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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1925, Page 4

THIS FITKFDOM. •‘T'i'c man Vilm son nips his khi!; to«l:iy. whether on principle nr I:v im linntiu'.i, is not going to become a thoronirli workman merely because be will got a banns. however largo, on the result. I do not. think that even the creat word ‘self-determination.’ whether said of an industry or of a nation. v.iil wholly satisfy the needs of the case. An industry governed solely by ‘self-determination,’ as ordinarily ttndersl ood. might conceivably be as egotistically self-indulgent, as scornful of the welfare of consumers, or other industries, or other peoples, ns a nation governed solely by ‘imperials!!),' in the vulgar sense of the word. ‘To he without externa! control.’ or ‘aide to do as you like,’ is only the negative side of either, and that you are not ‘free’ or •self-determined.' in proportion as you escape from duty and discinliiie; they are conditions without which true self-determination and true freedom cannot he won. ’He only enjoys freedom who daily wins it anew for himself' is the last word of wisdom from Goethe's ‘Faust.’ and it is one which no class, whether it gets or spends, works for profit or for wages, can afford to ignore.’’--Professor C. IT. Herford. in the “Xcw Loader.” TilK RKLIGION OF THK Sr.VMFSi'. •‘The Siamese attitude towards matters spiritual—their coin-option of their duty to (tod. their fellow-meii. and themselves, is simple. It is not complicated by the strife of .sects, by the competition of conflicting faitbs. by intellectual arrogance, nor by undisciplined enthusiasm. It is an atti- j tude of unconcerned belief, f|uiet!.v held and practised. It one ol its most noticeable results is the congregating together of large bodies of idle priests, who toil not. neither do they spin, that result is not resented commonly bv the people, nor dues any form of priestly tyranny spring from it. The most striking characteristics of the religions life of Siam is its wonderful tolerance. Christian missionaries are ns free 10 work in the country as it they were in a Christian land, and (noir educational and medical \v*>rh n encouraged cHn-ially." Alt \Y. Nunn, late adviser t i the Siamese Govern- , nicni oil Customs. I