ADVICE TO THE SOVIET

Grey River Argus, 11 October 1948, Page 5

ADVICE TO THE SOVIET

He continued: “The lifting of the blockade at Berlin would be merely the stopping of blackmail There should be no reward for that. Let them throw open their vast regions, on equal terms, to' the ordinary travel and traffic of mankind! Let them give others the chance to breathe freely, and let them breathe freely themselves! No one wants to take anything that belongs to them away from them. Britain, indeed, has gone to the opposite extreme. She has cast away her empire in the East. Let the Russians be content to live on their own, and cease to darken the world, and to prevent its recovery by their ceaseless threats, intrigues, and propaganda. When they have given up what they have no right, to take, then it will be time to raise the question of putting away the one, vast, and I believe, sure and overwhelming means of security which remains for the protection, and guards the progress of mankind!” , , Mr Churchill said that he had hoped, that. Russia would have access to every ocean guaranteed by a world organisation of which she would be a leading member; that she would have the freest access to raw materials oi every kind, and that the Russians would everywhere be received as brothers in the human family. That still remained the aim and ideal of the Western nations. Mr Churchill, as he entered the hall before delivering his speech, had one of the biggest ovations of his life. After his speech he was given a tumultuous reception. He then made a triumphal tour over a two-mile long promenade at Llandudno. He stood in an open car and waved at thousands who lined the route, and had listened to loud-speakers broadcasting his speech.