My hesitation in regard to this simple policy of non-resistance arises, first of all, from the fact that these writers themselves, when they feel compelled to scrutinize closely the conditions in the international world that breed war, are not able to adhere consistently to their own beliefs, Canon Raven, for example, in his book, "Is War Obsolete?" says, "Many of us who would assert without hesitation that war between Christian and cultured men is as out of date as duelling, cannot so promptly denounce it when used against those to whom it seems the only effective instrument."
Later he is even more explicit. "In dealing with those to whom force is the only restraint," he asks, "are we not spiritually bound to use the effective means?" These words are reminiscent of the doctrine of "the big stick," enunciated by President Theodore Roosevelt. Prof. Macgregor also, when he comes close up to the ugly reality of whet Pascal calls "the bad men," makes similar concessions. He writes: "Not a few pacifists, the author included, would approve of an international police force, even of soldiers, if it was operating in a virtually disarmed world. The soldier would then be a policeman in fact and not merely in name."
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