, for Want of a better term, wo call trade and lmancial security. “There is another step toward international security that cannot be expressed in terms of trade and finance. It n the security of human contentment. Thai constitutes the greatest problem with which we are faced.”