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October 1937 THE LEAGU·E SERVES-SERVE THE OFFICIAL OF the RS.L.,W.A. BRM.lCH REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O .. PERTH FOR TRANSMISSION I!Y FOST AS A NEWSPAPER VOLUME 17. Na. 10 A Scene near Perth during the South African War· ,. The 4th Australian Division Signalling Company Camped near the Suez Canal :The RECALLING OLD MEMORIES LISTENING OCtober, 1937 POST Page 2 THE LISTENING PosT, 15th October, 19.3 7 The newest & smartest SUITINGS Pe_rfectly tailored -to-measure from £6-6-0 (OTHER PRICES £6/ 17/ 6 & £7/ 7/ - ) All the newest . .. the smartest . the most ser­ viceable Suitings for the new season are now on display in Boans T ailoring Department. These Suit­ ings, perfectly tailored to measure, for £6/ 6/ - , £6/ 17/ 6 and £ 7/ 7/-. They consist of Pur.: Albany Suitings in a wide range of pleasing patterns. al ~o W ool Suitings in all shades and designs. tailored to your measure for £6/6/ - , £6/ 17/ 6 fi £7/7/-. The New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd. AT Y 0 U R SE RVICE .FIRE - MARINE - A C CIDENT A ll C lasses of Insurance Effected at Lowest Current Rates 'Ios ST. GEORGE'S TERRACE W. A. ST IRLING Frank Hooper PERTH Manager ( F1.111t Life Guards) FAMILY BUTCHER r- 261 Newcastle St., Perth ~ . USE/ ~ Distance no object Best Quality at Lowest Prices Country Orders delivered free on rail FLORIDA OR MT. LYELt Perth. Cash with order. ' Phone: 81487 SUPERPHOSPHATE AND ]. H . L UNNON F.S.M.C., F.I.O.O., D.B.O.A., London ( late 28th Battalion, A. I. P. ) •.. MIXED MANURES ... Optician 7, 8 & 9 MACLAREN'S CHAMBERS Manu/adured by 144 WILLIAM STREET Between Wellington and Murray Sts. ~~THE ·FARMERS' COMPANY~~ Opposite Royal Hotel T elephone: 8 2927 THE PATHWAY TQ. PElt€E. the · ·• IT IS.NOW nineteen years since the Great orating Amac Day and Armisti~ Day may dismiss as ·cheeky and absurd J\rmistice tUrned· men's th9ughts from and holding ex-serVice men's reunions are v!Uious declarations o( undergraduates, war to. peace. The route march of the merely so many ways of fostering some· that they would not fil{ht for King an~ years . has intenSified the· yearning f9r ~g they.call the-viar spirit.,The golden · Country · under a.tlY circ~~ peace, :and the abhorrence of war in all halo of Peace is tarni$ed rather than Young men in universities only toq often...,~ democratic countries. It is not improb· polished by the vapourings of sob-sisters say and write things of which th~y are able that similar emotions are nurtured· heartily ashamed when the years develo.P beneath the surface in those sabre•rattlipg Within a few short weeb, Britoaa in· a maturer judgment. Non·~ce, · and· States which, for want of a better name, all parts of the world. will reveready its corollary disarmament ~ only be ef· ob.erve the two minuta' iD we term totalitarian. This has almost the lilenee fective m a world that is nearer· perfe<;· · honour of the faileD. They will do eo it is. to·day. -It is utterlyfutile force of an axiom, but ·one would need in full' Jcnowledge of_the facta that a .· tion than the sand-blinded optimism of the ostrich world-war in miniature is beUJg wqed to preach disarmament to the only na· to believe that the era of universal peace, in Spain. and that death and· dacruc. tions· that can be trusteQ with ~~. while , are raiDing &om _the skies, ovu of which the first Armistice Day seemed tion the gangster nations remain armed to the Olinae battleheldl, and the . narrow . It ·was because Britain set the ex• to be the herald;' is immediately probable, ttreets of densely populated <lliDae teeth or even possible. Direful portents fiame town&. ample by disarming to a point that was in the international sky, and. the beacon only this .side of imp~tence, that othq. Powers which are outside, or virtually that _lights the path~y to peace is of bo);h .sexes, _who dE;clare than the .:·con• · outside the League of Nations, became a dimmed almost to the point of extinction. chy" who sulked in Wandsworth Gaol is peace of the world: Nbw That we are nearer to a world-war to• as worthy of respect as the man who died menace to tlie that Britain has rearmed her prestige and day than we have been at any time since in .