FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 November 1940, Page 6

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

MR BEVIN INVITES COOPERATION OF ALL WHO WISH TO BE FREE. BRITAIN'S REPLY TO NAZIS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY. November 24. The British Minister of Labour (Mr Bevin) appealed for the co-operation of all people who desire ’ victory for the principles of freedom. The form of co-operation to be taken, he said, must be determined by such people themselves, but the British Commonwealth was determined to go to the last penny and last ounce of effort to resist aggression and win. the battle for liberty and he asked what better hope could be given those-millions now suffering under Nazi tyranny than to let them know that the efforts of free men and women throughout the world were being continually directed towards their deliverance. He concluded: “Let them hear the resounding answer in the roar from planes built in your factories, guns, ships and the full resources of your production—all poured out to assist in bringing nearer that great day when free men and women can sit round a table and say: ‘We made a common endeavour to save the soul of mankind,’ and, after the triumph over the forces of aggression, set to work to build a new world order whose foundation shall be social security and liberty, and upon that foundation give the sons of men a chance to build an edifice, worthy of the sacrifice that has been made to win it, which will represent a purer, higher and noblcd civilisation.”