the Editor of the Nowr-Citina Dany News"
Sin—I am one of, T hope, a great number, who sincerely trust that Signor Mussotint has been misreport-fed by Reuter. For one of the world's Teaders to state publicly that he thinks war necessary to mankind and hat, he believes perpetual peace to be "detrimental and negative to the findamentalvietues, of men" simply terrible. A short time ago Wwe had the most awful war in his tory and although there 18 good in everything, T-cannot accept the idea that the fundamental virtues exposed Were worth that war or even one hour of it Tt would seem that the concept entirely medieval. "Only bloody effort, can reveal the great quality of people, the quality. of the human soul." sown by ie way It adapts izle to rely the quality of a people is
shew conditions "made available by progress: by the way in which it iver: by the prosperity of its mean= fest citizen; by its sympathy, its toler~ nce, {ts determination, to overcome Hatural disabilities for the benefit of mankind; by a. thousand and one tivities, towards. the end of mankind living in peace and harmony, enjoying that which it has strug fed to secure through countless cen-was natural that necessity should ead to war. Now that necessity been defeated war becomes a terible nonsense, "Given a sumelency food, shelter and clothing, peoples can mix' together with reasonable hess and decency.
With a great admiration for the accomplishments of Signor Mussolini, fon this occasion I hope his speech has been entirely "misrepresented. "Bloody effort" was all right for the long period of scarcity that is our past, but it is not suitable for the modern world. "Now we need me fensifea effort towards securing for frumanity. that which humanity' has won; towards the destruction of discase and false. famines; towards Securing. the utmost for' humanity [that the human mind can and #0 enable civilization to become real. We have yet many battles with nature, Let us concentrate on these and take advantage of our knowledge which has been so bitterly gained. If this can happen 1am conddent that Faces of the world can live in amity, 'The price of war is too high. It may reveal virtues but it brings out the' beast.
Shanghai, May 29,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.