special middle school are to be re~ Quired to study military science among other subjects in order to produce the type of priest suited to the emergency conditions of to-day, Considering that Buddha founded his religion on the basis of peace and abhorred slaughter, the prospect of his servants in the year 1930 being required to study military science may be symptomatic of the times but it jars with the tenets of the faith. In the Great War there were padres who preached a very militant brand of Christianity but appreciate the con Sequences of war which the world sine then has had sufficient time to experience and regret. If the study of military science induces a spirit opposition to warfare by exposing {ts horrors, @ praiseworthy step has been taken, but there is a fascination about' warfare which religion has not yet eradicated and familiar ity breeds not contempt but respect and adulation. The type of priest of all religions needed to suit the Present-day conditions is he who has the courage to denounce warfare and the ignorance and madness which engender it, and preach with conviction that peace and happiness can never be attained in this world by offending and oppressing one's neighbours,
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