A BIOGRAPHY

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1932, Page 5

A BIOGRAPHY

OF SIR ROBERT STOUT. WELLINGTON, November 28. “I am here to write a biography of one of New Zealand’s ablest and wisest statesmen, Sir Robert Stout, said Professor Waldo H. Dunn, of Wooster, Ohio, to a gathering of the Wellington branch of the English-speaking Union. “His idealism ®o far transcended that of most of His contemporaries that he was by many regarded as a dreamer. Long ago I became interested in him, because of bis views in regard to the future of the English-speaking peonle. He loved Britain, the land of liis birth; he loved New Zealand, the land: of his adoption; he loved America, which he always thought of as a Greater Britain. But beyond the geographical boundaries he loved the English-speaking peoples, and he longed to see them united and working together for the peace and harmony and regulation of the world. “I have not time now to go into detail as to his utterances. His writings are full of references to this matter. I shall quote but one brief passage; ‘I strongly believe that if the Biitish and American people can come together the peace of the world! would he assured. This is what the Americans and the best English want.’ When-I read such words, I am fired with a passion that the will of the best Americans and the best British mlay prevail.” V