Article February 15, 1936 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: Peace as a World Policy

with contributions from J. L. Newland, Cordell Hull, Mary E. Woolley, Lehman, Peter Hamilton, Harris E. Kirk

[Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, as quoted in the Christian Advocate, New York, New York]

We have all learned that peace cannot be a passive condition obtained, enjoyed, in careless and selfish ease. The terms and policies by which it may be achieved are not easy or simple; and their attainment will require the unremitting support of a firm and informed public opinion here and elsewhere, which will thwart and nullify the wilder impulses of mankind, and never permit to be forgotten the ultimate bitter fruit of war. Your part in building that opinion is vital. ...

Nor does this exhaust the limits of our duty or of the necessities of the problem of maintaining peace. For that end some mastery over the causes of conflict is required, a mastery only to be obtained by the simultaneous action of many countries. ...

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