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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1939, Page 7

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BRITISH AIMS IN WAR SUMMARISED BY LORD HALIFAX. RESTORATION OF LIBERTY ■ AND CONSCIENCE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) RUGBY. December 5. Replying in a debate in the House of Lords on war and peace aims, Viscount Halifax (Foreign Minister) said he would summarise what the British war purposes appeared to him to be. He continued: “We desire peoples who have been deprived of their independence to recover their liberties. We desire to redeem the people of Europe from this constant fear of German aggression and we desire to safeguard our own freedom and security. "It is quite true to say that we do not seek aggrandisement and to redraw a map in our own interests, and still less are we moved by any spirit of vengeance. On the contrary, if Germany is able to restore the confidence which she has destroyed, we aim at a settlement which will encourage her to take her rightful place in Europe and we wish to create an international order in which all peoples will be secure under a reign of law, in which they might determine their political an deconomic life, free from the interference of more powerful neighbours. To this end we would willingly give our best in full co-op-eration with other nations, including Germany, to the work of reconstruction, politically and economically."