THE CHURCHES, SECURITY AND PEACE [To the Editor. of THE
SPECTATOR.] Sut,—I submit, with the deepest respect, that _ the Arch- bishop's letter leaves Christians as much as ever in a state of desperate obscurity as to what they- are to do. May I ask the Archbishop three questions ;• • (1) Does he believe that if the Disarmantent Conference fails it will be right for England-to reithriespecially in the air? And does he-consider that such a-policy tends- towards
anything other than suicide for our own country and murder of others ?
(2) Does he believe that it is right for a nation to defend itself by force of arms -if attacked by force-of arms ? . •
(3) Would he regard a tax-payers' strike against an increased armaments budget as wrong on the principle of " Render unto Caesar," if it was inspired by a conscientious
objettion-tO subsidizing murder ?—I am, Sir, &e., ' " •
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