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HERE is no cause on behalf of which I would kill my fellow and women; neither would I ask any one to kill on my behalf.

I am opposed to Capital Punishment and

to mass

murder--which we describe as war-whether at the com- mand of a government, group of governments, leaders of a revolution.

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However foolish it may sound, I accept as literally and etern- ally true the words: "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith' the Lord."

Experience has taught me that no matter what our bellefs may be about supernatural things, the mills of God do grind, however slowly, and each one of us and all nations reap what they BOW.

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AY I ask my readers, whom thousands

arc

know me quite inti- mately, to believe when I write this that there is no self-righteousness about me.

My

inconsistencles Own known to myself; and so when writing about principles concern- ing life and conduct, my object is not to alt in.judgment or pose as more righteous than others, but to, do my best to declare truth ay it is revealed to me.

Those who differ from me are no better or no worse than I am. My only complaint is that, feeling so strongly that my vlow is right and true, I am disappointed that they are unable to fola me in working for peace as absoluto war-resisters.. Most of my waking time, when not actually varning my living, has, for the last sixty-five years, been spent reading what others have written concerning life, and work- ing in co-operation with others for a cleaner, nobler existence than that which existed around us.

I have tried to understand morals and religion from the standpoint of one who believes that life is eternal, and that in this world "there is a power which, in spite of all we think of as evil, is making for righteousness.

N

OW. when for me the sands of time are run- ning out, my whole life's experience enables me to say complete certainty that with peace, security and true happiness must come from within ourselves.

THE HONGKONG

I Would

TUESDAY, TELEGRAPH.

NOT KILL..

No governments, no organisations, no leaders can think for us or in any way do for us what we must do for ourselves.

Democracy 15 a meaningless make up word I those who

minds in democracy put their

pawn to others. If the masses are to build a new civilisation by trans- forming the present social and industrial system into one of co- operation and true sharing, they will only do so by consent-and this consent will soon be given when we all think for ourselves,

I have given up all Iden of the establishment by compulsion of the classless society which Socialists hope to see. The great change-over from one form of society to another Com- Social-Democrats, which munists and others are trying to establish will never be accom- plished by hatred and violence.

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IBERTY, Equality, Fraternity"--The Jutionary slogan, which

well includes economic social, religious and political free- dom is possible of being practised only when we are willing to tolerate each other's convictions, and by reason and common sense work out the methods through which we can establish a society founded on co-operation, good will, and mutual ald.

It is the helight and depth of absurdity to imagine that freedom can come into her own through persecution, hatred and murder.

We may, however, admit that

by George LANSBURY

when all our arguments and dis- putations are ended we must still face the cold, stark truth that the whole world is preparing for unl- versal slaughter, which everyone in authority assures us will end in universal defeat and the establish- ment of chaos and barbarism.

No one will say the acceptance of Pacifism could possibly create a more catastrophie ending to two thousand years of Christian and other moral and religious teaching. . I know that some of those who formerly warned us against the horrors of serial warfare and its Inevitable end are now inclined to try to water down their former declarations. This does not help Bome of the bombers will always get through, and all goy- crnments know it.

tis,

That is why in Germany, France and Britain towns are blacked out

reasons why men and women are refusing to support the possibility of war. They now know and understand the ghastly uselessness and futility of war.

The story of Europe and the world since the close of the Great War has convinced multitudes of people that violence, hatred and war are not only barbarous but in their results inevitably sow the seed of future wars.

There is, also, the growing belief that wars of any kind have never permanently benefited even in a material sense any but a minority of those ilving in the victorious countries.

Our own deplorable conditions, suffered by millions of our people since 1918, and still being endured in the Depressed and other Areas, proves that when the price of war has to be paid, it is the masses who, by work or suffering, make the payments possible.

D

URING the last Parlia- ment the Labour Party continually opposed armaments, not because they fol lowed me as a pacifist, but because we were convinced that there

at night, and why millions of gas-could be no peace- in the world masks are being manufactured.

I am not a pessimist: on the contrary I am firmly convinced not that public opinion when merely manufactured by partisan propaganda, is moving steadily against war.

The horrors and devastation which war brings are not the only

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until the economic, territorial and financial conditions concerning international relationships were brought to the realm of discussion and settled in such a manner as would be equitable and just to all nations.

We continuously urged that a world economic conference should be immediately summoned for the purpose of discussing the causes of war and what could be done to remove them.

We were always told that the time was not opportune; that much preparation must take place and the rest of the usual talk which Ministers Indulge in when they desire to do nothing.

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When, in October, 1935, 1 signed my position as Leader, I determined to give as much time to peace propaganda as I possibly could, and in company with others I travelled the world, urging great mass meetings and statesmen to give up trying to secure peace through armaments, and, instead, to treat. war as a disease and de- termine to remove its causes.

I constantly pointed out that if the Black Plague suddenly rc- appeared, all nations would at once co-operate to stamp it out by removing the causes, just as in Croydon to-day the authorities are striving to find out why typhold has reappeared.

N the House of Com- mona, together with others, I have tried to secure support from members of all Parties. I do not think this proposal is one which ta easy of Accomplishment-but neither s the organisation of a great war,

I would, however, ask you to. keep in mind the fact that nations do, even to-day, amidst all the hate talk, unite to take care of the graves of the men who died in the last war.

The War Graves Commission carries on this plece of humani- tarlan work through international co-operation between victors and vanquished.

will not bellove it 18 moro difficult to co-operate in an effort to prevent the supposed necessity for malming, bruising and slaughtering millions moro men of all nationalities. A

think No. Whatever we may about each other, I for one am quite certain that the people of “Britain are willing to pay the FRÍAM

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1 Just a legal term there would be joy if it were in it (0),

4 No, this man at the card tablo

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9 Soldiers perhaps (8).

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12 He joins with Ann in retreat

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for what makes brightness (5). 13 Large enough to hold two tens

together (9).

15 Just a sign from a fellow (3).

16 That

demon from the bottle perhaps (5).

17 Sultable place for a bird on a

cur? (0),

22 Decent dogs

would

not be

proud of this cousin of theirs

(B).

24 Go for a holiday (5).

27 Oddly enough we do not eat

this if it is sweet (3).

28 Agreeable when at its end (9).

31 Fabulous but no monster (5)

32 Huge (8).

33 This term for a cleric is surely

exaggeration (0),

34 No, this carly trouble is not,

of those little

pegs for goliera (8).

one

35 Nautical fastening that sug-

gests an English martyr (0), DOWN

1 A barrel for the brawn?

(8).

2 Almost any day may be a red

letter day for them (8)..

3 "Train, lady" (anag), (B).

5 Resort (5).

6 Criminni (5).

7 Part of a building where one

may get 10 across (0).

6 The word of' preference (8). 11 Hawk (8).

14 One of the deer family (3).

10 An association of printers (0).

19 Sweet-briar (9).

20 Fabulous monster (0).

21 Sultable end of a match for the

Ashes? (8).

23

25

This king in the O.T. started as

good King (3)

Has this bit of wood fallen out of 1 down? Yet in a way 1 down is only a part of a part of this (8).

20 One fllness thut ends, with

another (6).

29 Freal-water. fish (5),

30 This man might have been a

Scottish child (5).

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