THE NEW-OLD BARBARISM
"tfhere is one particular phase of Nazi propaganda which I must mention/' said Mr C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal and leader of the British Labour Party, in a recent address. " It endeavours to represent Nazism as something new, young and vigorous, standing for the future, against the past.'' It is nothing of the. kind- It is a reversion to the past, a reversion to barbarism. Europe has had to stand
such attacks before. The Battle of Britain will take its place in history with the Battle of Chalons when the Huns were defeated. In this Battle of Britain we are fighting for our very existence, but we are fighting for something more. It has been the endeavour of the Nazis to exalt and foster the lowest instincts of human naturecruelty, greed and intolerance. We are fighting the battle of man's higher nature. We shall not be unworthy ol our cause. In the realm of the snirii we do not stand alone. Everywhere the hearts of all who care for liberty arc with us. We are' now holding the bridgehead of freedom."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 4
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185THE NEW-OLD BARBARISM Otago Daily Times, Issue 24399, 10 September 1940, Page 4
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