A TIME FOR COURAGE.

Dozerdust, Volume 2, Issue 11, 4 March 1944, Page 1

A TIME FOR COURAGE.

THIRD are occasions in history when people z as a nation are called upon to act with courage and a magnanimity - great occasion demand* Tho Hngldfih people were faced with such a ' situation in 1832 when < the need for reforms demanded courage and foresight on a scale tomoot the demands of a new ago J the Education Act of 1870 was another signpost of greatness* in TH3 Twentieth Century has not boon marked by eagerness to seize .such opportunities? tho post year years of World Waf I were* Russia apart; years of small faith* Now, as wo near the mid-century 1 wo will bo faced with problems so momentaous in their consequences that tho war. by comparison.will ‘bo no more than an ino&d ent* To take on instance What will bd principle 0 War Settlement on which Pacific possessions will be based ? On historic right of ownership ? Rights that are obsolete when viewed in relation to strategic needs of Pacific powers that have developed during the ’ last fifty years; obsolete also when viewed in relation to strategic 4 needs of possessions* •The long view demands

integration of Pacific outposts of civilisation for their own develop-

mo nt* ::t WILL statesat the Peace Settlement say : We have the courago to so rap the old so wo m-y build anew : wo . have the magnanimity to give what tho ago demands* ii ii ii ii ii it ii ii ii