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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24221, 13 February 1940, Page 6

Declaring that this was not a war but a crusade fo. international decency, the Dominions Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) went on in a recent speech to warn his hearers against belittling the present menace Nothing could be more foolish than to underrate the magnitude of the task. “ Th* German machine i ruthless.” he said. “For years it has had the whole resources of a powerful State at it* command Germany’s whole economy has been twisted for war purposes. But if the effort called for from u» as a united people is very great, the stakes are tremendous also We want neither territory nor privileges, but we do seek, not only for ourselves, but for all peoples, both small and great, the right to live Uves m freedom and at peace?”