THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 4

THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE.

It Is obvious many people are falliflg into the fflistake Of ehooSing betWeeh Commuhist and Fascist, or whatever Othef names eXtreihe parties care to give themselves. Nothing eouid be iuofe dahgefOUSj If the world lines up on these ' efronts" it Will be hafd to pfeveht a 00hfliob Afd the elementary lessonS df geiiefatiOhS 6f iibefalism fbfgotteh?, asks the k ' Christian Science Monitor. j ' Is it ilO lohgef fealised that civilised communitieS have a basio ueed df tWO thihgs— liberty ahd order? Liberty without order topples ihto chaos. While thflre is sOdial confusion, thefe is a trend toward reaetiOti, fof inahkihd, UhleSs it aeeepts the prospect of a retUfh to bafbanshi, is obliged to iflstithto disciplihe ahd dictatdrship to fedfess the balhhce. Ih the pfOCOSS,, liberty, &S We coMeive it ifi less difficult ihonieuts, SUffefS. ThefeugOil, the pfendulum swings back, there is a revolt agaifist despotism. The art of government is to keep the sd&lea eVem tJhhappily thefe is a tendency to-day to lay too much streSs eithef 6ti ofdef superiihpflsed by govefhifleht, Or oh freedoin to act withbttt ihttfeh fegard fOf Consequences on othefs. Those caught by the sphte Of propaganda afO UfleonSdiously, wMchever sidO they esoupse ,helpiflg tO deStroy iiberty4 Fof liberty canhOt breathe in an atmosphefO of waf, Whethef CiVil Of ihternational, and is stifled by militant Coihmunist ahd Jhilltaht FasCist alike. Tolerahee 6f OthefS' OpiniOhs, coihproihise ih hational and xntefnational quarxels, as much liberty as is compatibie with order and as • much ordef as is necessafy to hold society together, these are the Simple but fOrgotteh rules WhiCh are fundanientat to civilisation. They afe forgottea. lu the vioieut coatrovereiOs of to-day; but they remait the pillars uf a reaseh&ble worldv