Wairarapa Times-Age SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1940. FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1940, Page 6

Wairarapa Times-Age SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1940. FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE.

TN one way and another the opinion is gaining ground steadily amongst thinking people of many nations that the esta > lishment of real and enduring peace demands not on ti c defeat of aggression, but the reorganisation of the moi 1( . > good deal has already been heard on this s « b -l eet J leading spokesmen of the Allied nations. Air said: “We are not aiming only at victory, but rathei look. p beyond it to the laying of the foundation of a bettei ‘ tional system which will mean that war will not be the lot ol every succeeding generation.” The French Premier, Al. Daladier, has declared that, there is need

of a new Europe that should be of far wider hp necpqsarv to extend our intercourse and peihaps to envisage federal ties between Europe’s States. We are ready to co-opera with all pursuing our aims.

In the extent to which they are able to embody these ‘ ’ Lions into a practical programme, calculated to \wn tin a proval and awaken the hopes of peace-loving people o . ill nations, the Allies will provide themselves with a loin kL 1 additional weapon against dictatorships committee l 4° a ®=’— sion and plunder and will bring the day of real vieton mt > nearer prospect.

Already the Allies have made it clear that they are fighting with no aims of aggrandisement. Even Dr & ° eb VnotlXm constrained to admit that the Allies have, as he puts it not n to gain in the war. What this really means is that, the Allied nations are not seeking plunder ol any kind, bo far, ; Hie Na/, arch-propagandist, is perfectly accurate, Ihe Allies have, however, a great deal to gain in Hie war, because hey are fighting to overthrow and destroy forces of evil which <ik progressively undermining all peace and security—forces, as Air Anthony Eden has said, which have already overrun some of the outposts of liberty in Europe and are now attacking its main bulwarks. The victory the Allies are determined to win and are confident of winning will mean lor them and Im other nations.freedom and the right to live in peace It is onlv in the perverted and contorted outlook of Dr Goebbels and his kind that these things can be counted as nothing. The practical point to which consideration returns is that inmakin" it. widely known and understood that they are intent not only on safeguarding their own freedom and security, but on making freedom and security as nearly as possible universal, the Allies will be.adopting.one thoroughly practical method of overthrowing aggression and brigandage in Germany and in other countries in which they are still supreme.

The pooling of British and French resources ol which an impressive account was given in one of yesterday’s cablegrams, following on consultations in London between M. Dmitry, French Minister for Armaments and Dr E. L. Burgin, British Minister of Supply, may be regarded fairly as a step, not only towards greater efficiency in war, but towards broader and more extended economic co-operation in time ol peace.. All Mallory BroWne wrote on this subject in the “Christian Science Monitor” not long ago: —

The British and French Press have each emphasised the potential significance of this aspect of what amounts almost to a merger or pooling of economic resources o£ the Allied nations. Although primarily a strategic move in economic warfare against the Nazis, it is recognised to have long-term importance as well in showing the advantages which would accrue from mote extensive co-ordination between European Powers.

It has been said by a European writer I hat: “At the end ol this war a new opportunity for uniting Europe will be afforded. If Europe seizes this opportunity, it may yet save its future. If it again neglects this opportunity, it may perhaps be the last and Europe’s decline may well be sealed.” No more vital demand is made upon the Allied nations than that thei should prepare in good time to conclude, at the end of the war a peace of reconciliation and not a peace of revenge. Already the truth of this contention has been acknowledged and indeed proclaimed bv the leaders of the Allied nations. The future of Europe and of more than Europe depends on the extent to which the great democracies develop into practical policy and carry into" effect the aspirations their leaders have thus expressed.