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THE HONGKONG TELK

FRIDAY ET MARCH 18771988

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HIS article is addressed to Pacifists in England, to those convinced of the pro- found wickedncas of dis embowelling little children be свиво one happens to differ politically from their parents.

To those who hold that con- lation the present writer (who has, in his time, contributed something in the way of certain economic elucidations to the strength of the Paclist 650)` has always said, and still says:

Stick to your faith. Continue to preach the principles of Pact- Ram: support them by reason and argument; do not sacrifice one fraction of your conviction: continue to work out all possible incana of non-violent resistance. But to go on preaching that doc- trine is not all that you na a Paci- fist must do.

You must also decide which of two (or more), non-Pacifist policies will bring the Pacifist goal nearer, and which mako. It more remote; otherwise you may, by bad judg- ment, betray the cause you have ut heart.

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ERY soon now, in a year or two, the issue will be presented to

you electorally.

In most constituencies there will be so Pacifist candidate, and you will have to choose between one whose policy is that of the Attlee- Dalton-Noel Baker-Cecil - Gilbert Murray order (the matter goes beyond Party lines), and another whose policy is of the Benverbrook- Rothermere - Amery - Page Croft - Londonderry order.

For what will you vote?

Both stand for armed defence. But one means by defence some- thing which is compatible with peace, and the other something which will make war inevitable,

The Government group stands for a policy which, however much its real nature may be obscured by lip service to peaco more or less sincere, and however little its nature may be realised by some of its spokesmen, nevertheless alm- mera down in fact to saying to other nations:-

We arm in order that, without any interference from you, we can carry out any policy which, with- out consultation with you, we think to our advantage-Prefer- ences, closing the Empire, tariffs round our Crown Colonies, what not--whether it fijures you or

not:

and in order that, if we should get into a dispute we should be able to enforce that we believe. to be our rights.

MUST

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take

SIDES

Sir Norman Angell

That is to say, to be judge of any quarrel, arising between us.....

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ND, by arming in order to be judgò in their own cause, they arm order to deny to some other nation the very right of judgment they claim for themselves. If both

Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1933.

sides to a dispute insist on being its Judge, the outcome obviously must be war. By that method there can be no equality of right.

The other group--Attlee-Dalton- Noel Baker - Cecil - Gilbert Murray group-stands for a conception of defence based on the exactly con- trary principle of equality of right, for the defence of rights which, I claimed by both parties to a dispute. must lead to peace as certainly as the other principle must lead to war.

The polley of the Attlee group bolts down to saying to foreigners:

We do not ask you to take our verdict in any dispute between us, since we are one of the parties to it. We offer you the umpire principle, arbitration, which is equal for both.

We shall not use our arins fr order to be your judge; only to prevent you being ours; not to ensure that the status quo is not changed; only to ensure that it is not changed by war at the irre- sponsible dictation of the victor.

We will fight only for that right of impartial judgment, pacific settlement, and peaceful change which we oßer freely to vou,

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NDER the former of the policies outlined above, the foreigner wants the same rights of security our Government claims for this nation, he must fight for them.

Under the latter polley, if the foreigner wants equality of defen- sive rights with ourselves, he need not fight at all, for they are freely offered to him.

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Which policy is the more likely

produce war? For which, there-- fore. If he must choose, should the Pacifist vote?

Note that it is not a question of what you, with Pacifist convic- tions, should or would do about armed force.

It is a question of what those who have not Pacifist convictions, but have convictions about the

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duty of armed defence-which, however mistaken, are just as sincere na ours should do in order to make the application of their convictions to policy as little dangerous as possible.

What, then, do you decide? Vote for neither? Even if the effect of withdrawing support from the less evil policy is to cause the more evil to triumph?

Even it by refusing to support the Dalton-Cecil side you hand over the control of the country's foreign policy to the Rothermere- Beaverbrook - Londonderry side, and so make war more probable?

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ETURN to the old 1914 anarchy would then be due, not to the fact that there was a majority for that course, but to the fact that the majority against it could not agree upon the alternative.

And would the universally pro- claimed failure of the collective system bring. Paclism nearer? Would that failure be followed by something more Pacifist than the

LONG OR SHORT ENGAGEMENTS?

scheme

fancee.

IN spite of the rush of modern missible to deduct that what was his engagement, will exert himself to

Umes, the hurry and bustle of our judged suitable some fifty years ago the utmost to please his

strain of would not at into the daily existence and the ceaseless activity, engagements before things now. marriage ore sll the fashion. But whether an engagement should be

of These pretences, pretences they should be, cannot, however, be kept up indefinitely he is sure to give himself away at some time or other.

