The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-06

ent badges. They would not be re-
quired to act against their own ma
ton but in other respects they
would be directed by the world or.
ganization. This might be started
on a modest scale and grow as
confidence grew. I wished to see
this done after the first world war
and trust it may be done forthwith.
i Atomic Bomb
1T would nevertheless be wrong
and imprudent tc entrust the secret
knowledge or experience Of the
atomic bomb, which the United
States. Great Britain and Canada
now share. to the world organiza-
ton, while it is still in its in
fancy. 1t would be criminal mad
ness to cast it adrift in this still
agitated and unlimited world. No
one In any country has slept less
well in their beds because this
knowledge and the method and the
raw materials to apply it are at
present largely retained in Ameri-
can hands. I do not believe we
should all have slept so soundly
had the positions been reversed
and some communist or neo-fascist
state monopolized, for the time be-
ing, these dread agencies. The fear
of them alone might easily have
been used to enforce totalitarian
systems upon the free democratic
world, with consequences appalling
to human imagination. God has
willed that this shall not be, and
we have at least breathing space
before this peril has to be encoun-
tered, and even then, if no effort
is spared, we should still possess
So formidable a superiority as to
impose effective deterrents upon
its employment or threat of en-
ployment by others. Ultimately
when the essential brotherhood
of man is truly embodied and ex-
pressed in a world organization,
these powers may be confided to
it.
Second Danger
ct now come to the second dan
ger which threatens the cottage
home and ordinary people, name
ly tyranny. We cannot be blind to
the fact that liberties enjoyed by
individual citizens throughout the
British empire are not valid in
considerable number of countries,
some Of which are very powerful.
In these states, control is enforced
upon the common people by various
kinds of al-embracing police gov
ernments, to a degree which Is
overwhelming and contrary to
every principle Of democracy. The
power Of the state is exercised
without restraint, either by dicta.
tors or by compact oligarchies OPP
Grating through privileged party
and political police. It Is not our
duty at this time, when Difficult
ties are so numerous, to interfere
forcibly in the internal affairs
Of countries whom we have not
conquered in war, but we must
never cease to proclaim in fear
less tones the great principles of
freedom and the rights OF man,
which are the joint Inheritance OF
the English-speaking world and
which, through the Magma Carta,
the Bill Of Rights, the habeas cor
pus, trial by jury and the English
common law find their famous
expression in the Declaration OF
independence.
Peoples Right
"All this means that the people OF
any country have the right and
should have the power by constitu-
tional action, by free, unfettered
elections, with secret ballot, to
choose or change the character or
form of government under which
they dwell, that freedom Of speech
and thought should reign, that
courts of justice Independent OF
the executive, unbiased by any
party. should administer laws
which have received the broad as
sent Of large majorities or are
consecrated by time and custom.
Here are the title deeds Of free
dom, which should lie in every
cottage home. Here is the message
Of the British and American peo-
pies to mankind. Let us preach
what we practise and practise
what we preach.
Poverty
II have now stated the two great
dangers which menace the homes
of the people. have not yet spo-
ken of poverty and privation which
are in many cases the prevailing
anxiety. But if the dangers Of war
and tyranny are removed, there is
no doubt that science and coopera-
ton can bring in the next few years
certainly in the next few decades
to the world, newly taught in the
hard school of war, an expansion of
material well being beyond any
thing that has yet occurred in au-
man experience. Now, at this sad,
GREATNESS, moment, we are plung-
ed in the hunger and distress which
are the aftermath of our stipend
GUS struggle; but this will pass and
may pass quickly, and there is no
reason except human folly or SUBJ
human crime which should deny
to all the nations, the inauguration
and enjoyment Of an age of plenty.
have often used words which /