FATE OF MANKIND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 25 October 1940, Page 5

FATE OF MANKIND

THREATENED BY WAR SFEECH BY PRIME MINISTER [United Press Association] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. “However much our thoughts can deviate along the lines of our owninterests they must inevitably come back to one thing that overshadows everything else not only in our own country but all through the Commonwealth.” sa*d the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P Fraser when referring to the war in an address last night. “Not only the fate of our own land is threatened but the fate of all the people of the Commonwealth. In fact. I think that the war threatens the whole fate of mankind All that is worth while in life and all that is worth living for is at stake. Our thoughts inevitably come back to that, and whatever the verdict nf history on those of us who pass across the stage there is one desire in all our hearts, that is. that it will be said of us that we fought a good t and kept the faith. That faith is uie faith of democracy, of freedom, of humanity and of liberty.” Mr Fraser traced the course of the war and its impact on the Dominions, particularly up to the collapse of France and the defection of Belgium. “Those of us who have had the opportunity of seeing Great Britain since the start of the war know that there is no fear and at the same time no spirit of vindictiveness in the hearts of the people There is no glorification of war. but the people are determined to stand four square to any force that comes against them,” said Mr Fraser.