~e finng line, .and who would delete influence for peace have increased to the middle of 1914 is more a truism than to war -from school text• her every reference degree. It is not . the statement of an alarmist. How, then1 ~b. an almost unbelievable in the British Empire that men be· is the impending catastrophe to be avert· With the pacifism tliat has no personal only lieve that a strong Britain is the best· ed? . nor political axe to grind we have no guarantee of peace to·day. That belief is quarrel, thOugh we 'do not always agree There are many in our midst who entertained by the smaller nations of. cen• With the methods advocated for the abol· would answer. tha~ question· glibly tral Eurepe and.elsewhere . It is held.by ition of war. · We believe that all ex· . enough, and trot out this or that 'formula evervbodv who believes in collective se• service men are pacifists to the extent that for our edification and guidance; but the curity and the fulfilment of obligations . they prefq peace to war and regard the ~ such formulisl:s have· ever been·able under tne· Covenant ~f the League of latter as an obsolete and vile way of try, ( to accomplish is the preachin~ of peace, Nations. It is a belief to which our own . ing. to, settle, intematio~al disputes; but in season and out of season, inithe eo~· organisation, subscribes, a belief which · we al110 believe,that there are ':'lorse evils • tries which;'if left to the~\!es; are the has found expression in congress resolu· by than war in a·.cause we deem righteous, least likely to ·go to war. 'l-Jt is not tions this vear and in former years. In desptte . the fact that somebody once waving the_banners of gro~ue_ Utpians his attitude to war, the Australian ex• said:· "There.~ never was a righteous war that we shall reach a goal so· eminently service man is much in the-position of the. " n~r an unj~ peace." As ·we see it, one desirable. We cannot-eliminate war, nor man who said, "I want peace, and I want may logically disapprove of war as an any other evil ' for that matter, by in· it so badly that I'll fight like hell to get veighing against l:t and passing pious reso· international sport _without seeking a sol· ftr . · lutions, The world will never be nagged ution to the problems of peace in a coma into more peaceful ways. ·Nor is the of non-resistance .to. an ·aggressor. We Those who. talk of the futility of war cause of peace rendered any real serviCe know that manv practising . Christians would dp well to .remember that out of by the more blatant type· of paclPst who have declared that it is unchristian to the Great War, and despite-the mistakes "' dons the mantle of superiority and chides bear arms under any .circumstances; but of those who dictated the peace treaties; a·5ervice men for being uniformed mur• we also know that other Christians, there.emereged the maChinery for main-' derE;rs and th~ dupes of designing politi· whose views are. just as worthy of cori• · taininl! peace and settling international cians. '1 uat cause is ma~e more repellant sidttration; hold that this is a matter for disputes without recourse to· war.·· The than attractive bv the ci>nfuaed ·~g the individual conscience, and-that no League of Nations ~ not been an ideal of individuals who tell us that commeni· hard and fait rule can be laid dOwn. One · institution, ilor hu it always l;een s~ THB LisTENING PosT, H'th dctobeT; 1937 Page4 paid either as a lump sum Qr in ~r : ful. For that the world must blame the AGED SAILORS 1\ND SOu portions, an? that for thfs p~ the component parts, rather than the organ· receipt·be by-way of coupons, which shall isation itself. Covenants and pacts are DIERS'FUND be issued by head office to sub-branches, signatories are operative .ovly as long as annual State congress such coupons' to be to the value· ~f 1'&. true to their bond, and gentlemen's This y~ar's presented by Rabbi each subject to the audit requirements agreements only when the agreement adopted a report Aged Sailors and Sol· of the sub-branch and monies collected is made with a gentleman. The inherent Freedman on the diers' Fund. The report recommended ~ and paid to .the sub-bran<¥ treasurer. duplicity of rulers who regard treaties 4. The central committee recom• only as scraps of paper, to be torn when 1. That each sub-branch shall elect an Aged Sailors and Soldiers' Fund stew· mends that members of the sub-branch it is no lon11er exnedient to keep them, women's auxiliary also be invited-to as· and the fact that the League Powers ard, whose duty it shall be to collect sub· scriptions from members and supporters. sist, with personal. subscripti?ns where have nevu been strong enough to en· money force their decisions have been responsi· 2.
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