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February, 15, 1939.

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The Overnight News Page: Local and Overseas GREATEST EVIL OF WAR Prof. Lauten-Schlager's Address

To Peace Pledge

CHRISTIANS & PACIFISM

"The greatest evil in war is not the wrecked cities, but what it does to the souls of men. It fills whole population, with fear and hatred. Modern war includes all, brutalises all, and fually crushes the defeated fee with peace treaties, which mako the next war Inevitable,”

These remarka were part of the address by Prof. S. Lauten- Schlager at the weekly meeting of the Hongkong Group of the Pence Pledge Union at the Challenge Book Shop yesterday. The talk was entitled "Paciflum and International Affairs."

masa war,

cannot live in prace together,

Victims of Aggression

peaceful

Union

than that. We must prepare for a long struggle against the war system. We must remove the causes of war, create a new spirit among men and organize the new institutions which ean build the world of peace.

The present concept of nations, in which each nation is sovereign and free to do what is right in its own eyes, and by which mution nets and is expected to net only in its own

Interest is nat variance with the Christian iden that all ntn are children of God and brothers in Christ. A group of notions all act-

Refugees and destitutes ac- commodated in the Government camps for the week ending February 11 were as follows:

Urban areas, civilians... King's Tark,1,428 for the week ending February 11 as compared with 1,335 for the week ending February 4; Matauchung 534 as compared with 023; and North Point 1,018 as compared with 1,602,

Urban areas, civilians.- King's Park 1,425 for the week 21 compared with 24 for the week ending February Matauchung 782, as compared with 778.

Rural area, elvillans-Kam Tin 2,584, as compared with 2.708 for the week ending on February 4.

for it lengthens the

ing selfishly, and all the sole judge postponement of their actions, can never be the day in which we can work for a real basis order.

for a just and peaceful political basis for peace.

The

state.

nor

but

Threat of Great War

war

In Japan, our good-will group was state must go. There must be some world's militar In 1014,

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ENORMOUS WARSHIP LAUNCHED

Hitler's Speech At Hamburg

BERLIN, Feb. 11. SPEAKING at the launching of Germany's first post-svar 35,000-ton battleship, the Bismarck, in Ham- burg to-day, Chancellor Adolf Illler sald, "Six years ago, with my acces- alon to power, began the restoration of German armed forces. The Army Is now designed to secure the Reich's existence and make It possible to successfully pursue its rightful - terests. Concomitantly building up of the Army and the Alr with the Force, the reconstruction of a Navy. suficient for the needs of the Reich was undertaken.

Goodwill Message

and

them-

newest

Prof. Lauten-Schluger said:

ly repudiated war. I wrote. lectured Perhaps better subject for what and raised money to take Checloo poing to sily would be University good-will students lo "Christianity and the Present World Japan.

Christian must put human I did not believe the world's interests first. A philosophy which Order.

Ideally speaking, Christians youth could be

again, demands that we give all to a class, been more demoralized. Never has four years of glorious struggle, grips militarized

Never have International relations

The fate of our fleet, sunk after ali believe that the war-system is The world had become intelligent a nation or a race and sets up one national self-interest been contrary to the Will of God and

our hearts. National Socialist Ger- enough to know futility of

How the Anti-Christian. Christians can never Military preparedness only

war. part of humanity against another is

openly grasping. Never has

many therefore stands for its re- made not Christion, agree with the fascist claim that war wars greater and more inevitable peace. Natlonul Totalitarianism

can it achieve sovereign stale given more proofs of

birth with especially earnestness and is inevitable, beautiful and enobling. All wars ended in treaties which just the natural and logical outcome, World-wide

15 Immorality. Never has the threat of large ships, bearable in the circum- love. Limitation of the number of The Christian religion aims at the made the next war more certain.

been more im- of the Modern Sovereign self-interest minent. redemption, salvation and exaltation

stances and speelded in the Anglo- I still believe this. If we are only state. Christianity says man is a of

personality

lity. War exploits and strong enough to defeat on aggressor man irst and a citizen second,

