How the clergy of the Church of England under the leadership of the Archbishop of York announced their views on the subject of Great Britain's foreign policy is by no means clear, though there is some evidence in the body of the report carried by the United Press that it was in the form of a written statement There seems to be a peculiar impression gaining ground amongst the clergy of the established Church that the taking of holy orders confers upon them some authoritative quality enabling them to pass judgment on political matters with which the ordinary laity are not endowed, and the following devastating flash of political in telligence is clearly indicative of what this journal means:—'"There is clearer moral justi: fication for armed force for the defence of international law than for war of the old type—defence of territorial possessions or economic Paraphrased it reads that it-is more morally justifiable to seek to defend an international code of morality which all countries do not observe, than it is for a nation to protect its possessions upon which its very existence may depend. The ordinary man will find it difficult to reconcile that high sounding phrase with the comminution "Cursed be he that move th his neighbour's landmark," or iş thi now an instance where the other cheek should be turned for a second smiting? The action of the clergy in question in publishing a document which amounts to an attack upon the foreiga policies of the British Government is gravely to be deplored. ere is a very strong section of British opinion which does not support, indeed severely criticises the intrusion of the Church into matters which should be none of its concern. Then there is the smug assertion that "There is no moral case for armaments without clear moral, principles to direct their use. We are, anxious lest the recent trend of events....result from sheer expediency as the guide to our action." British: leaders have it well within the facts of the case to retort that they have given ciple a trial for a couple of decades: that inciple has not been gener. ally accepted, and that now the age of expediency has again come round. Great Britain in principle will refrain from war, but if it is forced upon her she will resort to it as question of expediency, and even that has to be prepared against without any betrayal of the moralities. There is a general impréfsion that the Established Church is much too vocal in matters which do not concern it, and that if i would attend efficiently to its own business it would have more than its hands full.
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