VITAL TO WORLD PEACE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 187, 4 May 1940, Page 12

VITAL TO WORLD PEACE

Restoration Of Freedom To Norway BRITAIN UNITED TO WIN WAR (British Official Wireless.) (Received May 3, 7.5 p.m.) RUGBY,’May 2. “I believe Britain regards the restoration of freedom to the people of Norway as vital to world peace, and that we shall not rest till that has been achieved, said the Loid Privy Seal. Sir Kingsley Wood, in a speech. He continued: “Justification for our participation in this conflict becomes plainer every day, as wc have seen a succession of wicked and cruel attacks by Germany on small and weak States who unhappily thought their neutrality might save them.”

Referring to the presence of Allied forces in the Near and .Middle East, Sir Kingsley Wood said they were not there for the purpose of menacing anyone. They were there for whatever duty they might be called upon to face, and “their presence will fortify, our good friends, Egypt and Turkey.” United Nation. The Minister of Health, Air. Walter Elliott, speaking on Thursday evening, said the nation was absolutely united in its determination to win the war unu as soon as possible. “There is no division of spirit or purpose either within the Government or within the country,” Ive said. “Britain is an aifvil which Jias worn out many hammers. The world has looked to London for a thousand years, and heard many a great poet, many a great statesman and seen many a great warrior. We have no mind to be false to our history. Fool to foot wc shall light it out. "We do not fear bard blows,” he continued, “for beyond tljeni all we look to peace—to build our houses, bring up our children to sec the sky without searchlights and the streets without sandbags, and lead again the good life of free men in a free land. “But these things must lie reconquered whenever they are in danger. Thev arc in danger now. and now is the'time for the resolve that, whoever fails in the tight for freedom, we individuals, we each one of us. will not. Such is the choice. We cannot fail to answer. British Spirit. Commenting on the fact that the candidate who advocated vigorous and determined prosecution of the war polled practically all the votes east in the Pollock by-election while his opponent, who advocated peace, which today could only mean surrender, received a mere handful. “The Times” says that the spirit seen at by-elections and, indeed, in all events which can lie said to be an indication of public opinion, will certainly be proof against any setbacks on the road to victory. For that journey will not be easy, continued “The Times.” If there had been any chance of a speedy and .spectacular victory for us Hitler would never have gone to war. None of the men who in history have been scourges of the world has ever been less chivalrous or more redoubtable.

The Germans can only be defeated by an organization which is more efficient, production which is greater, and a force which is stronger than their own.

The by-elections show how ready the people are to give of their best and utmost in the cause which they understand.