A long engagement must engender

of long duration or short has not only a mutual knowledge of each person been a bone of contention for ages concerned an invaluable asset when "Marry in Hoste. past, but remains so still.

the close companionship of subse- quent marriage is taken into con- It not only enables the

There is yet another argument in As each generation differs in its sideration. outlook, views, and ideals from the man and woman to discover each favour of the long engagement. It dis- of previous, so must its accompanying other's virtues and vices, but affords allows for the possibility problems, customs, and habits re them ample opportunity, and, above illusionment coming before marriage.

It is infinitely preferable to realise: accordance all, gives them adequate time in arrange themselves in with the rising youth and react to which to drop all pretences. It is a. a mistake in time and break an en- the tone of the time. Thus it is per- well-known fact that a man, during cagement than to rush headlong into

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On the other hand, the engaged state hardly allows of the personal knowledge that marriage does, and the risk of misunderstanding through Ignorance is therefore much greater. The man, when he proposes, and the woman when she accepts, are both desirous of marriage. Why not then get on with it while the enthusiasm in high?

Fatal Boredom

The most fatal of all things is bore- dom, Infinitely more possible in a long engagement than in a short one. An engagement, after the first excite- ment has worn off, becomes daily less rosy and idyllic, ending more often than not in sheer undiluted boredom.

Again, the air of proprietorship which man subconsciously adopts towards his fiancee, leads to her former male friends appearing less eager to take her about and spend their hard-earned cash upon her; she Is, therefore, left to her own devices to a far greater extent than she was prior to her engagement, and she be- | comes. bored.

Also many engaged people, genu- Inely fond of each other, will-quar-

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Part of the pro- cession in the biggest youth demonstration ever held support peace, which took place in London a few months ago.

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of

more

League, or davagely militarist?

We may disagree about the right answer to some of these questions, But the Pacifist must try to find the right answer, not go on saying that he does not need to answer at all; or repeat as answer the state- ment that all force is evil.

OR though that be per- Lectly true, it is na answer at all to the question whether force used as Attlee would use it is as ovil and

о dangerous

force

Ад used Beaverbrook or Rothermere would use it.

Do You Believe In

LUCKY NUMBERS?

HE more study the subject

Tot lucky numbers, the more

I am convinced that there is some- thing of greater import in it than many imaginé.

Numbers are invaluable as clues to the character, outlook, and future. of the person to whom they belong.

The The late

ate King Edward VII was all his life influenced by his ruling num- ber, 9.

was born on November 0. He Itis marriage occurred in the year 1883, and those numbers when added together reduce to D. His Coronation was fixed for June 27. Add those figures together and they reduce to 9. Actually he was crowned August 9,

On

His secondary number, 0, was also linked with many outstanding events, (The figure 6, you will note, is an in- verted 9.) King Edward died at the nge of 69 on May 6.

From Your Name

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MENTION this case because it concerns someone known to all, but in your own life you should not have to look for for evidence of the fact that one or two numbers are uminous: for you too.

Look at your Name Number. It is not difficult to calculate. All you have to do is to jot down the numerical equivalent of each letter In the name you are known by. Thol, of course, is more likely to ex- press your real self than your bop- Hismal name.

Ilere is the "Alphabet of Numero- logy":

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

ABCDEFGHI

J K L M N O P Q R STUVWXY Ż

And now let us take an example:

NEVILLE

4 9

3

tol of numbers 34

Total

Add 3 and

7

CHAMBERL AIN

38 14 2 5 93105

Total

Add 5 and 0

50

5'

Add Christion and surname... 12 Add 1 and 2 to reduce to single

digit

3

So Mr. Chamberlain emerges a "3" subject, and, in fact, comes out rather well, for it is one of the happlest numbers to be born under.

The Luckiest One

SURPRISING amount of in- formation can be ascertained from the Name Number, and more still from your date of birth.

It was not an accident that you were born on, say, the 5th of the month, and it is not an accident that you possess certain traits of charac- ter which are typical of that number. So, having worked out your name, And your Birth Number by adding the digits together. If it was the 11th, your number would be 2; If 18th, then it would be 7.

Then look your number up, and unless I am sadly mistaken, you will agree that I, too, represents another phase of your personality.

Your Birth Number should be your To decide, after careful exami-

most lucky one. Employ it wherever nation. that the Beaverbook-possible and it will prove wonder- Rothermere method is less likely to fully effective. You do not belleve lead to war-than- the collective it?--Well, try it and seef. method might be an intellectually honest decision, however mis- taken.

But to say that, as a Paclist, you do not need to emmins the ques- tion at all, that you have no oblige- tion to examine which is the less dangerous because both involve force, is to evade not merely deci- sion upon an abatract question of ethics, but, to evade an urgent duty of citizenship, that duty which de- volves upon all of us to do what we can to prevent overwhelming disaster and immeasurable evil.

Here is a true story: ---

A young man, who, during his father's absence, and against the father's strictest Injunctions, had taken out the family car one even- ing to go to a riotous party-also forbidden him-asked a neighbour who know the country, which of two short cuta was less dangerous.

