AGAINST ALL TYRANNY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 196, 21 July 1941, Page 5

AGAINST ALL TYRANNY.

BOLD BRITISH POLICY. RUGBY, July 10. At the final session of the confer- | enco of the Liberal Party, the presi- | dent (Lord Meslou) moved an enier- | geucy resolution on behalf of the executive: “That this assembly weli eonies the alliance with and the Prime Minister’s undertaking of the closest possible collaboration with Russia in the active prosecution of the war, and it congratulates the Russian people on their magnificent struggle.” The motion was agreed to amid cheers. Speaking to the conference, Sir Archibald Sinclair (Secretary for Air) said it was of no use telling the people of the world that Britain stood for freedom as against the Nazi tyranny. The British must boldly proclaim that they were against all tyranny, and they must advocate the greatest possible freedom of trade and enterprise. They nuist be bold and extend the system of social security of which the last Liberal Government had laid the foundations. Already they j were making progress, even in the j stress of war.

lie added. “In the meantime the war must have first place in all our thoughts, for only oil the basis of victory can we retain our freedom.”

Dealing with “the characteristic treacherous Nazi assault on Russia,” Sir Archibald Sinclair said: “It brings Russia where Liberals believed she would have been long ago but for the follies and vagaries oi British and French policy. The Russian troops are fighting as stubbornly and as violently as they have always fought in defence of their land, but never before have they faced so formidable an enemy, and never have they fought so wejl. All we can do to help ive are doing, and we shall not relax or stint our efforts.”—Official Wireless.