PEACE AND WAR.
PRESBYTERY’S SPIRITED DEBATE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 11. There was a spiirted debate on the question of peace and war at the monthly meeting of the Presbytery. Dr. Gibbs moved a resolution that it was the duty of ministers of refigion to take steps to arouse in the minds of the community hatred of war. The Rev. J. H. MacKenzie moved an amendment condemning war and rejoicing in the movement for disarmament, but recognising that the country cannot safely become defenceless and discriminating between aggressive and defensive warfare. In the course of his speech he condemned some utterances of Dr. Gibb and his association with certain Labor leaders. Dr. Gibb in reply defended himself, and went on to condemn Mr. Massey for immediately responding to Mr. Lloyd George’s call instead of making inquiries first. The meeting then rejected both proposals.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1922, Page 5
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