5 SEPTEMBER 1947, Page 5

Both the Primate of England and the Primate of All

England have been expressing themselves on the crisis, His Grace of York proposing that his Grace of Canterbury should invite the leaders of all political parties to a conclave in which the situation should be discussed and plans matured in an atmosphere of single-minded co-operation, and His Grace of Canterbury suggesting that the duty of the Christian is to be of a quiet mind because he trusts in God ; to do his work and do it well for its own sake ; and to trouble not whether when so engaged he is receiving more or less for himself than another man. There is a great deal in what both Archbishops say. Of the two more, I think, would be achieved for the country in the long run if everyone concerned took Dr. Fisher's advice than if the few concerned took Dr. Garbett's.

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