NATION CONSENTS
MOMENTOUS CHANGE. British People's Increased Responsibilities. AIR MINISTER'S SPEECH. j British Official Wireless. (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, April 28. Sir Kingsley Wood, Air Minister, speaking in London, said that Britain, with the full assent of the whole nation, had taken a new and momentous course in its international policy, and had entered upon heavy and considerable obligations and undertakings to other nations, which would never otherwise have been considered or contemplated. They were not lightly undertaken. "But we do not shrink from them," he said. "They threaten no one. They have no ulterior object, but were solely made in order that peace might be kept, and because there was no other course open to any of the great nations which believed in liberty and freedom, not for themselves alone, but throughout the world. i "These new undertakings involve this country in great and increased responsibilities. 1 lie Budget means heavy burdens, but it is the price we are all willing to pay for world peace and national security. Compulsory military training is another step, and an essential step, to security and peace."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 99, 29 April 1939, Page 9
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