22 OCTOBER 1948, Page 14

QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR

ONCE again in dark array

Mount the forces of the night, Once again the mobs obey.

Simple man still blindly led To the cockpit of the hour, Can he still be comforted?

Power is nothing, man is all, Though they arm him for the kill Can he still resolve the call?

In each heart defeating fear Synthesis of hope and will, Runs the golden stream still clear?

G. R. J. HARRIS