THE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY.
" The demoeraey which, at the instance of the English-speaking and the Freneh peoples, had been spreading over the Western world is now not only challenged but distinctly checked by the opposing doctrines resting upon a philosophy of compulsion rather than of liberty, which are known as Communism, as National Socialism, and. as Fascism. How, therefore, in such circumstanees can a d'emocratic people be indifferent or neutral when a fellow-democracy ia f orcibly attacked by one of the philosophies of compulsion 1 In that case, what is being attacked is the democracy's own outpost, and, if the atfcack on that outpost he successful, it will be followed by an attack on that demooracy itself. Each in its own self-defence must stand together witb the other democratic peoples if the attempt be made to submerge any one of them nnder the waves of a doetrim* of compulsion. Peace, as has been pointed out many times, requires a foundation upon which to regt. It cannot be reached or hoped for unless that foundation be provided, and that foundation has for its corner-stones liherfy and justice."— Dr. Nieholas Butler.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 179, 16 August 1937, Page 4
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189THE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 179, 16 August 1937, Page 4
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