The years 1928-1932 were the great German Naval Treaty, forces us to destroys personality

but not good enough to forgive and nationalism says man is first days of disarmament. We were to understandable wish to satisfy the! make compromises between the The greatest evil in war is not the deal justly with him when he is and second a wrecked cities, nor even the war defeated, we not only force him to the second a man, Christianity caya with bankruptcy and with war. The mands which arise from the position

threatened the izen armaments

world Navy's qwn tradition and the de- dend. The greatest evil is what it prepare by force to break the chaina allem says man exists for the state, inany, Austria, Hungary and Turkey to the people and

exists for man and Nation- Treaty of Versailles disarmed Ger- of the new armed forces in relation does to the souls of men. It we have forged but these very chains If human interests are not put first, and promised the reduction of arme- Sociallet State. whole populations with fear and make us the aggressor.

the National hatred. Modern war

the all-supreme military states will ments I hoped and believed that the inevitably clash and involve us in promise, in spite of Disarmament tent can those men in German his by other nailons. This "Therefore, only to a limited ex We may not believe in the totalitarian pence idea would make somewhat war. state, but we can not prevent the equal strides in all lands, that the

Conference was never kept. Now tory be honoured next war being a totalitarian war. League of Nations would right afl

World Government Necessary

we are in the Age of Rearmament.

again whose namics have The term Rearmament was first borne Modern war Includes all, brutalizes wrongs,

already been nake all, and finally

change

by the defeated crushes

German The modern state can only become "ppiled to Germany in 1935, when all the man who can lay claim to pozable

ships. Among and foo with peace treaties.

would protect thet victims which make

normal by becoming a responsible

Tillier denounced the disarmament being the forerunners of aggression. Thus the next war inevitable. The war causes of war and the spirit of war becoming subject to law. If var is make the Reich the greatest military marck.

the member of a society of nations by clauses of Versailles and set out to Reich one stands out alone-Di

of the new system and the Christian conscience would disappear.

The life of this herole man not to stay, the absolutely sovereign power im

the in history is an epoch. In a year There are four different attitudes told by the Women's Peace League kind of a League of Nations.

expenditure

was when joy over the freeing of Prussia which Christians take toward wor: that the peace people were winning League method is sound and some

$3,500,000,000.

By 1932

the end of the and Germany First, there are those who believe out. Japan

disarmament

from the hardest of was $3,700,- yokes begins to mix with the worry period, that as citizens they are obliged and churin politically. She would only fall

would give up Man- day must win it humanity is not to 900,000. By 1930, it has reached the of the Germans over the absence of duty-bound to obey their govern- seek the protection

The League failed, to the ex

the promised freedom of the nation, of her

ex stupendous sum of $17,500,000,000 an ment in all matters. When war

vust tent that it did full, because it did increase of over 400 per cent. economile comes, the Christion must obey his great school, 2,000 Japanese children right wrongs and to mile crise doubts nor lessened armaments. In

this child was born in a new German Investment there. In anot pa into force its previsions to

The so-called peace efforts have Rech which was only visionary. government, right or wrong, and the welcomed

Thirty-three years later, as Deputy alleged the fears, decreased the responsibility and guilt, if there is songs. Two months after that the great selilah forces

by singing anti-wari change possible.

It failed because

von Bismarck, in the middle of a any, belongs to the government.

Japanese

did not let December 1938, France and Germany revolutionary epoch idealistle in goal army Inarched Second, there are those who say Mukden,

into succeed. These selfsh forces

signed a non-aggression Pact and

but

haphazard in method, he stepped are 1998 Inherent all war is wrong, and that there is

for the Arst time into the view of the the sovereign self-

Von Ribbentrop Japan, Italy and Germany have interest state.

wreath of world which begins to be conscious put a no greater evil than war which can succeeded in militarizing their youth. the League

The great nations in Bowers on the grave of the unknown of him." be prevented by war. Right or Faselst Italy openly boasts about her sovereignty

clicl not

oldier In Paris. This was ne- wrong, they cannot support thele conquests in Abyssinia and in Spain humanity and justice first. Instead er stonding army from 14 to 18

nor dic! tlicy

companied by Germany Increasing government in a war. These are the and talks of the beauty and glory of of making the League a real world military expenditures amounting to officers who have been honoured to absolute pacifists.

