TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The Attack on Democracy. “ The democracy which, at the instance of the English-speaking and the French peoples, had been spreading over the Western world is now not only challenged but distinctly checked by the opposing doctrines resting upon a philosophy of compulsion rather than of • liberty which are known as Communism, as National Socialism, and as Fascism. How, therefore, in such circumstances can a democratic people he indifferent or neutral when a fellow-democracy is forcibly attacked by one of the philosophies of compulsion? In that case what is being attacked is the democracy’s own outpost, and, if the attack on that outpost be successful, it will be followed by an attack on that democracy itself. Each in its own self-defence must stand together with the other democratic peoples if the attempt be made to submerge any one of them under the waves of a doctrine of compulsion. Peace, as has been pointed out many times, requires a foundation upon which to rest. It cannot be reached or hoped for unless that foundation be provided, and that foundation has for its corner-stones liberty and justice.”—Dr. Nicholas Butler,
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20263, 4 August 1937, Page 6
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190TOPICS OF THE DAY. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20263, 4 August 1937, Page 6
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