WAIMATE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 November 1924, Page 11

WAIMATE.

(From our Own Correspondent). [WEEK-END SCHOOL. Tiio Week-end School under the auspices of .tne Waimate branch of the W .it.A. opened oil Friday mgut, when Mr W. Cf. Airey, M.A. lectured to a lair attendance on “Disarmament and the League of Nations," in St. Augustine’s Hall. Rev. A. H. Fowles occupied the chair, and suitably introduced the speakei’. ' . ~ ! Mr Airey, . who was accorded p, riio'st attentive nearing,' said that peace in itself was pot enough. , -A ( treiiieudous amount of money was being spent oil armaments that could be devoted to a more vital-question—human happiness. Armaments : did hot serve the purpose for which they were intended. It would be much truer to say that if they wanted war prepare for war, 'than to say if they wanted peace prepare for ,\yr&r. Only a very strong will for peace could bring peace and the only way they could get disarmament was by a will lor peace. From 188 U began a period usually known as an armed peace which had been based on a competition for armaments. War had-.been brewing all .the time and the preparations for war did not prevent it coming because the nations could not kii6p up the race for armaments. At the close of the lute war various means of preserving peace were adopted. A treaty was proposed between Britain, France and the United States, by which Britain and America would protect France if she were attacked. America did not ratify the treaty so that means of preserving peace vanished. There had been r a tendency to approach the question of disarmament by .putting security first. They should try to establish some law for nations as for individuals. Undoubtedly there must be a threat of force but they were not going to get peace by pushing that throat to the foreground. The work of ail the Leagues of Nations in tho m the world would be useless without public opinion behind it. The tone of tho speeches pt the last Assembly showed a tremendous demand for peace. Mr ltamsuy MacDonald had stated that until Germany came into tho League it was useless talking disarmament. Mr MacDonald very pointedly invited Germany to enter the League and there was very good roason lor saying that within a lew months she would bo applying lor permission to enter. It was possible that the change of Government m Great Britain might affect Germany’s foreign policy. Sue had not been keptout of the League, actually, but she had feared a direct snub from France. Mr Airey dealt exhaustively with the work and covenant of the oi Nations, and wont on to say Inat nations were becoming intei-dependent and learning to co-operate thus promoting a will for peace. They must all be patient and when they wore pmpared to put their international lives before the court of the world t.ien would they have pcaco and disarmament. Public opinion must be organised without which the Leiigucs of Nat.ous was useless. “I*/ 1 cohclliuou tho speaker, “You want pcaco and wmk lor it. you will get it, ami ii you do not, then the fault, dear Brutus lies, not iu our stars, but in ourselves. ■ (Applause). . Replying to a question regarding the .Singapore base, Mr Airey said the subject had been discussed at the Imperial Conference and had beeii v,aguely agreed upon last last. When the Labour Govornmciit came into power they decided to suspend the building ol the base, which some naval experts had said was unnecessary, and useless. Mr Ramsay MacDonald held that the building ol the base would not ereato a lavour.ablo atmosphere and might probably result m a race for armaments. It it could bo proved that a step towards disarmament was not possible than they were at perfect liberty to go on wih tne building. The Conservative point of view was' like the French idea winch was “before we can have disarmament wo’must have- security.” He did not think the suspension of the building of Singapore li;ise was imperilling the Empire. (Hear, hear). The following motion, movec. by All L. O. BoiHv, :uul seconded by Air \Y. o'. Paul was carried unanimously “That a branch of tho League ot Nations be formed in Wairnnte to wort, in con innolion with 1 lie M . . On the motion of Mr Reilly a he, arty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer A comprehensive vote nt thanks was also passed to I he vestrymen of St. Augustine’s for the use of the had and to 11 1“ chairman. FARM EPS’ TTANOK'U’S. On Saturday atlernoon •.l" i- cond ot lie.- series of hvt urcs. in oatiM- I 'm: wit:; lh<> week-eiid school was giv- o in Pi ne. Gould Guinness' rooms by Prolessor

Condlitfe who chose as his subject; “Farmers’ Handicap in Overseas Markets.” Mr A. W. Barnett presided over a small attendance. The Professor briefly outlined tho present indications for tavourable prices and referred to the credit stringency of tho last few months as a mild recur-' fence of 92. The causes at work were shown to bo tho same in each case. There w,as a tendency in New Zealand to. over importation. The exports should be greater in order to pay off tho overseas debt. The immediate outlook was very favourable but the swing of the cycle would come again. Referring to the boom developing in the United States where periods of ups and downs of trade, seemed to have their origin, the lecturer pointed out its connection with the approach towards the resumption of the gold standard which strengthened the belief that the general trend of prices over a long .period would be fairly stable with, if •anything, a falling . tendency. New Zealand was in the fortunate position of producing aniiii,al products which wero in very short supply m the world’s markets and would continue to reap advantage from relatively higher prices for those goods. As production increased in Europe there would be a strong tendency towards an increase of cheap imports leading probably to a renewed demand for further protection to the local secondary industries. The level of land values existing at the present time was determined by tho amount of products, the price obtained for the products, and the rate of interest ruling. Tho value of the land fell as the rate of interest went up. He urged schemes that were designed to lift the level of land values. Two serious handicaps the iurmer had to face were that prices of imported goods kept higher than the goods the Farmer produced .and the tendency to a multiplication of costs. The chief difficulty confronting Now Zoaland was the high level of overhead costs which was a legacy from the boom period. Speculative land values, high transport and marketing costs, heavy public and local body indebtedness and similar burdens on the productive capacity of the country might become more serious if values were to fall. The rest of the world seemed to be getting back to a lower scale of values and even though New Zealand was in a specially fortunate position through her production of animals products it might bo wise to scan critically optimistic schemes for development which wero bound to add considerably to overhead costs. The speaker concluded by saying that all the farmers required * was a clear field and no favour, then fhero would bo no need to fear ,a fall in prices. Tho very products New Zealand could supply were the ones the world wanted. (Applause). A short discussion followed, and on tho motion of Messrs I. Andrew and H. «T. Bailey, » hearty vote of thanks was accorded l-Volossor Condlilfe. On f-'alurdiiy evening the school was brouoiit to a close, when Professor 'Shelley lectured in St. Augustine’s Had on “Drama Since tho 'War.” Mr W. G. Raul presided over a good attendance. Professor Shelley spoke at length on the functions of art and. drama, and. referred to. the large number of plays of a particularly high standard th.U bad been produced since the war. At Iho conclusion of tho address a hearty vote of .thanks, proposed by. Mr F. Wallace, wits'accorded the lecturer.-

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