STRIKES AGAINST WAR
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your article under the above heading correctly praised the wisdom of the Trades Union Congress in. refusing to strike against any and every war.
Your point -that by so doing they would align themselves with Lord Beaverbrook, and thereby wreck the collective peace system, should be noted by the pacifists who appear to be ready to fight on the side of Lord Rothermere and international anarchy rather than assist those who are making a stand for international law supported, necessarily, by armed police.
We are now faced with the danger of an arms race in the air. There can be only one solution which can immedi- ately remove the cause of such a catastrophefear. Inter- nationalize civil aviation and institute international air police. There are only two alternatives : either air power must be in the hands of national governments or under the League of Nations to be used internationally, thus making the collective peace system a reality. Unless this issue is realized in time we shall revert to the situation of 1914.—I am,
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