P.M. Expresses Highest Admiration Of Britain’s Spirit

Northern Advocate, 14 September 1940, Page 9

P.M. Expresses Highest Admiration Of Britain’s Spirit

I Per Press Association. Copyright.] WELLINGTON, This Day.

“One must feel the highest admiration for the spirit of the people of London and of the United Kingdom as a whole,” said the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser), referring last night to the bombing raids in England. “I have personally received cablegrams from friends in areas bombed and in them the predominant note was expressed in the terms ‘thumbs up’ and ‘smiling through.’ “Similar evidence is available from all parts of Great Britain. “The British spirit found eloquent expression in the forcible and moving address of Mr Churchill, which was broadcast in New Zealand yesterday morning. Indomitable Courage. “Every glowing word breathes the spirit and indomitable courage of the British people and the fixed determination of the British Commonwealth. “The Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood, in a broadcast from the British Broadcasting Corporation today, also expressed in striking and graphic fashion the soul of Great Britain. “They both spoke for millions of people in the British Isles, while Dorothy Thompson, also today, in a most impressive way, has voiced the sentiments of the overwhelming majority of the American people. N.Z. Resolve Strengthened. “While New Zealand’s sympathy with the victims of these bombing outrages is deep and sincere, the barbarous attacks on them strengthen the resolve of the people of this Dominion to put forward even greater elfons, if possible, side by side with the Mother Country and other members of the British Commonwealth, in the fight against the evil thing called Nazism, and to carry on that struggle to final victory.” Mr Fraser said the members of the Government and all former colleagues in Parliament of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London (Mr Jordan) were relieved to learn that there were no casualties at New Zealand House, and the conduct of the staff through a trying time had been most praiseworthy. Bomb Outside N.Z. House. The following cablegram was received by Mr Fraser yesterday from Mr Jordan: “I have to inform you that a delayed action bomb fell close to the vicinity of this office. “All adjoining premises were closed by the police as unsafe to enter until it exploded.

“I have made temporary arrangements elsewhere for urgent business affairs.

"The action and spirit of the staff are excellent.”