EMPIRE TRIBUTES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 5

EMPIRE TRIBUTES

DEMOCRATIC WAY SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT NEW ZEALAND WELCOME (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. i 6, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 15. "In every respect it is worthy of the two great democracies which to-day stand on common ground witn a common cause—nothing less than the preservation and furtherance ol freedom for all men of all lands, freedom based on the essential democratic rights of self-government, the restoration ol' sovereignty to nations temporarily dominated by Nazi anci Fascist tyranny, access to the raw materials for victors and vanquished ancl the further objective of improved labour standards, economic advancement and, social security, without which a democracy for which we are fighting would degenerate into a hollow sham,” said the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. P. Fraser, during the course of his comment on The Roosevelt-Churehill declaration. “The abandonment of the use ol force as the aim in war ancl the disarmament of aggressor nations as a preliminary to the establishment of a wider permanent system ol' general security will have the support of that great body of public opinion based on deep conviction and drawing strength from the moral and spiritual forces oi mankind which, despite the collapse of the League of Nations, still believes in its fundamental principles as the only hope for the future of the world. The declaration will be cordially welcomed in New Zealand.”