MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY
(British O^Bcial Wireleso-.)
Sir John Simon on Fascist Philosophy WEAKNESS OF DICTATORSHIPS
(Eeceived 4, 8.45 a.m.) EUGBY, Oct. 2. Tbe Chancellor of tbe Exchequer, Sir Jobn Siinont speaking at Peebles., oxpressed confidence in tbe good sense and resilience of tbe Britisb cbaracter and judgment. Tbey would sbow tbemselve3 a matcb for any new-fangled form of constitution elsewbere, be said. Let tbem not be misled by tbese appearances of great mecbanical solidarity. The metbods of totalitarian States migbt give an appeaTance of great solidarity, and no doubt it was very impressive to see millions of people marshalled like one man, but tbere was a weakness in the very nature and philosophy of tbe dietator State from wbicb Britisb people were free. "In tbis couutry," said Sir Jobn, "fiercely as we contend for our politieal faith still, wben tbe eleetion is over tbere is not one of us that will not accept loyally tbe decision of tbe majority. We would sooner see our opponents put in power tban see onr Constitution smasbed. ' '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19371004.2.143
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 9, 4 October 1937, Page 13
Word Count
172MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 9, 4 October 1937, Page 13
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in