PERFECT DEMOCRACY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 March 1928, Page 5

PERFECT DEMOCRACY

HOW OBTAINABLE. EARL BALFOUR’S IDEALS DUTY OF BRITAIN OUTLINED. •tV Ca 81,8 - PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Re eived 10.10 a.m. to-day. LONDON, March 11. “I will give you a truer catchword than ‘Make the world safe for democracy., It is ‘Make democracy safe for the world,’ ” said Earl Balfour when- addressing the Junior Imperial League Conference 1 at- Albert Hall, an overflow meeting being held in Hyde Park. He emphasised the advantage which the British Empire possessed in solving the -problem of government-. In the Crown it had hot only an historic link with the centuries, but also the supreme head above party quarrels, to whom the Tories, Liberals and- Labourites alike are able to look up as .a symbol of the nation’s ’ unity. Tills was regarded in a -similar manner throughout the Empire. “We will not get perfect democracy,” lie said,. “until everyone, does his duty, resulting in everyone having his rights. The truest democracy is patriotism, is beginning with faith in and love for home and kinsmen; thereafter it can be* carried in ever widening circles until it embraces the universe. If Britain fails in working out democracy it will shake the fabric of nations, because our trust is not only for Britain, but also for our people throughout the world and for the hundreds of millions who are following the path we have carved out. which we believe, despite its many faults, lias ensured the greatest happiness for the world’s peoples. Tt is essential for the world’s peace- that Britain should standi like a rock among the waves, however rough. Never have other people- looked' more to Britain to give an example of wellordered political progress towards perfection, whereby Britons will make a greater contribution to ultimate perfection of the world.” .