Free Discussion Big Factor In Victory
LONDON, May 21
In a broadcast, the well-known Labour M.P. (Mr. H. B. Lees Smith) said: “On the day Hess flew to this country, Hitler destroyed the House of Commons.
“He understands us so little that he thinks by destroying a building he can destroy the spirit it contains. He has always derided what he described as our decadent Parliamentary system, but now Parliament can give him its reply. • “The Nazi system has lasted for about eight years, and when, like the British Parliament, it has weathered the storms of about 800 years, we can begin to discuss which of the two will in the end show the greater staying power. Thank God for Parliament and the free discussion for which it stands. •> It will be a main factor in winning the war. Their War, Too
“Why is the United States drawing nearer and nearer every day to our side? Not merely on account of careful calculation qf its own eventual safety, but because it has come to see that our system of Government in open Parliament represents the way of life of all free men and it cannot continue to stand by without lifting a finger and watch us alone in the world protecting their liberty as well as our own.” - ,
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Northern Advocate, 22 May 1941, Page 7
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