TEXT OF MESSAGES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1931, Page 9

TEXT OF MESSAGES

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND

REPLY FROM BRITAIN

The International AVar Proventioa League held a convention at Washington yesterday, and it was suggested that suitable schoolboys in the British Dominions should transmit appropriate messages of goodwill to the convention. The telegraph administrations in Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand co-operated in the matter, and arranged for the messages to bo passed by radio-telephone. The Wellington branch of the League of Nations Union prepared the following message, which' was telephoned by Master lan Bobcrtson, a pupil of WeJlesley College, to Master Hcfttor M'Millan, of Canberra. Australia, nt 3.30 p.m. yesterday:— On behalf of tho girls and boys of New Zealand, I send a message of peace and goodwill to those present at the convention. We join in tha universal crusade for world peace, which tho Prince of Wales called the greatest crusade of aIL Wo know t^jat war causes great misery to' a nation, and that it sometimes arises owing to a lack of a proper understanding between nations. We desire to do all we can to spread the feeling ,of brotherhood and cooperation among all children, breaking down the barriers of race- and colour, and striving to realiso that 1 we are. one great family,' working \ together for the peace of the world. Hector M'Millan, in reply, said:— 1 am vdy glad, lan Robertson, to hear your voice coming over tho sea which divides Australia and New Zealand. It is an exciting moment for me, I assure you. I will giva your message to ,the> boy in th» British House of Commons; and I hope to speak to you again very soon, to tell you his reply to your kind expression of friendship and goodwill. Good-bye. ■ , '■ Later, Master M'Millan passed on to Master Robertson the following message, received from the selected schoolboy in London:— I think it is a great honour to bs allowedto reply on behnlf of the girlt and boys of Great Britain to thii message of goodwill transmitted by you from Canberra on behalf of tho girls and boys of New Zealand. W» of this generation know what war is, because our fathers have told v* about it. We shall do' our best, both now and when we grow up; to join with you in spreading tho feeling- of brotherhood throughout the world. It is our firm intention to all do our part to put an end to war and to ask for the submission of all disputes between nations to a recognised tribunal in the same way that men and 'women do when they have a, serious disagreement with their neighbours. Good-bye.