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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1935, Page 4

If Britain was to be a real factor for peace, she must be strong enough to uphold it, argued Mr Stanley Baldwin in opening the defence debate in the House of Commons on May 22. He said: —l believe that all peace-loving peoples in* these last anxious days have been disheartened by the extent to which we—and we are the friends of all peaceful people—have allowed ourselves to fall short in our ability to fulfil our obligations, and I believe the knowledge that we can, do so wilj give great encouragement to those who, desire to live in peace, and he a deter-

rent to any who might be .tempted to forget or disregard their solemn undertakings whether under the League Covenant or under the Kellogg Pact. If 1 might take a little text, I would like to take one sentence written by a very great man—George Savi’e, Marquess of Halifax. He wrote more than 200 years ago:— It may.be sa : d now to England, “What shall we do to be saved in the world? There is no other answer but this: Look to your moat.” When Savile wrote it was only the things that floated on the surface of the moat. To-day it is what goes underneath the moat, and what goes above the moat. But nevertheless for the security of our land and for all'that we lin’d deaf, it is the moat on its surface, and underneath, and in the sky, to which our neonl? and our Governments must look to keep their security.