WORLD PLACE.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1922, Page 1

WORLD PLACE.

l- EMPIRE EX-SOLDIERS’ HOPE. ' WELLINGTON, February 2. The Secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association has re. ceived from the British Empire Service League, which embraces all the ex-sol-dier organisations within the Empire a circular containing interesting correspondence exchanged between FieldMarshal Earl Haig, Grand President of • the League, and Mr Warren G. Hard- • ing, President of the United States. ‘‘As President of the British 'Empire Service League,” states Earl Haig •‘I am desired in the name of the British Empire, respectfully to convey to you our warm congratulations upon your splendid efforts to establish more firmly tW foundations of world peace We assure you of our heartfelt sym-> pathy, and! of our strong- hope that { the mov'enVent you are now inaugurating may prove an important step towards tile realisation of tliose high 1 ideals of just dealing and' goodwill between the nations for the sake of which' SO many of your c-ouhtrymen and ours j died in the gfeah war,” ... In reply, Mr Harding states:—“l have received and am deeply impressed by the letter in' which your Lordship as president of the British Empire Ser- - vice League, in the name of tb- | seven million ex-service men of the Q British Empire, conveys to me their j warni congratulations upon our efforts to establish more firmly the foundations of world peace. In the same letter la m assured of the league’s heartfelt' sympathy, and the strong hope that this movement may prove, an important step toward the realisation of those high ideals of just dealing and goodwill between the nations for the sake of which so many of the men of? both our countries died in the great war.

“I greatly prize this spontaneous expression of sympathy anct" support from an organisation which, holds, as does this one for which your Lordship speaks, a unique and glorious place in the affections and respect of people everywhere on the earth who cherish liberty and fair dealing, and the peaceful processes of progress. Please convey to your colleagues of the British Empire Service League’ my heartfelt thanks.”