THE PEACE ESSENTIALS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 158, 22 July 1937, Page 4

THE PEACE ESSENTIALS

'Teace, if it is to be true peace, must mean much more than tbe absence of war; it must mean much more than the unbroken continuity of the present ' order much more than just uninterrupted Ieisure for business men to get on with their money-making. The only peace worth having is the eontentment of mind whieh comes from the satisfaction of its highest aspirations and deepest needs. This comes not through wealth, but through holiness, which is the innermost essence of religion. "Peace without prevention of the causes of war is useless; so is defence, however costly. Here at least paqifist and re-armer should be able to agree. One of the most fruitful causes of unrest in the world copies from racial antipathy and racial inequality, the sense of injustice among the oppressed and depressed peoples of the earth. There can he no Fellowship without righteousness, justice and goodwill among those concerned; there cannot be brotherhood except among equals. "Liberty is the indispensahle preliminary to unity, These are problems that cannot he shirked by those who seek to promote peace and fellowship; they cannot he shelved under the label of political issues. It has been one of the major tragedies of the modern world that it has contrived to keep politics and religion apart," — {'rofessor & & Malalasekera. g£ fifiloabo -