The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-30
Heudersonville, n. C.
March rs, 1886

March rs, 1886
Editor, The Tfmes-News:
All Of us who believe in the
Kingdom and want that Kingdom
to come look, | suppose, with a
watchful eye and intense concern
on what is daily taking place in
the Kingdoms Of the world. We
are trying to judge to the best
of our knowledge the probable eff
feet of whatever is being done or
SAID by those whose acts and
speech exercise controlling influ
cnce in the affairs of men.
Just today, March %, | read
{ in The Asheville Citizen the ar
ticle entitled, Hitler Defies
! World . :" "Defies" seems to me
father exaggerative of Hitler's
quoted words. 1t is hardly def
ancc to proclaim the absolute in
dependence of himself and his ma
ton. Whatever may be his error
or crime in repudiating the terms
Of the Versailles treaty and the
. LocarnO paCt-and my knowledge
IOf those terms and the subsequent
provocation TO Germany on the
part Of others is insufficient to
fit me to judge-df1e thing | am
forced to admit-Mr. Hitler is all
MAN. His outspoken declaration,
"Thcrc can be no real world
peace without equality between
partners" is a fundamental and
eternal truth. The governments of
the world need to hear somebody
say that-say it fearlessly, boldly
even dcfiantly, if you will.
Personally, | believe that dec
laration sent abroad from Hitler's
point of vantage will prove to
have done more to promote gen.
cral and lasting peace than has
been done by all the pickering,
compromising national confer
cnces that have taken place since
the World war.
We Americans boastfully claim
to stand by the basic principle of
our own national Declaration of
| Independence, that "all men are
born free and equal. IF that is
true for "all men," by all means
must it be true for all nations.
We have an age-long adagc-
Nothing is ever settled till it is
settled right" Any compact be-
tween man and man or nation
and nation that involves the infer
iority of either party, or any par
ty or parties thereto, has lie in
tho heart Of it to breed not peace
but war.
To me. with my limited knowl-
edge of the situation, Japan's
course in her ASiatic invasions
has seemed ovcrbcaring, wanton,
and rapacious: but in her insist
ence on the abrogation of the
5-5-3 terms Of the English-Amer-
ican-JapaneSe naval pact, she had
land still has my entire sympathy.
No nation consents to admit infer
iority except from time-serving
motives of necessity that spring
from cowardice or fear. And the
CALLING admission, once made, con-
tinues to wear the soul till discon-
tent progresses through bitterness
to hate. -.
| "Thc Kingdom of God" says S.
Paul, sis righteousness and
peace ;" Note the sequence;
peace 5 the certain fruit of right
eousness. And behind righteous
ness must be the willing recog-
milton of Truth. Every word or
deed of truth makes for peace.
Said the PSalmist, "When
speak to them of peace, they
make themselves ready for war"
That piece of ancient history has
been rc-cnacting in the world for
the last eighteen. years. Most of
the so-called treaties and pacts en-
tered into by governments since
the Treaty of Versailles haye been
professedly in the interest of
peace; but, being the product of
grudging concessions, born in an
atmosphere of self-interest and
suspicion, the net result is that
all Europe is armed for war. And
our magnificently isolated United
lStates2is falling. obsequiously (0-
| into line. "What fools those NOR
tails, bep'
+ And. now, i at the risk of the