GREAT FRIEND AND COUNSELLOR

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 14 April 1945, Page 5

GREAT FRIEND AND COUNSELLOR

MR CURTIN’S TRIBUTE Sydney, April 13. "This is a sad day for America and for- the world, because countless millions have lost a great friend and counsellor,” said Mr Curtin, Prime Minister. "When the British race had the honour of standing alone against the aggressor it was this man who guided his people towards the purpose he always had uppermost in his mind. Australia will not forget him for his sympathy. understanding and great help in the dark days of our trials. The late President, with Mr Churchill, gave to all peoples the Atlantic Charter and the terms of it might well be his epitaph.”

“A GRIEVOUS LOSS" Wellington, April 13. "The 'death of President Roosevelt is a grievous loss for the United States and for all the right-thinking peoples of the world,” said the United States Minister to New Zealand. Mr K. S. Patton, to-day. "I hope and believe that his death will regult in a rallying cry for a continuance of the struggle in which he gave his life —a struggle for a peaceful and socially better world for future generations.” COMMENT IN JAPAN New York, April 13. Tokio radio said that President Roosevelt was a symbol of American imperialism. “Let us not question here if what Roosevelt stood for and worked for has been for good or evil," it said. “There is at least no question that he was a man of a type of which world history has not seen many. America’s grief will be shared by Churchill and his British public. The shock must also be great for Stalin. The loss to America is the severing of one leg of a three-legged table supported by the personalities of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. It is not likely that the table can be steadied by whoever fits into Roosevelt’s shoes. The three-Power relationships will stay a problem."