TOUCHY DICTATORS
In view of the febuke administered to Mr H. G. Wells by the Australian Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, the stand taken by the Church Times on unmeasured attacks on dictators bears quotation:—lt is clear that, if the dernocracies and the totalitarian States are to live together in amity, says the Church Times, responsible democratic leaders must modify their personal attacks on the totalitarian dictators. Gladstone denounced Abdul the Damned, but nobody , minded very much, not even “the unspeakable Turk ” himself. But times have changed. Herr Hitler is more sensitive than Abdul, and far more dangerous Free speech is a priceless possession, but free speech need not be too free It is possible to call a spade a spade without adding picturesque adjectives. \ 1
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 8
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