Justice and Force The Archbishop of York, with Canon Sheppard's
new peace campaign obviously in mind, made some opportune observations on Tuesday on the subject of constructive pacifism. So far from accepting the doctrine that men of peace, whether Christians or not, must renounce the use of force in international affairs even when exercised in the service of justice, Dr. Temple went far towards associating himself with Lord Davies and the Inter- national Force idea by declaring that it was better to have always available a force to be used in support of the awards of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the decisions of the League of Nations than to adopt an attitude of extreme pacifieism. The elimi- nation of force being beyond hope in present circum- stances, the manifest line of advance is to ensure that force shall be used, if it must be used at all, in the interests not of the claims or ambitions of some individual State, but for the maintenance of justice and order, as con- ceived by the whole community of States. The road to such an achievement may be long, but Dr. Temple is unquestionably right in turning the eyes of believers in peace to that goal.
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