TIME AND DISTANCE
TWO ENEMIES OF EMPIRE
“I hav,e always thought,” said Sir Samuel Hoare at the inauguration of the radio telephone service between Britain and India, “that the two real enemies of the British Empire are time and distance, and that anything we can do to lessen tlieir power meSans better understanding and closer companionship. Particularly is this true of the relations between Great Britain ;?ud India. The dangerous enemies ■are not Eastern and Western nationalism or Indian and British politics, but ignorance and misunderstanding. Let us then see more of each other and let us talk to each 'Other more and more freely. New for the first time the spoken voice will be heard across the spaces that separate us, and the obstacles of time and distance will be immeasurably diminished. A few minutes’ talk will often cleUr up troubles that have looked very black in voluminous correspondence. May this telephone service help the men and women who use it to clear away difficulties and to understand each other better. The mere direct and personal the contract is between India and ourselves, the better it will be for both of us.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1933, Page 2
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193TIME AND DISTANCE Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1933, Page 2
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