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Returning from Alaska, a priest told the Associated Press recently that missionaries in the frozen wastes beyond the Arctic Circle have learned to avoid preaching sermons about the orthodox conception of hell lest
Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1937 the Eskimos decide they would.
like to go there to keep warm.
THE POWERS AND
CHINA
Men and women have come to be ruled less by fear in their re
igious thinking and are more of love could never be intent on than ever convinced that a God
Perhaps there was a time when news of this sart would have been blazoned by writers of the more furid school as an evidence It would be wise to accept with the Far North. To-day it is not of the breakdown of region în reserve the suggestion that Brit-likely to be taken quite so seri- ain invited the United States into ously. The fact is that ministers a united front with Britain and of many congregations have not- France against Japanese aggresed some time since a declining sion in China and that the Unit-effectiveness in the fire-and-brim- ed States declined. Diplomatic stone preaching of the old-time conversations have, conceivably, valist. touched upon the possibility of the necessity of concerted action in certain contingencies, but seems doubtful whether, Britain, with the best will in the world to wards China, has yet contem- plated a "Hands Off China?" de a fiery vengeance by the destruc- claration at any stage in the tion of his own creation. The present conflict. All the Powers effort to depict either hell or realise that the day of bluff and heaven in material terms bas ding is over in the Far East fallen into obvious unsatisfac- None is prepared to carry any
toriness. The prospect of dancing other form of persuasion upon forever on a sea of glass and Japan to its logical conclusion twanging a golden harp amounts It does need to be understood in the last analysis to a defini- however, that the reason the lattion of sublime boredom. est incursions of Japanese The intelligent person is con- troops have provoked no protests tinually in search of affirmative. comparable with those which rather than merely negative for- greeted the invasion of Manchuria ces and rules of conduct.
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is less a sign of international more reasonable than eternal complacence over a continuing in-damnation is the concept that we clination on the part of the Jap continually make our own heaven anese military toward aggression or hell in degree as the natural
than of preoccupation with an-consequence of our finences the xieties nearer home.
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afre Central Europe grows in bettering men's lives to-day are warm with frictions of interna those which point a goal and a tional diplomacy and minority method. Fear may keep people. problems. The United States is from doing wrong but it takes at the stage when important poli-something higher to inspire them tical forces are pulling in opposite to do right. Love for his fellow directions.
man and gratitude for the Pro- vidence that has placed him in Yet Western powers have not held themselves aloof from this a universe of opportunity are Sino-Japanese clash. It has been strong pulls in this direction. at least or sufficient concern to
the United States to ehcit from
Mr. Cordell Hull yet a further Epsteins in the Strand reminder of American interest in
peace in the Far East. And The announcement that parts British statesmen are now gath of the Epstein statues in the ering to discuss their next step. Strand that are decayed and dan
Mr. Frederick V. Field, secre-gerous will have to be cut off as tary of the American Council, In the monoliths cannot be remoyed stitute of Pacific Relations, points intact from the building means, out in the "Christian Science in effect, that little more than Monitor" that the Japanese mil-the torsos will be left in position. itary remains in virtually com-It is a desperate business, like plete control of government in cutting away the mast to save Japan. But the increasing the ship, but men qualified to national unity of China is be judge think that, even so, enough coming, more than British nen-beauty will be left there to make trality plans, a potential check on it still the most distingus extreme Japanese ambition! sculptured facade in London
As this counterforce consolid. It is a tates, the moderates in Japan
find it eas
heard
Dr
owing to