The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920. ANARCHY IN BRITAIN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3550, 12 August 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920. ANARCHY IN BRITAIN.

With which is incorporated “The Taihabe Post and Waimarino News"

I It has been generétlly conceded that the great Belgian -statistician, Quet.elet, clearly and sufficiently proved that the gales of passion and caprice; the waves of crime, casualties, marriages-, births and deaths, which ‘pass over mankind, allhave their origin in some inevitable though inscrutable causes» At this very moment. there" rests upon human kind a curse which has no compeer in the whole gamut of physics; there is passing over the whole earth a wave of dehumanisation which is yet fraught with the greatest disaster to civilisation that is conceivable bya human intellect. Quat--elet demonstrated that wars came periodically, governed by some inscrutable power, as periods of rain, heat, frost came, and, as is commonly obsei-vable,'come periods of disease. All such phenomena pass under consideration in the effort to account for the causes of that u'np-recedented !vs'ave of war, anarchy, revolt, cruelty, {deception and insincerity with whirl [the whole population of the glohe' now seem to be seriously affected. By a Very large proportion of civilised manikind it is held that no sin against the lindividual or community can be committed withont involving punishment therefore, Assuming this postulate Ito be sufliciéntly true, the way is opened up to a visualisation of the multitude of sins that kings, governments and peoples have been able to accumulate without involving immediate punishment. and it also makes it clear that"no man can go on piling up injuries. against his fellow-man, or that nations can go on indefinitely do--ing; that which is an injury to other ‘nations without the inevitable relaction taking place sooner or later. {There comes a time when human inature will revolt. just as there comes :2 time when a hucket will run over if the source of water supply is not cut off. In an endeavour to termin‘ate anything the first thought. is. cut foil’. the source. and it seems. that the ‘ivars and anarchy. revolts and strikes. ldeceptiong and robberies in wluich the lpeoples of the world are insanely waltlovcing will, and can. only respond to ‘;limitation or stoppage at the source lof cans?-_ instead of the instincts of ’ninn continuing to beat in harmony ;with laws which are as inexitrlhle and lY‘l‘r*:~‘l.<tll)l(7¥ as those governing the ‘movements of heavonl_v bodies. the irising ana setting of the sun, they llin\'r- lieerume Ile;rv.‘edr»rl. viriuelr-ss ltrom s‘-we lar-l-I or‘ that l“‘0l"-.2} snasion land sustenance that was hitlim-to Esousiit in the ‘.'ariol'zs rthristiarr ‘r’nm'ches. For manv years the gov}err.nienl of Germany nrosecnted a SV:'-‘tern for (l(‘?l(lPT1l]l,‘Z the moral faculties and perverting the moral iniF'flll(?l'.s‘ in connection with mnn_’s oh:.“9i71l"i0IIs to man. Lie to th)’ W”?-“l" Ihour. plunder thy neighbour. murder Eihfv’ nci£:hbCllr ‘if it be necesszlrv to I'sn(:Cessfull_v deprive him of‘: what !hls- German culture replaced that: §nl<s?‘3“3; Which is the basis’ of Clll'iS’t-3 iianitfi’. and the world ig now reapingi lthe inevitable harve.-'~t.i The Wl‘il'(=,T‘Si i“'7lo9‘? Wnrks were most \'ol‘:lCi()n.sl,Vl id""0l1re<l taught that éhristizmity was 0”]-V Tm‘ Sléwes. and it is because this Pl‘€‘CP-Ilt is heard and put into practice in all Sections of society, in communities and countries: ‘n<.~ca.liso it is an-; l"llC‘<7 in all rel;=t.ioni< of hunmn llfffll in trade. indusirv and even in daily’ i“‘l“’C°“l'3o- ‘that. there are dissensions and wars everywherrz. ‘ People are; f"3m"5‘”HY 3--“ kill: why siiolx a condi’r‘3on of murder. rapacity and ruthless. destruction should have fastened up-,i 011 Flll Classes and conomunities, but it‘ is only necessary to turn to those‘ Who have dominated education to correctly determine the cause. In G‘‘““‘'‘".‘l 3“ Wl’ifel's- and ieachersi mad“ the“ Wrivflngs and tenchin:zs' conform to their Ka.iser’s plans for world domination. His lust for power involved the sacrifice of the wen. proved, safe fundani-:».nt:«] teachings 0f the nhristianity Il‘pOn which modern C-.ivillisatir‘n was built 7';>. He, removed that fundamental basis, and the

