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POST-WAR PROBLEMS
To the' Editor of "The Mercury."
I Su -Dr Stephens address is interest
in the more so for its frankness He
tells his light out that the lasting organisation
of society is doomed and that
we must seek out with all dispatch I
presume methods of conciliation and a
building What however, it our present
social organisation with necessary de
lelopnieuts and improvement-, is the only
one possible for a system of life in a
civilised state those experiments we
have tried as for instance, the An
Italian socialistic colony in Son
America have not proved too brilliant
success- Northern have our State and
pieces made always the peace subordination
of the industrial heart of to come
round to the whole, as constitutional!!
represented by the Government of the
country Frankly. I say that for the present
the true position of the guardians of
society is the strong man armed" Revolution
direct action violence since
aimed at the subversion of public authority
must be met sternly by force
used not in the interests of a loss, but
for the protection of us all Really this
is a democratic idea As regards the
general dissatisfaction of the working
man, can it be improved What it 'feels
is not justice but masters and power
In Russia there may be violence, bloodshed
horror upon horror, but the work
is on top in obedience to a rural II
sensitive call of Nature Pride is the'
bed Still I agree with his lordship that
a burning sense of the unfairness of the
present state of Synod mistakes the
worker Who, is in' America during the
war, is not create a valued citizen re
turned to do it shallot work of the room
munity Why should great number- persons
The lives of luxury and start in
life well up the ladder just because their
parents made money J v he should it I
so difficult to get hold of a piece of the
earth's surface for personal use-' religion
has had "iii been banned from
the news, of the workers and culture is J
not yet come then was The ideal is
Uuriis's Satin day night cotter 1 r
i apparently vanished for over We might
establish a new society, nationalism u
dustry or found a man capitalistic city
with higher id aK But we should want
a new and our MR not for ever on the
"East India] i Dunn and navy Ritter]
of compulsory fruit Education in higher
ideals might do something but till a
petit that lust 'for power and the greed
for money I had exist" in all classes for
the way Peg Smith as I am about
many of the Bishop s idea I must commend
him patriotic Australian support of
our national policy of a White Aus-.
Yours, etc.
WILLIAM CROOKE.
Take DRAKE'S CARRAGHEEN fat I
Coughs and Colds you will got an rebel.
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