HAIR-BRAINED
Sir,-Having printed some "Hairbrained" matter by one "Weatherwise," you may be good enough to print this as rejoinder: $ Bid For Peace SHALL g00d old Britain be decried Because, like Jesus crucified, She made a bid for friendly Peace And sought to give the world release From silly, senseless strife? And do we need to be alarmed Because sore other nations armed, And tried the world to dominate 4 By brutal force and ruthless hate, And sought to spoil all life? And shall we shout about the cost Of gaining Peace? The world’s well lost, If need be, for a grand ideal, For life devoid of shams and real, For lite with friendship rife.
C.C.
C.
‘Cambridge).
Sir-In answer to "Weatherwise" in a recent issue: HE folks who talked of pacifism Can take the blame for the Rot, Said the Tory propaganda, Quite good scapegoats, what? While Hitler was re-arming, We Tories didn’t fuss. We said he’ll fight the Bolshevists, He’ll never turn on us. We sat on the Treasury benches, We were the party in power; To us you entrusted your safetyWhat shall we say in this hour But turn on the few idealists To cover up our shame? For years we were friends with Hitler, But the long-haired can take the blame. In the years that the Nazis were arming, We weren't the least bit scared, But as soon as Hitler dropped his mask, We told you we weren't prepared. Manchuria, Ethiopia and the restOur party and class mean more. It was we who let the Germans re-2rm, So blame someone else for the war!
ENDWISE
(Gore).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 234, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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269HAIR-BRAINED New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 234, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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