OUTWORN TRADITIONS
RELUCTANT TO BREAK AWAY "Mr Churchill pleaded with, the House of Commons for collective action after the seizure of Austria. He urged the Government 'to proclaim a renewed, revived, unflinching adherence to the Covenant.' He besought his audience to 'laugh hut listen,' because he knew that his plea would be greeted with laughtci which may still be echoing rather hollowly round the shattered walls of the Palace of Westminster. To his oAvn question, 'What was there ridiculous about collective security?' he gave the conclusive answer, 'the only ridiculous thing about it is that Ave have not got it." In this Struggle betAveen the ideas of the past and the future it is curious to reflect that these Avho Avere reluctant to break aAvav from outworn traditions and to lace the new facts of life prided themselves on being 'realistic,' and thought that they had finally laughed their opponents out of court when tlicy dubbed them 'idealistic.' As events have shown, these- terms ought tci have been transposed."—Mr Harold Butler, in "The Lost Peru."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 40, 15 April 1942, Page 6
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175OUTWORN TRADITIONS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 40, 15 April 1942, Page 6
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