“GUARD OUR SHORES”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 3

“GUARD OUR SHORES”

IN INTERESTS OF PEACE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNORGENERAL’S SPEECH MELBOURNE, Nov. 11. In a speech at a dinner to celebrate the Lord Mayor’s third successive year of office, the Governor-General, Sir Isaac (Isaacs, said that Australian was well ' advanced in the period of ‘ con- ' valescence.” This was because Australians had risen to the heights of citizenship at its best. . i Speaking of international policies, Sir i Isaac Isaacs said : “Nobody can say that 1 the horizon of the world is clear or that there may not come a sudden shock to | retard tho process of recovery or to I begin a fresh conflagration. To describe the programme of disarmament as profoundly disappointing mid regrettable is ,to employ language of moderation, For its great'primary purpose the energy ol the League of Nations seems to be too weak to prevail against national pride and national hatred. As lone as power- ! ful nations prefer tho sword to the I balance as the emblem of iustice we ! cannot dare to tempt aggression openly, jlt is our duty in the interests of peace ito guard our shores. We must help to give the world what the Prince of Wales recently called ‘the steady hand of the British Empire,’ which stands firm among volcanic changes and commands * respect as an example of national stability and individual freedom and progress,” (Applause.)