war. Japan has a great army of

army

corps and by additional French "May the German soldiers invasion

in China, Germany his overnment, worlding for the good of 2,307,000,000 francs. brutally destroyed ના

man this ship always prove whole race unkind, they used the League to Britain Third, there are those who would which had lived for centurica in her keep down the defeated nations, and signed the Anglo-Italian Agreement name It bears. May the spirit of

Italy have recently selves worthy of the man only ght in a defensive war, in a

whose midst. German and Halion support to serve selfish national interest. war in own country was

has made

and Chamberlain and Halifax visited the Iron Chancellor be upon them, wvided or perhaps to defend Mother Spain, which has destroyed over on self-interest, no nation is willing adjusting her whole economy or Re- their happy voyages in peace, and As our national states are based Rome. This is accompanied by Italy and may he accompany them in all equntry clearly the victim of aggres-

million lives and which now to make concessions of its own in-, armament and by a doubling of Bri- may he, if it ever becomes neces- sion. They would make their own threatens to destroy the demceratie teresa in the interests of all. Hence lish conscience and not their govern- and legally elceted government of

change

air armaments is only possible

Cara ment, the judge of who the aggres-

cost ofsary, light their way in the hours Rover Spain.

by war or £200,000,000. From 1936 to 1938, of severest duty. threat of war. But changes made British armament expense have risen hy or is, for all governments going to

by force encourage

"With force. it just from £122,000,000 to

this heartfelt wish the war declore the enemy the aggressor,

That these militarized fascist and necessary changes have to be almost 200 per cent. Japan's military battleship Bismarck."-United Press.

£320,000,000, German people greets its The problem of aggression is com- nations have at times had cause for made by force, force will also be expenses annually have reached the plicated but not so dißeult or it may complaint against other nations doessed to make unjust changes. reem on the surface. The nation not change the fact that they have Government Therefore

stupendous sum of Y5,000,000,000. whose military forces attack or recently by militarism treated

is necessary to malte

Conflicting Forces occupy the territory of another nation nations much worse than they have changes possible by law. is

This world they have government must the aggressor. There may be

ever been treated.

Grievances are

have power

Physical science brings us dally vocation but these anti-aggression made the excuse for infleting worse carry out its decisions.

to

closer together bul In such a racialism and

nationalism, Christians generally

rse socicly of antions individual nations dally further apart. Pollties must agree that no injustices then they ever suffered.

militarism drives us provocation

justines attack by mill and Spain are the proof of what will Abyssinia, China, Czechoslovalcia tary forces, us there are now many happen in other parts of the world

a. Surrender the right to be the

adjust itself to geography and the other waya to deal with

sole judge of their own cause in over

march

science. The Justices, namely, mediation,

if this

military militarism is not arbitra-

an International dispute, tion, the World Courts, the League only in the democratic states, weaken

self-interest state resisted.

must Wil

not pacifism, Which

b. Abandon offensive armaments extreme of Nations and International con-

can exist

cannot destroy nationalism and delegate police power to national ferences. A nation which refuses by handing over whole peoples to

and Whe, cause of freedom

Central International Agency.

nationalism and and of these

war will destroy us. peace solutions is clearly the

c. Grant to this World Government neighbourhood. It is now Imperative left by the late Mrs. Florence Annie

Selence has made បទ Into a aggressor.

Local estate valued at $5,000 was military violence, to race prejudice

power to facilitate equitable for Fourth, are those, who would only and to the control of a philosophy in

change

peace people to make this Smith, wite fight if an International tribunal or

which pacifism

of Mr. Peter Young some higher court declared a nation and much less practised?

