THE PEACE WE FIGHT FOR.
Defining British war aims in a recent speech, the 1. Secretary of State for India, Mr L, S. Amcry, said we were fighting for peace; not the ignominious peace which allowed the aggressor to have his way unhindered till he was ready for his next attack, hut a true an cl lasting peace based on justice and fair dealing between nations. That had been the aim from first to last. Me were fighting to secure true peace for Europe as well as for ourselves. The peace that Hitler would give Euiope was the peace of the desert. Whore the Nazis ruled there all the luxuriant growth of free political and religious activity was ruthlessly cut down; the living springs of free human- thought were choked. The peace we sought for Europe, was the peace, not of the desert and of death, but the peace of life with its rich and infinite diversity. To make detailed plans to-day for the future of Europe was waste of time. Victory must come first. But we could at any rate keep in our own hands, and convey to the world outside, the spirit that sustained us in the fight, the watchwoids that embodied our purpose.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 305, 2 October 1940, Page 4
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