Sweet Peace

NZ Truth, Issue 1187, 30 August 1928, Page 6

Sweet Peace

'AT last! the-. veil of diplomatic rhetoric has emerged the bright, warm kernel of .international "forbearance and the pacific compact; which seemed, never to' reach fruition has now been consummated; r The elision of war from among the more violent ■ tendencies of mankind, >has at length .found deep , significance and one 'must cherish the hope that air the potential horrors of warfare have been efficiently ' quenched for many generations, to come. : To the lay mind the devious and, subtle, 'alleyways of • diplomacy; are difficult of interpretation ai\d the verbal fog which invariably.- enshrouds the utterances of international. "Statesmen "is not easily penetrated. •-,-,;..- -.. But now," amid the twittering clicking of cables, the. din ' bf pealing /bells and ;by 'the' maiiy. demontrations of ,. thanksgaving, we know that' the leagueof mr; ternationals has .'accomplished a remarkable result— one which, less than ten years ago, see.metl impossible of achievement.;