N.Z.’S PROGRESS
LONDON TIMES EULOGY EVIDENCE OF HISTORY BASIS OF LIBERTY TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS (Reed. Jan. 24, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 22. The Times, in a leader, paying a tribute to New Zealand’s growth, says: “New Zealand’s history affords a startling contrast between British ‘lmperialism,’ against which Germany dishonestly inveighs, and the practice of the doctrine of lebenstraum (living space).
“The assertion of British authority was the very starting point of liberty. The Treaty of Waitangi laid the basis for co-operation between tile two peoples. There have been wars, but no attempt to teach the degrading dogma of superior race. The Maoris enjoy complete social and political equality.
“New Zealanders to-day stand on their own feet in the world and have retained a closer affinity with the Motherland than any other Dominion, but they do not wait for precedents from the Old World. The spirit of the pioneers is conspicuous, and translates itself readily into political forms. Pages of High Distinction “More than one of the most notable modern advances in social legislation has been first tested in New Zealand. New Zealand statesmen have shown a masterful touch in public finance, not fearing the kind of heresy which becomes orthodoxy in the next generation. They have achieved strong government without oppression, and without weakening the foundations of stable society. They have opened to the poor as free a field of opportunity as exists anywhere on earth.
“The Empire extends to New Zealand not only congratulations, but sympathy in the misfortune which has thrown the shadow of war over the anniversary. H.M.S. Achilles’ great feat of arms is already secure in its brilliant page in history. New Zealand airmen have already written other pages of high distinction. Whether the rest of the chapter is long or short, it is certain that it will all be of the same great quality.
“New Zealand is fighting for the substance which made her 100 years of growth—for liberty—and her warfare will be worthy of the cause.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20153, 24 January 1940, Page 6
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332N.Z.’S PROGRESS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20153, 24 January 1940, Page 6
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