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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 9. July 26, 1951
Errors in Vital Questions
Errors in Vital Questions
Sir,—
I will immediately send Mr. Cody's question to Cros and Pat who are going to the Festival in Berlin. It is necessary however to point out several errors of fact in Mr. Cody's letter.
| 1. | The Peace Movement does not oppose conscription anywhere, till the present at least It advocates as immediate objectives the banning of A-bomb; progressive disarmament of conventional weapons, the conclusion of a 5 Power Peace Pact. |
| 2. | The interview with Stalin published in Pravda February 17th this year is the latest of dozens of statements by Communist leaders that peaceful coexistence is possible and that war is not inevitable. Communists of course are in a very small minority in the World Peace movement. There are about 22 million party members in the world according to Washington State Department; there are 750,000,000 signatories to the Stockholm appeal. |
| 3. | Yugoslavia has banned the Stockholm Appeal, the first plank in the platform of the peace movement. Hence the expulsion of the official representatives of that country. There is a growing underground peace movement there. |
| 4. | The World Peace Movement condemns inflammatory war propaganda of any kind. |
| 5. | The Warsaw Congress of the Peace Movement calls for an immediate cease fire in Korea, the withdrawal of all foreign troops; the hearing of both sides of the dispute before a full meeting of the Security Council. Aid given by the U.S.S.R. is justifiable in view of the American seizure and blockade of Formosa as well as air attacks on the mainland. |
H. C. MacNeill.