BRITISH PEOPLE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24336, 28 June 1940, Page 8

BRITISH PEOPLE

UNQUENCHABLE SPIRIT “ EMPIRE IN ARMS ” FINANCIAL SACRIFICES (British Official Wireless) (United Press Association! (By Electric Telegraph—Cooyrlght) RUGBY, June 26. (Received June 27. at 7 p.m.) Speaking in London to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Kingsley Wood, recalling Mr Churchill’s recent words that we could not only repel assaults of the enemy but achieve the purpose for which we entered the war, said he would list but three vital considerations in support of this view. • First, we did not fight alone. “ The soul and spirit of France will not die and we hone that Frenchmen all over the world, where thev are free, will continue to fight on.” Secondly, we had an empire in arms, and thirdly there was “ the unquenchable spirit of our people.” As an example of this spirit Sir Kingsley Wood told how quite spontaneously. without any Government appeal, the people had been sending in to the Treasury gifts of very substantia] sums of money and valuable articles. No less impressive was the response that was being made to the appeal for loans to the State free of interest. In actual cash up to to-day np less than £3,350.000. together with promises amounting to a further £1,000,000, has been received The national savings movement had up to date resulted in the collection of £234.000,000.