THE PUBLIC AND PEACE
SIR,—While I appreciate fully the sincerity and good intentions of the supporters of the National Peace Council, it seems to me most dangerous that a body bearing this title should be organising a "National Petition for a Constructive Peace " without any reference to the part to be played by international force. Indeed, in a letter-in your columns on October 6th, Mr. Gerald Bailey admits that " one of the major purposes of the Council at this time is to resist the increasing vogue of the conception of the enforcement of peace."
The fact that the Council numbers amongst its members many who from deeply religious motives are opposed to the use of force in any circumstances makes it impossible for it to accept the position that force rightly directed is essential to secure justice for all men. Without it there can be no order, only gangster rule.
It seems to me. therefore, that those who seek a " constructive peace" should understand this and direct their energies to the support of societies whose position in this matter is clear. There are several, which while approaching the matter from different angles, recognise to the full the essential part that force used in the interests of the community must play in any organisation of world peace. This is the policy accepted at
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