PLANS FOR FUTURE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 228, 27 September 1941, Page 5

PLANS FOR FUTURE

BRITAIN’S EFFORTS ENDEAVOUR TO SECURE WORLD HAPPINESS THE VIEW OF SCIENCE Rugby, Sept. 26. The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden), other Cabinet Ministers, Foreign Ambassadors, and representatives ot the Empire attended a lunch in London to welcome world-famous scientists attending the important conference which opens to-morrow. Mr. Eden said that in the last two or three generations science had played a dominant part in man’s struggle for existence and progress. Lately, in the hands of evil men, science had been used to destroy all that was good in order to dominate and enslave. When the Hitler regime was analysed a detestable feature was seen to be the creed of a master race and subject races. That creed must be overthrown. In the years gone by the Germans used to complain they were being economically encircled; there had neves been any truth in that as far as he knew, but it was known'to-day that Germany was intellectually encircled. The Nazis had driven forth their best men and. by that one action, the Germans had expressed themselves more clearly than they had done bj any other single action. He recalled that there was an inscription on the Heideiburg University which used to read: “To the living spirit.” That had been replaced by. “To the German spirit."

Mr. Eden said that to every mar. who had any sense of feeling or any appreciation of what human suffering could mean war must be abhorrent. It was an odious interlude in man’s efforts to create greater happiness for himself and his children. Yesterday, at St. James’ Palace, a conference was held of all the Allied nations, and he would like to think it was not a mere coincidence that the scientists’ conference was opening tomorrow. In each place they were trying to do the same thing—lay the foundations of a better world. The notable gathering included such scientists as Sir James Jeans and Sir William Bragg. Dr. Negrin, formerly Premier of Republican Spain,

was also there and sat beside Mr, H, G Wells.

The Empire was represented by the High Commissioners for Australia, South Africa, and India, while the foreign diplomats included M. Maisky and Mr. Winant.

Young organisations of all countries and of all religious beliefs and political outlooks are invited in an announcement from the Soviet Embassy in London to take part in an antiFascist meeting to be broadcast from Moscow next Sunday.

The meeting will comprise workers in factories and plants, fighters of the Red Army, students, officers, workers, scientists, and artists. For all those to whom the honour, liberty and independence of their native land are dear, there is only one path of struggle against Nazism and the destruction of Hitler Germany,” says the announcement.—B.O.W.