The War Clouds.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1922, Page 4

The War Clouds.

PROTEST BY PRESBYTERY

AUCKLAND, June I I

In Ids remarks at the meeting of the Auckland Presbytery to-night, regarding tie opinion expressed hv tho I’rim • Minister ns to war clouds, the Ret I. t.i.ieh ilarvev piloted from a report id Mr Massey's sp. i eh at West Eyieli-n a few days' ago. He Mr Harvey) s.u . this utterance "as one of a type t int was becoming too minemu-'. “H seems.” be continued, “that it we. us a Christian people, let such sle.li-mcats pass without protest, we shall he mis** to tbe ideals of lienee we aie siippes d le uphold, and false In (!>•' kingdom el God. The Prime Mini-t i is entitle'! I > believe tlmt there may be war. hut we. object to bis talking as if their was no other means t.f settling inlernatielial disputes. As one of the signatories of t! e ( i;venan: the League ol Nations, one would have exp 1 rod -di Massey to he an anient chumpeui ■' be League, spreading its prineiptes m very haul, instead ol v.iiich !e is going about talking of the next war, with nut a word as lo its horrors, of nielhei.s of avoiding it. It Im • elieves theie a ill be another war, be ought to be ~,using the nation tn its itanger, and ■lemiuneitig the League as lulling • people to a false security. Instead, Mr Massey and bis colleagues are cutting down military and liaw.l expenditure t a minimum which is declared bs sain aatliorities to be almost inadequate, n is* not praiiieal statesmanship: ” imore like piacticat tollv. Tiie Rev Georg Patterson moved that Mr Lamb Harvey continue no further with the matter, and submit bis resolution to the meeting forthwith, “\Ye are getting more of a political

atmosphere in the House, and skating on thin ice,” lie said. : “You cannot, keep polities cut of a question like this, ’ replied Mr i amb llaney. The -Acting-aindorntni (!’■“ P. v l’itUison) suggest cd ilia l tlie speaker should avoid per* u :!; t. r, and coiijiue his remark:'- to gi I'errl policy. It "as a question of "In liter the Presbytery could restrict the liberty of a member. Mr A, .1. I'mlrma-i - i;l be did not think that any ntemher m the Presuyterv would like ic : -pcak-'r s iemitrks curtailed. The Pi esbylcry bad already touched on politics in nicer qui'Stions that evening, and was touching the suliierl every il y. He thought ||v sullied should ccitaiuly be considrred. ~ . . • Mr Vntieir'oii i.hercuo'n withdrew lus motion. Mr Harvey continued: “It is not I who introduced personal matters; it itlie Prime .Minister.” - The Hev' G. Pall: r*on : Tho l*rim Minister is not a mini-i'er of ■ Gospel. as we uudeistand it. and the matter should he l it ! u our private | toting. i Mr Harvey; Tt is up to ns to correct ' Mr Harvey then proposed his inoHoii. which was seconded hv Mr Kntrican and carried unanimously, without dis--1 cushion. .