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ARMS AND THE FUTURE
plying materials to both sides during the World War. Nor can one feel at all complacent about the enterprise legal as it was of the American and British firms who agreed to divide between themselves the supply of muni tions to Chile and Peru when those two countries were at war. It is necessary that every country should have its eyes very wide open when arms are urgent- or some y needed by its own other country and opportunities of undue profit-making present The pertinent question put by themselves. It would be folly to Dr. Wellington Koo in his final suggest that no such opportunity appeal to the Brussels confer presents itself in Britain to-day. ence, when he challenged the On the other hand never before position of Powers who condemn has there been so considerable ed Japan's aggression and at the an array of forces for preventing same time supplied her with the abuse. The strong feeling on means of aggression, was raised the part of the public, the persis- ontence of Parliamentary critics, in the House of Commons Monday in the course of an ap-and the Government's knowledge parently innocuous question. The that its own credit is at stake Government spokesman told the should make a powerful combin- profiteer- House that exports of British ation of deterrents to aeroplanes, engines and other ing and to undue dealings with parts in the last twenty months the potential "enemy.”
But it continues to be necess- had totalled nearly £3,000,000,†
and had he gone into the fur-ary that the public should be ther particulars probably well ceaselessly alert to the possibilit
known by the questioner, he ies of abuse.
would no doubt have revealed
that a goodly proportion of that
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equipment had gone to countries As We Sow
whose re-armament, particularly
in the air, had been the chief promoter of British rearmamenti
Where are pity and compassion
and of half the scare of British gone, that the world can, with no fear of aerial invasion. Some greater protest, read, day by an issue tay, accounts of what is happen- time or other, this is
be faceding in China? Where also has which will have to whether or not a capitalistically the world's common sense gone minded Government likes it or in regard to the future?
Towns are bombed out of exis not.
Every great country is now tence on no other pretext than engaged in spending more money the possibility that troops may than it can afford in the produc-be there. British ships are sub- Injected to machine-gunning at tion of munitions of war. every great country, except Rus Tsungming and to destruction by sia, the industries engaged in it bombing at Wahu. Nanking and are making profits or expecting Pukow. have been subjected to to make them, and the measure the "worst raids of the war'
What of the future? Do we of expectation Britain, is accompanied by a fear think that the effect of such that the country's needs will be happenings can be confined to
armaments one small part of the globe? exploited by the makers, and that the great effort which the taxpayer is called upon to make will be increased by the exactions of profiteers. It deavoured to strength in our is no wonder that such fear selves and in our nations the pre- should exist The World War cious grace of compassion? provided tragic evidence of the one of his most poignant war making of profits in war indus-poems Wilfred Owen speaks of tries when the youth of the those whose hearts are hardened country were giving their lives and says of them
especially in
in the trenches. During the war period 360,000 people in Britain are reported to have increased APR their fortunes over the pre-war basis by no less than £3,000,000,- 000
The answer is not wholly warlike spirit. Here is tragedy. Would it not be well if we en-
In
By choice they made there-
selves immune.
To pity and whatever moans
in man
Before the last sea and the
hapless stars: Whatever
many leave these Whatever shares
The eternal reciprocity
tears.
children of the nex
The position now, it is true, is not fully comparable with the position then. During the World War, munitions had to be pro duced at any cost, and there was little time to provide the checks which to day there would be no eration are excuse for omitting. But, grant. Shall we ed that, is it the case that all is choose being done that ought to be done Shall we also be to avoid excessive charges
profits, to prevent tell us tha prices being raised against
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it reap
when