This would not mean the abolition Elghbourhood Into a brothernood." cannot be preached) of nations. The permanent cultural politica Bovernment is necessary but who died at the Royal Victoria and

Smith; retired World

insurance manager, an aggressur, These people re- Obsolute pacifism may be ideally They could nourish better because we need

and racial values would be preserved sufflelent to heal the ills of mankind. on November 26, 1838. An application

agencies alone arc pudiate fighting

in West Hants Hospital, Bournemouth, as soldiers

in 2 correct I may prefer to live of nsional army, but they would fight even to die by this ideal rather than the fear of war

new motives and new by Mr. H. J. Armstrong, the lawful 4s policemen in a world police-force, is prepare to resist the gestur removed.

attitudes

well as new machinery attorney, for scaling certified copy by or to punish the law mallitary fores.

and new methods. We need better of probate of the breakers, who make war. They ad- prepare both cellurs or gas-masks

hearts 113 well

will, has better channels granted, It is not the function of the Church through which to function. We need world government and the to show my absolute opposition to to create politicul Instruments. That a new spirit of brotherliness as well outlawry of war. Then war would war, but if my living ideally will is the tack of experts. But is the as new organised ways to express milltary conflicts but world police be banditry

and the

nation that prevent some others from living at duty of organized Christians to de- went to war contrary

that brotherliness the decision ill or will make it easier for military clare

In International fighting an outlawed nation would their moral

Judgments. relations. an outlaw. No one nation could, as

conquer free peoples, Christian Pacists

still be war in fact if not in name. must protest A world can still be taught, against in present wars, be the judge, ae- then has not my pacifism extended which is becoming increasingly in which

the immoral nation-state, absolute national sovereignty, but in self must be abolished. International Kovernment, abolishing The spirit of national selfishness it cuser and executioner, all in one. the cause of milliarism in the world? moral and increasingly dangerous as interest first, would still result Rovernment is

each nation still puts self-mindedness as well as international These people do not believe that This is the problem of pacifism. force

nationallsin and totalitarianism more conflict and military pollee action, achievement of world peace. can be entirely abolished be-

No doubt absolute

for the within the state, but they do believe were practised

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Joe It As in war, there is a solidarity of of national armies

The meeting closed with a general would reduce discussion on the subject. that the anarchy of the modern wer would have to be a pacifism with a for the sovereign self-interest state, en masse. But it suffering, so for the war system and system can and must be abolished. cross in it all along the line. It here is a solidarity of guilt. For Law and pullee can take the place would mean not non-resistance, but this guilt we must call on peoples of anarchy and war.

non-violent mass resistance on and nations to repent. Post War Paolfiems

nation-wide scale. It would require We must not only repent for the a rporal courage and a a disciplined old World Order but we must bulld After the World War, I threw in sacrifice so great that no people are the new. We must train men In- my lot with number two. I absolute- yet capable of it. If not a single tellectually, morally and spiritually. person helped the invaders, if Bone

duly it will be to build the would buy from them, sell to them, new political world order through nor work for them, the Invasion whose would become futile and unprofit finally they law and peace can able. But it would mean starvation world arder of anarchy and war.

the place of our present COMMENTING on the Yen 3,694,000,000 Budget Bill passed by the

TOKYO, Feb. 14. and prison and torture and death Since the last war to end war, we

House of Representatives on Monday, Mr. Masanori Katsu, Secretary for many. Only absolute non- have had 20 wars. Two barbarious presenting extraordinary military budgets including about Yen G,900.000.- General of the Minsello Party, revealed that the Government was shortly cooperation, non-violent resistance wars are now in progress. Wars in 006 for the China Incident and another Yen 1,000,000,000 for rearmament unto death, our death, would drive the last 20 years have been increas- out the for and be redemptive asing both in barbarity and in number,

Cas-plans. Thus the entire national estimates would total over 10,000,000,000 well.

All nations are arming for another усп Easier to Fight

Armageddon. Peace based

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of the world government, would be nations to

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The Ordinary Budget bill was in-Social Mass Party and the Tohoku!, The Farmers' Council, which is

goku, Vice-President of the Central Society of Co-operative Societies in Japan, is exer

exercising a a for flung in Buence over rural communities. Tokyo, Feb. 14. Meanwhile, preparations for the derides liberty and glories in war, How many of these words are movement for the organization of a tical party ure progressing smoothly

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