Evening star., 1945-12-05
Letters to The Star
Insists That Christianity Works
on Community Scale
TO the Editor Of The Star:

on Community Scale
To the Editor Of The Star: -
War may be regarded as an accident
in the affairs of nations and individuals
in that 1t Is caused by lack of intelli-
gence and foresight, due to following
wrong instead of right directives. The
Prophet Isaiah stated this plainly: "If
ye be willing and obedient (to the laws
of God) ye shall eat of the good of the
land; but if ye refuse and rebel We shall
be devoured with the sword" Isaiah,
1920
The Star in an editorial recently re-
ferred to G. K. Chesterton as having
said: christianity has been found hard
and not tried" But Mr.. Chesterton
must have meant that Christianity has
not been tried on national or an in
ternational scale because in individual
and community life 1t has succeeded too
often to be enumerated. 1t is recorded
that during the rs years of Quaker DOM
nation in Pennsylvania mot an Indian
was cheated or white man. massacred."
Roger Williams lived in brotherly love
with the red men in New England. The
old Spanish missions of the West Coast
attest that the religion of the Jesuit
Fathers worked. David Livingstone
proved that the natives of darkest
Africa were responsive to benevolence.
1t is claimed that England was saved
revolution through "the Wesleyan re-
vival."
If, as reported, conscientious objectors
are being held in camps as punishment,
then instead of claiming that we are
Christian Nation We frankly should
admit that we are barbarians. It seems
almost incredible that though the way
to peace and prosperity has been made
plain in the Bible for thousands of
years, the great of the earth still insist
upon seeking some other solution for
war, some other way for averting the
threat Of the atomic bomb. A. S. H.
Comments on Uruguay Plan
To the Editor>of The Star:
I am delighted to read in The Star
for November 20 that our Govern
ment gives unqualified adherence to the
principles of the Uruguay plan that
nations Of the Americas intervene when
any one of them fails to give essential
rights to its people. Won't it be Won
derful when the slave people of Wash
ington, D. c., hear the clarion call go
forth: Men of the Americas! Buckle
on your serapes, your sealskins and
coonskins! Grab some hot tamales,
some hot dogs and bear meat. Hop
onto your burros, your kayaks and 1912
Fords! We advance on Washington?
MRS MURGATROYD BILGEWATER.
Economic Determination Again
To the Editor of The Star:
1t Is strange that our Government
should so strongly disapprove of die
tatorship in Argentina and yet hook us
up in sort of world alliance with Soviet
Russia, which, according to President
Roosevelt and many others. is an abso-
lutte dictatorship.
1t Is so strange, in fact, that the more
skeptical possibly might get the impress
sion that there is something more be-
Aind our Governments attitude toward
Argentina than disapproval of that
country's form of government.
According to prominent economist,
Russia today is the largest private mar
ket in the world. On the other hand,
Argentina is not much of a market. In
fact, she does lot of selling herself.
1t begins to look as though our Gov
ernment Is adopting the slogan that
"the customer Is always right"
j. j. SPERRY.