-v ft A L.t I, A Idrinrc Uupctt Daily Octos JCtO. Wednesday, July 23, 1947 V (Authorized ' as Second Class1 Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa) " Published' every afternoon except Sunaay by Prince Rupert Dally News Ltd., 3rd Avenue, Prince Rupert, British Columbia. ' ; O. A. HUNTER, Managing Editor. H. O. PERRY, Managing Director, ll EMBER OP CANADIAN PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS CANADIAN DAILY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION An independent tially newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert .and all communities comprising northern and central British Columbia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES City Carrier, per week. 15c; Per Month, 65c; Per Year, 7.00; Bj Mall, Per-Month. -40c; Per Year,' 4.00. ' The Problem of Peace ! THE GREATEST MENACE of peace today is : I tlie division of the world into two basically op-; posed forms of society; a division which trans-i' cends all national boundaries, said Hon. L. B. Pear- son, 'Undersecretary of State, in a recent stirring address. One form respects dignity and decency Land liberty of the individual and in it government .' is justified only by the contribution it makes to his j welfare. In the other, the individual is nothing but a mere cog in an inhuman machine, where there is ; no rule of law, and where the omnipotent state ; moulds the man into conformity with the mass, ;'and if he will not so cofiform, crushes Jiim. If these two worlds are to survive, they must j find a 'formula for mutual tolerance ;and co-opera-; tive endeavour within the United Nations, in the hope that 'this co-operation between governments i may 'lead to 'friendlier relations between peonies. ; We must insist that the United Nations be per-'' mitted to progress nd grow into what it is not "iow an organization capable of preserving the , peace. In that upward progress every effort must ; be made to include all states but, if this is impos-! sible, then we must decide whether to adjust our ; pace to that of the slowest member, which may ; mean walking backwards, or to go ahead towards : a really effective international order with those I states who are willing to co-operate for that pur-. pose. That is the most important international de-. cision of all which -may one day have to be made ' whether to maintain the universality of our international organization by the retention of the ; requirement of a unanimity which means the low-' ost cornmon denominator of action which is in-: action or whether to make the United Nations a ' Treally effective organization even if it means ' Agoing aheatl only with those who are willing to ; 'make national sacrifices to achieve the great international objective of peace and prosperity. ; This last choice can be accepted only as a last despairing resort, because it means that two non-- co-zmeyating worlds will face each other, in fear '. and suspicion, armed with the two most terrible weapons ever conceived in the armory of destruc-; tion; (1) atomic and bacteriological bombs to sear ; and destroy the body, and (2) all the media of ; propaganda to destroy the soul. One weapon can blot out a half million men in ten seconds. The -other can make a whole people believe that black is white; that blood is wine, that a stone is bread; that slavery is freedom and Hell is Paradise. ; If we reach this dread position, where the two worlds face each other in open enmity, then peace I will rest on one shaky foundation alone; the know- ; ledge that, although victory in war will indeed ; mean the conquestof a whole world, it would be a ; world destroyed; that the arch of victory wpuld j be erected on a pile of ruins. If peace is to be en- sured, however, it must be on a better basis than . the certainty of obliteration from defeat and the . probability of disaster from victory. Hovv can we find better basis and present the development and clashing of those two hostile worlds? By making our own way of life and gov- ;, eminent so demonstrably better than the other "that the realization of its superiority will penetrate even the most powerful of curtains. Such a ; result must be achieved if there is to be one world on any other basis than the jail or the cemetery. 'But we will never 'accomplish it merely by attacking other peoples and other systems. To the forces of despotism and reaction of right ; or left we must oppose a democracy, a free way of life which is:proud, dynamic and assertive; which ; proves itself by the contribution it makes to man's -happiness, and which by its achievements, not ; merely by .its .words, demonstrates its superiority over any other form of social and political organi-; Ration of man. The. demonstration must be positive ; not negative; proud and -not apologetic. 