"DOWN WITH DICTATORSHIPS"
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Democracy Best Form of Government MR. SEMPLE'S ATTACK
(By Telegrapb
pr ' SYDNEY, July 14. ■ ' A vigoious attack upon dictatorships and Communism was made by Hon. R. •'Semple in an address to the Travel Loague of Ncw South Wales. To-day, he said, democracy was on trial. It was dcmocracy or dictatorships. If politicians wcr« loyal and steadfast- in- all their actions they would continue to perpctuata democracy which ,was the best form of Government. If they played pitch and toss with the people 's birthright they would cause democracy to crumble. The British Empire was the sheet anchor of democracy and it was their job to strengthen the weak links in the chain which bound the Empire together, so that they could challenge the world that threatened its form of Government. Communism, he said, was little separated from a dictatorship. Their task was to make certain that the ruthless and callous methods of communism should never fasten on their country. Mr. Semple, at the interview • with Premier Stevens, handed him a silk New Zealand fiag which will be flown at the 150th anniversary of the Sydney celebrations next year.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 152, 15 July 1937, Page 8
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