TO THE EDITOR LETTERS
Britain's Peace Aims
Sta,—May I congratulate you ,on being, I believe, the first paper actually to advocate and set out some positive peace aims for Britain. Until this country and those of the West adopt positive peace aims they cannot hope to win the cold war, nor, if their only aim is to combat Communism, can they hope for successful negotiations with opponents whose only aim is to promote it.
Our peace aims must first of all hold out some material hope to those who might otherwise be attracted to Communism. For it must be admitted that the United Nations, as at present constituted, however much it may be an improvement, as you say, on the old League of Nations, is not yet capable of keeping the peace. The first principle you have rightly stated as being the right of every nation to determine its own form of government. The second must be the prevention of governments from interfering with the lives of those in other countries. These two principles are the basis for the federalist form of government. It will necessitate the merging of a portion of sovereignty. But yoar statement began with the words that Great Britain is re-arming against her will. Has not a portion of sovereignty, therefore, already been snatched from us ? The Archdeacon of London, whine sermon you referred to at the beginning of your article, said in a previous sermon; "The price that we may have to pay for a fundamental international settlement and a durable peace cannot be too high, unless it be a sacrifice of primary Christian principle. On the Christian showing there is nothing whatever that is morally wrong in the surrender by the nations of the world of some part of their sovereign power in the cause of
establishing peace on earth."—Yours very truly, J. KEITH KILLBY.
Secretary, Federal Union.
20 Buckingham Street, W.C2.
Previous page