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TOW the neighbour knew one to be much more dangerous than the other, but knowing also that the young man was engaged in wrong- doing, and fearing that the father might resent what could be inter- preted as acquiescence in that wrong-doing, refused to answer the question at all.

That young man was killed.

And the father held that neigh- bour in part responsible for the death, a responsibility not much lessened by a highly moral inten- tion.

Many Pacifists will say: "But of course a Pacifist would vote for an Attlee-Cecil policy as against a Beaverbrook-Rothermere one."

Then, in that case, the same con- ditional support to the Collective Bystem as against the old one must be given by Paclists at times other than election times...

Which dealston it is the object of this article to `urgo.

-To-day's Thought PEACE rules the day, where reason rules, the mind.

-COLLINS,

rel irreparably over some trivial in- ment been broken to the bitter dis cident which, were they once, mare appointment of both parties con« ried, would; on account of the deepate corned, through some silly quarrel or understanding and sympathy between display of false prido, pektust fizzled them, terry litle or no weighting out throdite stiene intel Telephone 28021, And how often has not an engage. Wuhang Dasthy Geez u

Table of Numbers

1 These people show independence, originality, ambition. Inclined to domineer, but get things done. obstinate. Otten Self-confident,

bu generously, opportunists scrupulously fair. Generally first- class rulesmen,

2 Will co-operate, pool resources, sacrifice themselves. Very adopt- able, but not consistent. Friendly, soclable, dislike "scenes" and will do anything to avoid them. Need plenty of rest, relaxation. Emo-

lions frequently rule attitude,

3 Keynote: Expression. The type

who can never stay long pent up-

manifest themselves in some Aust way. Very affectionate, imagini-

artistic. Take tive,

A cheerful view of their dificulties.

4 Like to be "different." but their methods are staunch, reliable. Dialike change, novelty. System- atle, sincere, but often lacking Imagination. Hard workers.

Brilliant Minds

5 Mercurial, dual-natured, change- able. Can argue for and against at the same time. Hard to pin down Brilliant minds, clever at. imitating. Ready grasp of un- familiar ideas, suggestions. Friend- ships not lengthy, owing to fre- quent change of heart and mind. 6 Most "homely" typo. Domesticat

ed, settled, and kindly outlook. Steadfastness and ready under- standing. Sometimes Fiven to over-indulgence. Not

"money- grabbers." Inclined to be very set, and rather conventional, in views.

7 Intuitive, contemplative, and some- what reserved. Very loyal in friendships, but unready to for give or forget injustices. Like old things: furniture, paintings, any- thing which has a history. Need cheerful company, apt be_de pressed. Penetrating vision. Good confidants.

8 Business ability strongly marked. Very willing workers, but apt to "drive" others. Great enthusiasts. Very determined, courageous, dar ins

Formidable competitors, un-

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sentimental

broad-minded, and likely to

self-sacrifices. Fro milly socialistic in outlook, but quently entirely unpractical. Very inter orted

In other people's" affairs. Strong artistic sense. Not good in driving a bargain. Understanding und, highly sympathetic natures, Dimcult to dictate to, but quickly respond to Appeals, as AMAJAMES LEIGH

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ACROSS 8 A number meet death in snaky

fashion (8). 9 Much has been written on this

(0).

10 A decorative tree (8).

12 Where composers of acrostics

put their bright idens (8). 15 If this was the result of a cric- ket innings it would seem that there were eight "ducks" (10). 19 An Eastern river in a ravine •

(4).

21 A cetacean (7),

22 Not fairy but false locks (7). 23 He saved rhino" but made no

muney (4),

24 Machine that may work though

part of it is lost (10).

27 "Events" (aneg.) (0),

30 Though an assistant he seems

to ask for assistance (8).

32 Foreign cloak (8).

33 This flower came first it la sald

from the East (8).

DOWN

1 His saw is the making of this

Red Indian (0).

2 Abstract yet get sgain (8). 3 A supporter of Royally (4).

4 That schoolboy friend

much changed (4).

now

5 Part of a revolver but not of

an automatic pistol (0),

8 An Admiral would be on this

ship (4).

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7 Worship (4).

Weird but no Seat apparently (?).

13 The sort of progress one makes

by butting through (7).

14 A canny Scot may get this mo- terial for a path from his glen (7).

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15 Old news (7). 16 Liberate (7)..

17 The noise that might come from screech-owl perhaps (4).

18 Rebuff concerning some vege-

table food (7).

200 down as a flower (4).

24 Con a girl In her little bed be allowed? The prude says it this (8).

25 Barrows (6).

28 Country of Europe (8).'

28 Implement (4).

29 Not a bad thing to have in a

workshop (4).

30 Is this horse handy with lis

hoofs?' (4).

31 This tree is used by builders

(4)..

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