The Archive · 1924

THE "RECORDER" AND FORCE!

To the Editor of the NontH-CuiNA DAY News."

Sim—In the article "'The R corder" on War, Force and Like," in y's issue, we! rather think Rev. T, B. Grafton tales too much for granted. From the first paragraph evident that "The Recordei is the "pacifist" referred to in the first line, In the fifth paragraph we read, "The 'Recorder' rather relutantly, it'seems, admits that as last resort the' policeman would be justified in using force'" If Mr. Grafton will re-read the editorial he will see that we were "NontH-Cxina Datty News."

I purchased a copy "by Nigel Van Biene, a collection of verse from local newspaper I found pleasure in reading these pleasant little verses and enjoyed them, save one, and to that I' took strong exception, The poem was entitled "The Cenotaph," and ran to four es which I take the liberty of quoting here: loyal people paid, "Great monument, we would thet you had known "How your dead were wilfully bert quoting from Kirby Page in "The Christian Century," not identifying ourselves with his pos tion but nothing the remarkable divergence of standpoint, among Christian people and the fact that the solution seems far distant.

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