The Pross had as much power as any organisation to foster wars. They told the people they wore muting for their country and their ing, and the people, believing in the integrity of the Pross, thought that ft Was true, "in the id days, we had religious wars and punitive wars, but they wore also supposed to be defensive wars. During the Great War we had to punish our mon. for fratornising with the] enemy, such was the inability of the Press to rench the trenches. 4
That was the superficial attitude of war, but, the veal cause always was economic in origin. to light. the causes of war, organisation, established one year ago in Burope, now shad thirty mil-Yien "adherents, "The organisation realised that the danger spot wat the Far East and that was the xeason the delegation denvouring to hold the ant ference here, to make the understand Why it was the to cap-Every business man knew that he was up against a number of rintions competing with him inthe market. The Conference sought to enlighten China. They were not Communist, but they had no prejudice against the Communists, No nation can be a great nation that failed to study or listen to other people's views, They would welcome the Communist orzanis at the Conference, and if they ware not present, the' Conference would be the sufferer. Something: was to be learnt from every form of political organisation.
The speaker said the Press here had been most generous and most fair, The willingness of the Rotary Club to "let him address them showed that they, too, were work. ing for world peace. if they could put prejudice aside, they must Fealise that the stoppage of war could only come from a determine mass desire for peace.
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