Evening star., 1939-04-11

ington, on the steps OF the marble
memorial to the martyred President
Abraham Lincoln, a colored girl
sang with matchless voice and spirit
to an outdoor multitude of tens OF
thousands of people. included among
whom were the highest officials OF
a free government.
Though the voice of Marian An
derson was the voice OF genius, as
Secretary Ickes aptly characterized
1t, the scene was much more than
a concert in which science, through
electrical ampliflcation and the
radio, had played a spectacular
mart, It was scene in which the
audience knew full well that an
issue of racial intolerance had de-
MED the singer the use OF an audi
torium owned by an organization
which seeks to memOrlallze IN MS
tory the founders Of the Republic
itself.
But for this mistake in judgment
on the part of the D. A. r., the
opportunity to re-emphaslze In
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ior might not have occurred. Also
but for this incident, the oppor-
tunity might not have been afford
ed for Government officials, ire
spective of party, to show that they
do not countenance the theory OF
inequality of citizenship which has
become such an integral part OF
totalitarianism.
Pope's Remarkable Address.
The other event of the same day
the remarkable address by Pope Plus
at Rome-could be read only IN the
translation in the newspapers OF the
land, but the spirit of that voice at
st. Peters, in the heart of Italy, only
served to delineate the contrast be-
tween the two rulers in the ancient
city of Rome.
Whilst the temporal ruler was Or
dering the slaughter of non-com-
batant citizens in tiny state across
the Adriatic. the spiritual ruler OF
church which extends its influence
far beyond Italy's borders was, by
careful phrases. uttering words OF
disapproval and at the same time
LAYING the basis for that reconcllla-
ton which the pontiff clearly states
must come if pea.e is to be pre-
served.
How may peace be had" said the
Pope, 'if, unfortunately, even among
nations there frequently is lacking
the mutual understanding that
alone may encourage and impel peo-
Piles along luminous ways OF civil
progress, while pacts solemnly sane
tioned and the plighted word have
lost that security and value which
are the indispensable bases OF reclp-
rocal confidence and without which
ardently desired disarmament, both
material and moral. becomes with
each passing day less possible OF
realization?"
Need for Internal Peace.
Notwithstanding this distressing
picture, the Pope pointed directly to
the need for internal as well as ex-
ternal peace, declaring that the one
cannot exist without the other, and
drawing attention specifically to the
fact that "just as there can be peace
without order, so there can be no
order without justice"
On the problem of Justice so
often exhorted but so little under
stood in international relations, the
Pope uttered in single paragraph
a definition which could be the basis
- vx,orlI y,oooo He said
"Justice requires that sacred rights
of human freedom and dignity be
recognized and safeguarded; thai
those goods and riches which Goo
has shuWered upon the world for
the benefit of His children be con-
yeniently distributed"
Source of Unrest.
Redistribution of the worlds re-
sources is, at bottom, the source OF
the economic unrest which is caus-
ing democracies to totter and dlcta-
torships to come into power. Ex-
treme selfshness on the part of
governments, motivated by political
considerations at times, has caused
international policies to be formu-
lated which deny to other peoples the
opportunity for economic existence
Germany's postwar experience as
republic got little encouragement
from the other democracies and
today totalitarianism has risen in
it's place, A world peace conference
which endeavored to undo the
wrongs of Versailles and give to
the German and Italian peoples Il
reason for establishing representa-
tive governments would be possible
if the nations which have resources
were to practice the spirit of self
denial which Pope Plus so eloquently
defined in his Easter Day message
The outlook for peace may seem
discouraging, but it will brighten IN
accordance as peoples everywhere
rally behind the great appeal made
at Rome by the Pope, who, in this
instance. speaks not merely for the
Catholic Church but for all churches
and creeds and races, as the clouds
Of war move so threateningly across
the horizon.
(Copyright, 1939D