Like Rock Among Waves

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 301, 12 March 1928, Page 1

Like Rock A mong Waves

NATIONS LOOK TO BRITAIN

“Make Democracy Safe for World”

By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Received 10.5 a.m. LONDON, Sunday

" I £?i ve you a truer catchword than ’make the world safe for democracy.’ Tt is make democracy safe for the world, ” said Earl Balfour, addressing the Junior Imperial League conference overflow meeting from the Albert Hall, in Hyde Park.

ITE emphasised the advantage that the British Empire possessed in solving the problem of Government. The Crown is not only an historic link with the centuries, but also a supreme head, above party quarrels, to whom Tories, Liberals and Labourites alike are able to look up to as a symbol of the nation’s unity. It is regarded similarly throughout the Empire. * "We will not get perfect democracy,” he said, “until everyone does his duty, which will result in everyone having his rights. The truest democracy is patriotism, and begins with faith in love for home and kinsmen. Thereafter it can be carried on in ever widening circles until it embraces the universe.

“If Britain fails in working out democracy, it will shake the fabric of nations, because our trust is not only for Britain, but for our people throughout the world, and for the hundreds of millions following the path we have carved out, which, we believe, despite its many faults, has ensured the greatest happiness for the peoples of the world.

“It is essential for the world’s peace that Britain should stand like a rock among the waves, however rough it is. Never have other peoples looked more to Britain to give an example of well-ordered political progress toward perfection, by which the British people make the greatest contribution to the ultimate perfection of the world.” —A. and N.Z.