" CHRISTIAN CIVILISATION"
SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. Kennard Davis, proposes four prin- ciples of social conduct, which he considers should be the foundation upon which all Christian Civilisation ought in future to be built. These are: (1) Sanctity of human life ; (2) Sacredness of human property; (3) Sacredness of the family ; and (4) The principle of co- operation. The list is clearly not intended to be exhaustive ; and, as far as it goes, most people, who " profess and call themselves Christians," will, I think, support Mr. Davis's contention ; but the precise meaning of the two words, " sanctity" and " sacredness " needs a clear definition, for their equivalents appear to be applied in Germany to Mein Kampf.
This remarkable book, as everyone knows, was written by Hitler himself—I have only read it in English myself—and it appears to be flatly contradictory of Mr. Davis's four points.
The principles it proclaims were summarised in a Munich news- paper, Die Neue Weltbuehme, just a year ago, and this is an important part of the summary: " We believe in the Great Eternal and National Socialist Conception of life, issued out of the heart of the man Hitler, during Germany's battle against all nations of the Earth. We believe in the holiness of Mein Kampf, and refuse to believe in the holiness
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