MEMORY OF GROTIUS
TABLET UNVEILED IN LONDON. ONE OF THE WORLD’S NOBLEST, CITIZENS. (British Official Wireless.' RUGBY, February 15. A tablet to the memory of Hugo Grotius, the seventeenth century jurist, was unveiled today by the Earl of Athlone in Dutch Church at Austin Friars. Speeches on the work of the great international jurist and its meaning to the modern world were delivered by Dr Patijn, Netherlands Foreign. Minister, and Lord Halifax, British Foreign Minister. Dr Patijn said that the abandonment of the principle that the printed words of Governments were sacred would mean the end of civilisation, and he deplored the revival in our day of heavy military strength as being the only factor that counted in international affairs. Lord Halifax, after paying a tribute to Grotius, added: “I should be happy to think that this celebration today in honour of one of the world’s noblest citizens should have the effect of turning men’s minds to the work he accomplished for humanity, moving them by the force of his great example to do likewise.” ___
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 February 1939, Page 5
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175MEMORY OF GROTIUS Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 February 1939, Page 5
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