DRIFT TOWARDS WAR
CANBERRA, Ala rcli 22. • The international " situation could only be described a« a drift towards l war, said the Alinister of External Affairs ( Dr. Evntt) in a message ' to tho i central exeeutive .of the Australian naj tional e o mrni 1 1 ee for ' .Efii t edllSfations. , "No one wants war,-' lie Said. "Aio ! oue can alford to suffer further losses 1 ancl reduee living conditions*" even ! more. It is sheer defeatism to accept I the pessinnstic . and sometimes evn. progqoStications of tliose who lightheartedlya anticipate a third world. war and the eonsequent desr.ruction of ciyilisation. ' " Loyal and consistent support for Enited Nations offers the wav out. providing its inachinery is employcd to acliieve settlements .based on justice and not uiion power. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 3
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