WILL NOT BE SILENT
Mr. Fraser Says N.Z. Will Oppose Any Injustice •WELLINGTON,' Feb'. 18. - "The New Zeaiand Government will not hesitaLe to speak oug against anythmg" that it ". may think is persecution or Fyrannyj east or West whethei' in Huiigal'y, Spam, or any oJier. part of the world. If we tnink an injustice B; perpetrated, our voi'ce -will ring oiit quice cleai'ly thioUgiioUt the 'WoKd; iven thdugh We have.net a -.-latge: ceuntry df j population," said ihe Piime . Minister, Mr. Fraser, today, when addressing the Dominion Conierence of the United Nations' Association. . ' l "Tiie danger of war has not-ffieeh siiminated," said 'Mr. Fraser-- .,in earlier remarks, "but " equilibriuin. has beeh established. It may be an uneasy one, but it gives the world jreathirig space. The United Jtates and the 'United Kingdom haVe a hatffed towards none. Uitiiriamiy they want a world state. As Mr. Bevin said,: 'Out of these very regional structures we Inay now tUfh. Tnere may yet . grow that Wof.d government for, which huihanity yearns.' "i ao nor think any statesman of any 'country at present wants war," said Mf. Fraser. "Everybody prooests that he wants peace but even wixh the . protests on their lips it woiiid be possible for natiOns to drift into war." Txie cause of world peace could best be advanced, said Mr. Fraser, jy everyone working for it througn sueh organisations as the United Nations Association.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 February 1949, Page 5
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