TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19879, 7 May 1936, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Search for Truth “ The long-outstanding controversy between Religion and Science has done it great deal of harm—much praetical harm to religiun, and n vertain amount of moral harm to suienee,” says the Dean of Durham (Dr. Alington). “ For this result both parties are to blame, religious people for the attempts which they once made to restrain M'ient‘e from perfectly legitimate inquiry, and scientific people for ill-informed attacks upon a subject which they had made m 3 efiort to understand. It is curious that both sides fell into precisely those errors which they might have been expected to avoid; the champions of religion showed a most irreligious leek of charity, and the champions of science adopted a very unscientific attitude; for it is. or should he, a first principle of religion to welvome any honest search for truth, and it: is n eardinul principle of seienee not to despise or neglect any facts. however ineunvenient. The reli—gious instinct and its manifestations are undeniable facts, and us ‘ such demund reverent study", on the other hand, all new truths xuust help Christians to increase their knowledge of Him who is the Truth."

A Question of Proportion “.It is true that Germnny had :1 eoloniul Empire,” said Mr L. S. Amery, BLP.‘ “though it only played :1 very small part in her econumie life and only took :1 minute handful of settlers. She lost it in a war which she herself provoked. “'hy Should she. have a spewinl prior ('lnim over, my. Seundinm’in. Poland, (‘zechmlvrukin, Switzerland—[he whole of Europe? If these matters nre to he SOlllOLl un u Innis of abstract prineiple, those countries have a ense ) for hnving t-nhmierz, int» Agni“, tnkt‘ the quesfinn u? oVer-puwfiahfi (‘Ullllll'l(‘\‘ like ('hinu :uul .lnpnn. lf' over~[mpnlutiun is [0 he (he liar-H's ) n)‘ vinim, annn, \‘hinn, “eigimn, and “fix emuxh‘)‘ \mve M \ensk. “a , gmxd n r\u'\\n I\.\ \‘wrmnuy. lluw can i\ he said um u \livisiun ul' this snrl is really going \l\ muke any (-uutriliutinn men (0 (he eeonumit' l pruhlem7 \\'hul (irrmnn‘v \rnnls Mali-Iy, nnql “'lml >he n'laims. is >pnve t’nr smilerm mum I'ur enlarging ofi'evtivel)‘ her economic entity. She is “M {axing \u gel lhul it" you give her 'l‘ogolzmd‘ or even Tanl ganyikn. Dues- anyone Miggnst that we should, or could, give her hull‘ of Anslralia, or half of Canada? “'here She hopes in get lerritm‘y. where through 1000 years (he German race has extended. l i: eastward toward Russia, and there Jou come up against the real I problem."