BRITAIN’S CAUSE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24417, 1 October 1940, Page 7

BRITAIN’S CAUSE

ATTITUDE QF AMERICANS ADMIRATION AND SYMPATHY (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 29. In a recorded broadcast from Richmond (Virginia), Bishop Tucker, speaking on the occasion of the American Day of Prayer, said to-night: “ Much of the sympathy with Great Britain has a more generous origin than a concern- for oiir own safety. In many sections of the country it represents a permanent attitude of friendliness, based on a, recognition of kinship with the people of Great Britain. ‘Blood is thicker than water’ would express the feeling of most Americans. We recognise that the cause vou are defending so valiantly is the same cause as that to which our loyalty is due. “It is not only the welfare of Great Britain, but also the continuance of the democratic way of life throughout the world, the maintenance of freedom and other moral values which we deem essential for the well-being of mankind as a whole that are at stake in this war. It is that recognition which plays a great part in arousing sympathetic interest in the cause which Britain is .defending in this war. To this should be added sincere and enthusiastic admiration for the courage. staying power, and willingness to make enormous sacrifices displayed by her people. “ It is, I feel confident, such sentiments as these that count in the offering to-day of prayers to God that He will sustain the British people in the terrible ordeal through which they are passing. There are various and conflicting opinions concerning what our Government should do in connection with this war. but in our capacity as private citizens we are pi'actically united in the hope for the success of the British cause, which we believe to be also the cause of humanity. We are united in admiration for British heroism, in sympathy with the British sufferings, and in the desire to do all we can for those who are victims of this cruel war.”