The following is a report of a lecture delivered at Victoria University by Sir Leslie Munro, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., secretary-general of the International Commission of Jurists. The lecture was organised by the New Zealand Section of the International Commission of Jurists.

Teenage girls and boys are to be seen drilling everywhere in the streets of Java. Uniformed men and women are to be seen everywhere. For the country is in a state of war. Java today is a scene of destruction; broken streets and crumbling pavements are a common sight. Disorganisation reigns in Java. Yet, not so many years ago, Java was actually a very wealthy country.