COUNTRY'S INTERESTS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 115, 11 November 1935, Page 9

COUNTRY'S INTERESTS

MR. BALDWIN'S APPEAL

CONTINUITY OF POLICY

! LONDON, November 8. b ! In a broadcast' speech the Prime / | Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, an- I nounced that he was attempting for a r few minutes to avoid bitterness, carp- v ing, and wild promises and to speak o quietly regarding the things which j were of no interest to a political party t but of interest to the country £ generally. He denied that he was satisfled with the progress in the direction of relieving unemployment, but he was greatly encouraged to continue and was most anxious that the improvement should not suddenly cease and the country fall into a crisis as in 1931. He declared that the social improvements which the Government outlined would not be affected by increased expenditure on defences. He urged his I hearers not to allow inexperienced a hands to tamper with the efforts t which were yielding good results. t Mr. Baldwin pointed out that the Government was united and would defend the League and world peace, while .the Labourites, when the League's fate was in the balance, lost their leaders and split. "I was never prouder of Britain l than today, when the free, democratic Parliamentary system is outstripping dictatorships towards recovery," he added. "It is Britain's duty to show the world that a democracy could b'.; as constant and resolute as any dictatorship." great pleasure responded in a spirit of frank collaboration which cannot but assist our two Governments when the time comes for our relations to be placed upon a permanent footing satisfactory to both. Equally untrue are allegations that we oppose the return in _ Egypt of a constitutional regime suited to her special requirements. With our traditions we could not and 1 would not do any such thing. When, however, we have been consulted we have advised against the re-enactment ; of the constitutions of 1923 and 1930, : since one has proved unworkable and the other universally unpopular. His- ; tory and geography have advanced together with our fortunes. As ; friends and associates we must deal • frankly with each other, facing facts, ; overcoming, if we can, difficulties, and ; always determined to understand each other's point of view." THREE LESSONS OF CRISIS. In referring to Member States of the ; League, Sir Samuel Hoare remarked 5 that he was glad to think "that our : policy of peace is their policy, and their . policy of peace is our policy. And : I am proud to think that they tell us . from almost every capital of the world - that our clear and firm support o£ this E policy has raised British prestige in I the world higher than it has been for , many years past. , "Let us now learn the lessons that ' this testing time has to teach us. Let t us firstly take to heart the fact that those who arc striving for a new world ' order in which war will cease to be , an instrument of policy must not only make for peace but work for peace. ' Let us secondly learn the lesson that if ' we must make sacrifices for collccj tive action they arc insignificant as , compared with the sacrifices that we \ should have to face if collective action t failed and war once again became the s instrument of international settlement. t Let us lastly remember that the Bris tish Empire, rich in its resources, t powerful in its influence, honest in its ~ motives, has a high duty ant 1 a grave t responsibility to fulfil in the years to y come. If our Empire, in the words of one of the most farsecing or British , statesmen, is to be enjoyeu, H must be '• maintained, and it can only be main* '- taincd by the same qualities that crey ated it—by courage, discipline, patience. s determination, and by reverence for °j public law and respect for national ° f I rights." " ! Sm-Pi of the c.iWe tiOTS on tills pnpo ns (« B i -o heiKtal »a; »i>pca-f<l in "The Times" anil is 1- I rallied 'to Australia nod New Zealand t>y j. i special uermissiuu It »iioiil<) be understood | ! thm tin- opinions Arc not Uwr» o" "Tho Times" ' 1 j unless expressly slated lo be so, i