TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The TTay of Progress. “ We shall merely set aside progress hy throwing; away the compass ami charts that have guided us hitherto, and forgetting that ‘-rowth must follow a system. We shall not solve problems by trying to give rigid permanence to any form, however good, by setting up, for example, a totalitarian Slate, by forcing Christianity into the mould of democracy, or any other device for saving the toil of constant thought and fresh invention. The. method and the end of discipline arc the acceptance of precedent and tradition; the obeying ~f ohl rules; the eritcism of precedent when old rules have been mastered and the need of new methods proved; the praetice of orderly thinking, rigorous self-control and the exact performance of the work of the moment. —(ieneral Smuts. Great and Sacred Mission. “The glory that once was lias departed from war, and as an instrument of power and of acquisition war as a policy 1- to day more than ever before proving its own futility and being discredited." s-ivs t ieneral llerlzog. "The moment is fast approaching when oulv as a measure of self-del enee ill the hour ol despair will war he resorted to. Already, as is well kown, the opinion that this should | lf> su is prevailing generally in civil life throughout the civilised communities of the world. That at this moment m the history of the world the British Commonwealth of Nations should espouse the cause of world peace, and exercise its great inllucnce and devote its energies on behalf of mankind, as it is doing, is something which „, ;1V Ul .|i ii.-iurv it with the feeling of a great and sacred mission.”