CAUSE OF THE ALLIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 November 1939, Page 5

CAUSE OF THE ALLIES

MR FRASER’S BROADCAST ADDRESS NEW ZEALAND’S LOYAL SUPPORT. PEACE MUST BRING LIBERTY TO ALL. "The best message I can convey to tiie British Commonwealth of Nations is one of faith in (ho cause for which the people of Great Britain are fighting, and confidence in a complete victory." said Mr Fraser the New Zealand representative al the conference of Empire statesmen in London, in a recorded talk broadcast by Daventry last night in which Mr Fraser spoke of conditions as he saw them in England and the extent of the co-operation of the Dominions. The British Commonwealth ol Nations was in such a strong position that it need have no fear, said Mr Fraser, that the publishing of its terms of peace would be accepted as a sign of weakness by the enemy. New Zealand was a small part of the Empire, but her resources were by no means small, and these would be developed to the utmost for a common cause. The raising of a contingent for home or overseas service, the Dominion's part in the Empire scheme fin training pilots and the measures taken for home defence, were dealt with by Mr Fraser, who also referred to tin value of her food supplies.

The opportunity afforded by the conference for a closer study of the problems of each section of the Empire and methods for the most efficient co-opera-tion were also dealt with by Mr Fraser.

Referring to conditions at Home, Mr Fraser said that a striking fact was the manner in which the people oi Groat Britain had kept their heads. He had been greatly impressed by the degree of efficiency in all the services, industrial as well as military, and the spirit of co-operation which pervaded all sections of civil and military life. As a layman he had formed the opinion that the British army, navy and air force were more efficient than ever, and that they were led by very able men.

Mr Fraser concluded by expressing the hope that once international lawlessness was suppressed there would arise a world in- which small nations would have the same liberty of thought and action as the great, and that to all peoples would be accessible the abundance of good things that life provided. This must be the common aim. He hoped that the peace which was ultimately secured would provide for all mankind the liberty and privileges which were possessed in such a large measure in New Zealand.