TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Evil- That Illen Do .“A defenecless people conquered in an unprovoked attack is a humiliating thought for a civilised \\'hite mun to dwell upon. But, more than that—the unspoken ovensation of dishonournble conduct __which lucllat‘S the eyes of the world contemptuously on the crumbling League of Nations- at Geneva—the proof that there is no tie snared enough—no written agreement binding enough to force the white. men of Europe to act in o eivilisegl way and for the common good. Some day men will realise that there is no heaven or hell but of their own treating. Thnt their acts of justice and decency nre basically the i-onstruvtive forces of the world. That in the evil men and nations do, the}: team (town the forces that make life sweet for all of us and thoughtlessly 'destroy themselves as well. It is the god of selfishness which modern men worship that breeds the insincerity and hypocrisy which make men utter noble sentiments while they act with cunning and undurhun(ledness.”—From “The Maga—zine of Wall Street.” Thr- League Obligations "The hunl test of experience seems to Show that the League, :15 :11 [H'L‘st‘lll voustitutvtl. even allowing for its previous successes, with one great l-lumpt-nn l‘mver outside it. and another insiile tlout~ in}: :Ilikv its .iuil-gnn-nt and its re>ponsihilities, is not strong enough in any major vri>i~ to hear the burden of preventing an aggressive war. Further. uri- llltlft‘ members of the League who are prot‘essedly loyul to “5 (‘m-onunts ready to follow nll the iuiplioutions of their commitments? In the present dispute, military sanctions or even the possibility of them were ruled out 4 but it has been shown that: without them economic smn-tions are insutlivient. In the existing tempt-r ot' the world and with the existing membership of the, League, :ll'l‘ its member.» really pvt-pared t'ur [llt' pusaibility of \\‘;u‘ wilh an ugzt'l‘ssnl'. even it‘ the. war onulil be limited to the nggresa‘or’! " Ur. Lung, Archbishop ot' Canterbury.