'We should j not be on the defensive. -We are not looking'back-. wards! Totalitarianism is as old as sin. Democ-' racy asVe know it and'not as despots define it -ns the new creed of life and hope and progress. t We are the pioneers and adventurers. The others are the reactionaries. Success, however, in this eternal quest 'for something good 'to oppose the evil nihilism of the . revolution of destruction which is threatening half of the world today, can only come through : the resolve of the individual free man to make ! democracy work. He must be possessed tff an am-' bition that exceeds self and of vision which sees beyond his own bench onoffice or field. i INCOME TAX ' Returns Prepared Bee It. E. MORTIMER 324 2nd Ave. (Near CFPRi HICKS FRASER HOUSE Modem, Quiet, Comfortable 714 'FRASER STREET Phone Black 823 JAPS FIGHT LIKE .DOGS FOR GARBAGE OF SHIPS IN PORT Conditions In Orient ancl Down Under Described By Interesting Visitor. to' Gity Among the many interesting visitors in Prince Rupert these days is James Davidson, merchant seaman from Sydney, Australia, who is here for a visit with his brother, William Davidson, Eleventh Avenue. Mr. Davidson, who has done a' deal of world travelling, in the Atlantic service during the war and mostly in the Pacific since, brought a Dally News Interviewer up to date on conditions In the Orient which are anything but pretty these days. However, a happier picture was painted of Australia and, particularly of New Zea-, land. Mr. Davidson, who is a native of Scotland, has resolved to quit the sea and make his shore home in Sydney, choosing that city beca-ase it has in his opinion, the finest climate In the world. Mr. Davidson arrived at San Francisco recently after an eighteen-day voyage from Sydney and signed off there from the Matson Line steamer Marine Phoenix on which he had been serving, On the way over stops were made in New Zealand, at Fiji and at Pago Pago In the Solomons. The ship brought over the last lot of Australian war brides of American soldiers. War experiences of Mr. Davidson Included being torpedoed in December 1940 200 miles off the coast of Ireland In the steamer Bar Hill. The vessel lasted only thirty-five minutes before going to her watery grave! Meanwhile, the crew had taken to lifeboats and were picked up eventually by the cruiser H.M.S. Cornwall. Thereafter followed eighteen months of troop carrying from Australia to the Middle East on the Queen Mary. Speaking of present day con ditions in Sydney, Mr. Davidson said that there was a building problem in Australia similar to that In Canada lack of men and materials. The clothing and food situation is as bad as ever and there Is still strict coupon rationing and price control. There Is plenty of work. For 'really deplorable con- !' ditions, Shanghai is the place . to find them, says Mr. Davidson. There the most abject of poverty exists and everywhere people are itarving. Contrasted to Shanghai, however, is the reinstated British crown colony of Hong Kong, the "best city in the Orient today." There is plenty of food and clothing there and prices are reasonable. Reduced to a low level of subsistence are the unfortunate people of Japan, said Mr. Davidson in describing conditions lri Kobe, once great Nipponese port which he visited recently. At the docks, human beings strug,- ! giea wim eacn oiner ana fought like animals to get, to the ship's garbage to devour It. "They may From This Date WAR ASSETS COAL will be: LUMP Sacked $12.00 per ton' MINE 'RUN I Loose $11.00 per ton' No rebate for quantity HYDE TRANSFER! PHONE 580 COTTAGECIIEESE New Creamed Fresh Madd VALENTIN DAIRY Your Daily ALL-WEATHER SERVICE SAVOY HOTEL Carl Zarelli, Prop. Phone 37 P.O. Box 544 FRASER STREET Prince Rupert NEW ROY ML i HOTEL ! A Home Away From Home Rates 79c up 60 Rooraj, Hot and Cold ' water ' PRINCF. RUPERT, B.O. Phone 281 p.o. Box 196 be Japs but it Is simply shameful to see the state of starva-. tion they suffer." With food scarce, clothing situation is almost desperate and they go about in all sorts of rags. After the strafing of 'war there Is still hardly a safe building' in Kobe which Is In "absolute ruins" and has little restoration work done so far, The really bright spot of Mr. Davidson's travels appears to have been New Zealand with its long-entrenched Labor government. The country appears to be. better regulated economically and Is providing a better living for its people. Mr. Davidson visited Auckland on his last voyage a few weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. William Grout -f West Vancouver arrived in the-city at'the first of the week from the south for a'vislt here p.s the guests of Mrs. John R. Mitchtll, Atlln Avenue, West-view. They will return south on the Catala on Friday afternoon. 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