Lone Canadian Trapper Joins in Peace Drive

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 131, 19 June 1937, Page 18

Lone Canadian Trapper Joins in Peace Drive

LONDON. A lonely Canadian .trapper of Dewey, British Columbia, bas sent tbe following letter (reproduced bere in its original spelling) to Viscount Cecil, cbairman of tbe British National Oommittee of tbe International Peace Campaign: "I follow trapping for a living, and tbis time it is four montbs since 1 seen any one, wbicb is not unusual, so keeping in toucb with news print, I bave a better chance to pick tbe cbaf from tbe wbeat, tban those wbof are pulled along in lifes turbulent "stream, having watched carefully for some ray of ligbt to appear. "I want to say, your move for disarmiment by a world ballot, is the first ray of ligbt that bas appearod, not only in my time, bnt in all time in regaxd to cesation of war, but tbe vole, to be effective, must be Solely for the one purpose, witb a clear understanding tbat force will be used at tbe end if required, to complete disarmament to tbe point of sufficient to patroll tbe seas. If^tbis can be done it will do more for tbe human race tban any Magna Cbarta ever did. ''I am all for tbe world crusade, for it seems so insane to drift back not only into tbe dark ages but something the world bas never seen. "Please excuse tbis scratcbing for 1 am out of practice."