THE NEW YEAR.
» IMPERIAL STATESMEN'S MESSAGE. (By Cable.— Preeg Association.— l Copyright.) (RcuLcr's Telegram*.) LONDON, January '2. A New Year message from tin- Premiers of tho British Commonwealth ha* been issued over tho signatures of Mr Lloyd (ieorge. Sir Robert Borden, Mr Hughes, Mr W. F. Massey, and General Smuts, and is addressed to " Folio wcitizens of tho British Empire." Tho mcssago emphasises that in tho recognition of the Fatherhood of Go<l and tho Divino purpose for tho world, which is tho central message of Christianity, will bo discovered tho ultimate foundation for tho recognition of an ordered and harmonious lifo for all men. As that recognition can only como as an act of froo consent on tho part of individual men everywhere, tho mcssago appeals to men of goodwill to consider tno oternal validity of tho truth of thoso spiritual forces which aro tho ono and only hopo for tho permanent foundation of world peace.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16723, 5 January 1920, Page 6
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156THE NEW YEAR. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16723, 5 January 1920, Page 6
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