whole superstructure is seen tumbliiug. The new religion, might is right, J the basis of German culture, I~‘Pl‘<:‘tld [to other countries and in more than .one instance there seems to be the ,desire for world domination, although -sought by other methods than those lpracticed by the Kaiser himself. lThere is, however, the same abundanlment of the old injunction to do to ‘others as you would they should do! to you. The same degradation Of‘ ‘huinan instincts are equally Visible in’ every department of life, wllelhel‘,it lbs in the ballroom, the countingihouse or the factory. The harvest of all this accumulation of corruDtioll ‘me peoples of the world are now [reaping and there is not visible an)’ fipower on earth to stop it. To reach‘ ‘the source of this appalling tumultousness is too stupendous at work for lcontemplation ‘even, and no ilnprovc--l [meut seems possible while orgies of [greed and power lust are allowed to‘ ,remain in shameless practice, un-{ ‘checked by governments everywhere While Governments are enacting laws I that permit. of some living in barbaric l magnificence they are at the same, time condemning others to _-an un~l avoidable life of slavery, and it would be contrary to human nature. and a reversal of what all history teaches. [if the people did not revolt .agninst‘. such laws. What is the British Empire’s experience to-day? The people are defy.ing~ their Government, and where is this defiance going to end? The new culture. has under-mined civ'ilisation a.lld in no country are the people contented and happy. The “Might is right” religion is resented by the people, and, they with almost lone voice, tell the"Governnlent that Lthey sliall not rule unless they are [prepared to cast off the dictations of greed and legislate in the best interests ot‘ workers as well as for Those few in the category ‘of “might.” There is in Britain a condition ‘too appalling to contemplate, for whether' we in this Dominion realise the fact‘ andportent or not, the curtain to the‘ first real act in the awful drama of‘ revolution has been raised; will it be a peaceful or a bloody revolution‘? The 1 workers of Britain have virtually sent] an ultilnatuin to the Government; that,‘ those millions of men are in earnest} no one can doubt, and the question oft mob rule cannot. affect the l\'ol‘l{el‘s,’l .determinat.ion. Lust. for power and riches has under-mined_ the British‘ constitution and what concerns think-A ing people’ is Whether that constitution can be held together. The Inost'i astounding aspect is that men will not ‘realise that they are working out their own. destruction. The New Zealand ‘Welfare. League published a very in tercsting article in yesterday’s issue of this joul'nal._ headed, “Public Rights Protection";" but how unsatisfying! that article is. When a very small minority determine the nature of public rights which is objected to by a hugely preponderating majority. where is the protection of those Public Rights to come 'from? Th.ere_is a Vital need for a new‘ policy that feasible, and which is acceptable"t_o an m'erwlielnling majority of the people. With such a policy “Public Rights Protection?’ only comes within the realms of possibility. The eyes of selfish men in Britain and in some other countries were closed to they linenace to peace that Gerinany was‘ building up, and when the storm came tßrit&ill sent thousands of soldiers toi ‘do the work of millions. Is this not lxvhat. selfish people are doing now in lspile of the rapidly gathering storm of anarchy which overshadows them. besides hanging’ like a. death pall threatening the homes and the lives of all classes. it seems to be evidence of ins:nlit._\', an lnconteslible.[ inexcusable t‘allac_v to continue basing‘ laws upon that moraity the might is right culture furnishes. if m:ln’s in-E tellect is incapable of improving 1117011 the ten (-.omnlan(lmen.ts. let there be a. S})£3E'(l_§-‘ return to them as a basis, for legislation. Culture is a t'a.ilnre:_

it; came into existence for ‘one D 111“ DOB 9. and,‘ having "failed therein, if 1-enlains 21. curgs-e upon all 'rha’r. humankind I'og*a:-<1 as most sacred_