Patriotism Before Self-Love.

Mr. Miller uttered a counterblast to hypocrisy when he said that even if it is possible to take one's duty to the state too seriously, love of country is better than self-love. But those whose lives are dominated by patriotism should remember that although war was once countenanced by the Church, conditionalon God's approval, modern war knows no code but results; it divides whole national groups and is fostered by organised lying and a policy of mass hatred and of espionage and is sanctioned by oaths contrary to all the canons of Christianity.

To Mr. Miller, Britian's unwillingness to apply sanctions appears the attitude of a coward pretending to be a conscientious objector. Their duty to God and humanity demands that the should be willing to surrender her very autonomy to provide land for overcrowded nations.

In the ensuing spirited discussion, Mr. Miller stated that the way of the individual lay not in conscientious objection, but in the renunciation of economic privileges.

The meeting closed on a note distinctly unfavourable to the laissez faire attitude prevalent at V.U.C.