A DEMOCRATIC UNION.
Understanding, eympathy and respect between the nations of tho British Commonwealth were called for by Mr. Patrick Duncan, the first South African to be chosen Governor-General-designate of the Union, speaking as the guest of the British Empire League, at a luncheon in London. Mr. Duncan was formerly Minister of Mines in General Hertzog's Cabinet. "Tho Commonwealth will be a home to these different peoples only if it is big enough, not only in space, but in spirit, to make them all feel at home," he said. '' Toleration is not enough.. It is not enough to bo content to put up with strauge things. One must learn to understand and resi)ect them. Let us, the younger people, realise that there is ropm for us in this Commonwealth and that we are held together not only by law, but by common interests, common outlook and common allegianee to the Crowu which stands for freedom and peace. Whatever our constitutional character may be we are in fact an assoeiation of " democratic nations. We stand for the freodom of the individual, ,and nofc for his suppression. It is there that lies the great hope and the great certainty of our holdiug together."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 26, 15 February 1937, Page 6
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201A DEMOCRATIC UNION. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 26, 15 February 1937, Page 6
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