Defence of Nixon
Sir: Mr Connive referred to the extraordinary maladroit handling of the Indo-Pakistani conflict by President Nixon.
Article 2, Section 3 of the Charter of the United Nations states: "All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered." I submit that President Nixon was right to say that India should not have resorted to war, and that all the members of the United Nations, including this country, ought to have voted in favour of the resolution in the General As In this country, if you find that your house is occupied by sc.mecne else, you have not the right to take the law in your cwn hanis; a:::. in the Community of Nations, if any country wages war to secure its own ends, its cause should go by default. Too often in the past have wrongs only been righted when resort has been had to violence; and it is essential that the principle that he who resorts to violence puts himself in the wrong shall be firmly established if the nations of this world are to live in peace with one another. It is for this reason that it is so essential that we should not give way to violence and murder in Northern Ireland.
H. D. Sills Hillstead, Great Shelford, Cambridge
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