THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Unbreakable Bonds. “The Entente Cor diale is not n document that otto Ik' torn up or modified l,v a dash of the pen. It is it state of mind which Is derived from the reasoned conviction that the permanent interests of our two countries are the <a,ne and that we must remain closely united in order to fulfil our mission m the world; that is so say. to save in peace that Western civilisation which we have saved in war. The Entente Cordiule is also a state of sentiment. Between us there are bonds that can-,,,-t. be broken, the strongest bonds which can unite two peoples or two individuals. bonds, which tied 111 battle, <rricf, and mourning. • • Finally, the Entente is also a matter of conscience which untied us by moral bonds, because it is the shield of all the principles of our spiritual life, o! that distinction between good and evil which we do not place the criterion in the interests of the State like <>ei-ma-nv, of all those principles which h'i' e the same names 111 our two lan■rmmes .because wo have learlit together to respect their meaning *- herty. justice, human dignity. Hoh Bonar Law.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1922, Page 2
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