VITAL NEEDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17537, 14 May 1925, Page 12

VITAL NEEDS.

PKACE AND COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY. PROFESSOR CONDUFFE’S lecture. The only hope for peace and comirjerrial prosperity of (he world in the future is the rit and proper fegulafion of ecc mir and social affairs in Hie new industrial countries. Such was tllO t purport of a lecture given by Erofessor -F < ondbffe. at the Y.M.CVA last evening. when discussing (he League of Nations in respect to (h« present economic situation. Air E H San da 11 presided. The speaker opened by stressing (In' faci that European civilisation was essentially n thing of the moment. Th^re. lasting. It had l’een made possible, largely by the n.ppl i«a (ion of me.-ham eal power an industrial revolution, m tn«-t At (lie beginning of the. eighteenth rent, nr v Kroner and (re i:ni any were still in (lie domestic stage. These countries could not. be said to he industrialised unl.il about IHAO. “ Hut this lml list ri a I evolution i; still going on and extending to India and ( bina.” coni inui’il the Professor. “ and by this the industrial emffr. will he shifted from flic A. IJa lit ie to the Pae> fie.' ’ Flo nee the necossi | y for s<*n*.<v material iudn.st rial orga n isntion < '""I inning. Professor Condliffe said tha 1 whatever were ('obdcu's opinions on f reef rack’. he did not foresee, the industrial deveiopmen iwhich had come iiboni. Hence, his idea-- could no( he .(ijotc.l to .ln\ l’hese developments 1 1 af I radien|.i\ changed (lie face of world politics. It, had become- im pern live that, snnu- sort of league, which should prevent war. ebnuid be set up. International scoveriiniont va: mow possible and ecssarv. Ihe peak er took his i llnsl rat ion... of inil'i.-trial im r»*a. <• troin the i ndu? trin I '-cut res of tin- in»rtli <>(' I'.ugiand. where ‘ I tut. lie. i'l.i|-.n-.o,it vent at were In; \ budding fact or i‘T. ’ «-ontinned (he speaUcr. ' that (hoy lcf( (he town, to y;i-..\' up by i lieucl \-e s’ ’ IN-cr ..nice then we bad been .at.hmg Up on the C| -iijki! ii , • ■ mnd it ions. I ndusl vial 3 in) intcr na t u•!i:j 1 orgain.. .'•at ions were hccouiing v< r\ unw ieldv. To I.C able to control these. V ; l; . ■# J-,*-* si.iPreni e la k of tl.e present century. I * iv.l ,le ii • - Mould no! ..lve I bcm. r » ! l v« . historian., -aid I hex «.!„ld. mntr.,l the fon-ry. we had create.! if mc ''•re til - ’ll-;*' *-. AN e could im! evi-.l ’ il tie- condition- «... bad ,r< n | e ,| f e || 1 H-'.. v. as instanced by Hu- example of Ku. -in. <bn- vrrv evo-teuce. d*'peu'h-d on being abb- to main tain and -on • rol a s.v.t cm of our own device 1 he ' '"-•'ni. to do tin- we mus. d-ri.e. . ««••) co 11 per;, I,• m u, ,-ommer. 1 ial atlaji" b.mM be ibe main aims. ' 1 lie speaker said that lie wa- nol in ' •mi patio alt. .get her with the t „r.- rn L ' iva- c .f, an’ t l.ing hke an .. 1m | '.'•: « In 'll V- it f l'l e .-111] thing of if . i .and to wl.ie.b the u.-.ild r,.,|| ( ] 1.--.r.g T h.e profes-m . continuing, said that 1 " ' 1 ' - " ■ : ■ of the Lea n « a. [ dial it was merely a lag t_> various | ;

trea I ie?;, which w ere fundamentaJl \- wr.'iig Again, the present idea, of the l eague sprang entirely from an academic brain. Moreover, it could not. I'c conducted as a personal debate It should be allowed to grow up out <>f a series of conferences. A!?<;• it wa too European. Tt was too much "b se?se r] with quarrel.'- which were not. really important. Tlie sphere of the T./eaguc should be world wide. Probablv die necessity for the I,eagnc -would be much more needed in the ocean which washed our shore? rather than in F.uropr. There seemed to be more materials for conflict, in the East than in other parts of the world This was certain !v true commercial I v Something of the true grrtn was to fie found in t.he Washington <’onfcrcuer. which with all its deficiencies, substitujted international relationr foi treaties Another aspect, -was the reorientation of the industrial world, with the indus trial expansion of the East Then the supremacy of the East would be serious]' impaired. If fhi? came to pats, out prosperity -car. going t*-* suffer But tin commercial expansion should mean nothing more than a richer world. This was onl-- possible h*v sane and popular development. of these potentialities, otherwise the industrial prosperity of Western Europe was de.s tinerj to be a. vrrv short life indeed. For rev t development, would only be possible b\ giving the worker in these countries his due. •'heap labour was the biggest menacf lo our prosperity. Itii; what could we do i" face of the n'rrunistanrp? ? The only way was the correct regulation of laboui in these cuntries All New Zealand ■ hould be behind tiie movement, which was to save the workers of those young industrial countries from those abuses which weighed down industrial England in the nineteenth century. By this we were also safeguarding our own interest,’.. and the vital interests of the world.