ADHERENCE TO TRADITION
WHERE BRITAIN LEADS FREEDOM OF THE PEOPLE SIR J. SIMON’S COMMENT (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 10 a.m. w' RUGBY, Feb. 23. In a speech to the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Sir.. JqlykJyim.QU referred to the increased interest wjiich the British public/is taking in foreign policy and international relations. He sajd the greatest of-all contributions that- the Government could make to trade was to promote tile peace of the world and a spirit of confidence between peoples. In every great State confronted with the social and economic difficulties which, were the aftermath of the war an effort was being’made to concentrate national authority and work more effectively for what were believed to be great national needs.
Whereas in other countries much had been accomplished at the price of an immense sacrifice of constitutional tradition, they in Britain were endeavoring to do it with the smallest compromise with freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and. with parliamentary government and’ everything that stood in the name of civil liberty. He thought f it added to their influence ill the world that the British nation remained, and would remain, a free and self-disciplined-people. v •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18331, 24 February 1934, Page 5
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194ADHERENCE TO TRADITION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18331, 24 February 1934, Page 5
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