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PEACE PLEDGE PACIFISM
A Christmas Concession
On a sealed letter just deliver- ed by post from the Transvaal, the envelope bore a penny stamp, but no surcharge: had been de manded or paid. The only imme- date évidence of the short was a printed label, affixed to the the envelope, which
Postage on this letter-packet was insufficiently prepaid by the sender.
As an exceptional arrange- ment during!' the Christmas period only collection of surcharge due is waived:
Kindly request sender to as- certain correct rate of ❤ pós-
The British Peace Pledge tage. Movement, of which a local It seems a very friendly and con- anch has recently been formed, siderate tribute to the spirit of and of which the late Canon Christmas. But it is a pity that the leader and the Christmas spirit of the South Sheppard was inspirer, has everything to re- African postal authorities was in commend it except perhaps the this instance a little unjustified. pledge itself yet without
the For the packet that came through lure of this pledge Canon Shep-scotfree on the wave of the sea-
have pard would certainly not
son's generosity bore no Christ- recruited his 150,000 men. mas gift or greeting. It merely renounce war, and never again, delivered an unsolicited · põem directly or indirectly, will I sup that was not up to publication port or sanction another." There, standard. in all its attractive simplicity, the pledge which the people are invited to take.
Now though the aim of this Autumn Cricketers pronouncement is excellent,”īts
The suggestion made by the actual terms hardly bear exa ination. When a nation is at war, Cricket Commission that the sea- every job of work done and every son might be prolonged into the my paid into the Exchequer second week in September mes ipso facto related to the prompts the recollection that our and in the last resort the cricketers seem once to have been ly way the individual can a hardier race in regard to clim- avoid supporting" the war in-atic conditions as well as pitch directly is by suicide. This fact preparation. They were much affords no reason for abandoning oftener black and blue from peacemaking efforts. On the con-bumpy wickets, and must have trary it should persuade us to in-been blue with cold sometimes, tensify them, The only useful for they went on well beyond the way of resisting war is to pre-middle of September W. vent war breaking out. Once the does not tell us at what end of the the season was fought an historic peace is lost, pacifism in country concerned is likely to be struggle in Gloucestershire in his come a pointless martyrdom our early days, but he does mention governments will see to that. casually that snow fell during The now familiar case for ab- the day and the wicket cut up solute pacifism
again, byte is stated yet{badly...
contributors, in But it seems to have been quite Let Us Honour Peace, and by common to play important mat- M. de Ligt, the Dutch sociolo- ches în October in the eighteen- gist, in a far fuller and longer sixties. In the year 1864; for a famous manifesto book, "The Conquest of Vio- instance, fence. There is hope in carried on the long war between the fact that the
"off the cric- Peace North and South Pledgers do not offer a merely ket-field. It ran: “We, the South negative programme. They know of England, decline playing at that we cannot hope for interna, Newmarket on the 6th, 7th, and tional peace until we have es 8th. October, as they, the North, tablished international justice, refused to play in London.”li and that we cannot contribute to seems pretty clear that t that end # we have purged stalwart cricketers also began ourselves of imperialistic com- earlier.
eller Easter Monday matches placency and delf-righteous ha- were common. But all that was treds.
It could be wished that before football hart came into his more stress had been laid on this own and as some crid
88 some cricketers ma point in the books in question think, a little more than its own.