HIGH PRAISE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 14 September 1940, Page 11

HIGH PRAISE.

SYMPATHY WITH VICTIMS

PRIME MINISTER'S TRIBUTE. WELLINGTON, Friday. "One must feel the highest admiration for the spirit of the people of London and of the United Kingdom as a whole," said the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, when referring in an interview to-night to the bombing raids in England. "I have personally received cablegrams from friends in areas bombed and in them the predominant note was expressed in the terms 'Thumbs up' and 'Smiling through.' Similar evidence is available from all parts of Great Britain.

"The British spirit found eloquent expression in the forcible and moving address of Mr. Churchill, which was broadcast in New Zealand }*esterday morning. Every glowing word breathed the spirit and indomitable courage of the British people and the fixed determination of the British Commonwealth. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood, in a broadcast from the British Broadcasting Corporation to-day, also expressed in striking graphic fashion the soul of Great Britain. They both spoke for millions of people in the British Isles, while Dorothy Thompson, also to-day, in a most impressive way, has voiced the sentiments of the overwhelming majority of the American people. "While New Zealand's sympathy with the victims of these bombing outrages is deep and sincere, the barbarous attacks on them strengthen the resolve of the people of this Dominion to put forward even greater efforts, if possible, skle by side with the Mother Country and other members of the British Commonwealth, in the fight against the evil thing called Nazi-ism and to carry on that struggle to final victory.' Mr. Eraser said the members of the Government and all former colleagues in Parliament of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, Mr. W. J. Jordan, were relieved to learn there were no casualties at New Zealand House and the conduct of the members of the staff through a trying time had been most praiseworthy. The followingcablegram was received by Mr. Fraser to-day from Mr. Jordan: —"I have to inform you that a delayed-action bomb fell close to the vicinity of the office. All adjoining premises were closed by the police as unsafe to enter until it exploded. I have made temporary arrangements elsewhere for urgent business affairs. The action and spirit of the staff is excellent."—(Press Assn.)