Evening star., 1960-06-05

HN4HERE is a hurricane of common sense sweeping
through the world "A Hurricane of Common
y SenSe"-that the headline in a newspaper read
by the leaders of Washington 1t refers to the mani
feSto IdeOogy and COExiStence which in the last six
months has gone to 70 100000 homes throughout the
United States, Canada, Scandinavia, Germany Italy,
France, Great Britain, The Netherlands Greece and
Turkey, well as India South Africa South America
Australia and Japan 1t has already been translated
into "a different languages and will be read by the
millions. 1t puts Squarey to the modern world the
choice-Moral Re-Armament or Communism.
My old friend General GuiSan, wartime Commander
in-Chief of the Armies of Switzerland wrote the fore
word to the Swiss edition. In it he said, "On the deo-
logical plane neutrality be dangerous, for refusal
to fight for what is right plays the enemyS game The
training center at Caux unique instrument that has
changed the conduct of nations. long that our whole
people should face realistically the forces which con-
front each other today, that draw from our trad
tonS relentless determination to safeguard at all costs
the freedoms we inherit"
This was the last public statement General GuiSan
made. When he died 100000 citizens of Switzerland
stood in silent tribute to the who regarded as
the savior of his nation. His widow wrote to me, Gen
eral Guisan was grpped by the idea and the might of
Moral Re-Armament In the evening of his life it was
great girder of support to him."
Mighty Wind Of Hope
Moral Re-Armament is a hurricane of common sense
sweeping rreSStbly through the heart of nations 1t
is smashing down the barriers between nations and
races dispensing the fogS of hate that threaten humanity
and bringing mighty wind of hope to the millions of
the EARTH
Hofnung-Hope-S the name of the play God put
In the mind of miner from the Ruhr He is worker
at the coalface He had thought of writing play
He changed He found an answer to division in his
home, his nation and the world Chancellor Adenauer
heard of this play and sent for this Ruhr miner and his
friends He asked them to go to Britain and France to
prepare the way for his own visits to those countries
MANY of us Germans" he said, do not realize how
deep are the wounds in other countries which were
caused by what did through having the wrong ide-
ology In an exclusive article in the New York Journal
american headlined "Adenauer Calls MIRA Worlds
Hope" the Chancellor said, "A nation with an ideoogy
is always on the offensive nation without an ideoogy
is self-SatiSied and dead"
In Britain HOfnm1g was like hurricane It shifted
the prejudiceS of years. In the spirit of Moral Re-
Armament men like James Coltart, executive of the
British press and teevson, took inspired and fearless
action to prepare for Chancellor AdenauerS visit His
time in Britain hailed triumph. Back in Bonn
the Chancellor at meeting of the Christian Democratic
Party referred to the miStruSt between Britain and
Germany which had been swept aside, and said, I'VE
have to thank Moral Re-Armament for that"
In Paris, French audiences stood and cheered Some
were in tears as the German miners sang the MarSei
LdiSe in French.
There is shrine at Mont Valeren where during the
occupation 4,500 Frenchmen of the Resistance met
their death. To Mont Valeren went those Ruhr miners
They escorted by the wife of the General at the
head of the French nations defenseS, and the niece
of President de Gaule. They the first Germans to
60 there in fifteen years. They gave news of idea
powerful enough to unite nations separated by genera
tons of hate They expressed their for the past
and their resolve to lay down their lives to rebuild
Europe and the world. The columns of Figaro gave the
news of this event to the French nation.
Vaterldnd, leading Swiss Catholic newspaper, re-
ported the RESPONSE the miners mOnaS-
terry schools of central Switzerland under the headline
Catholic Colleges Hail MIRA Play" Vaterand re-
ported Rector Scherrer of Schwyz as saying I'VE can
all subscribe to the principles of MIRA To recognize
absolutely the dominion of God, or to bow down under
the domination of human tyrants that is the alternative