WORLD INFLUENCE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19332, 24 May 1937, Page 12

WORLD INFLUENCE

EMPIRE DAY MESSAGE DUTY IN COMMON CAUSE PROGRESS OF MANKIND LORD BLEDISLOE'S CALL (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The following Empire Day message has been received from discount lik-msloe, president of the Empire Day movement: "As president of the Empire Day movement ill succession to the late Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty, 1 address you this Empire Day in a spirit of deep thankfulness to (Joel for the blessings vouchsafed to us as members of the great liritish commonwealth of nations during a period of almost unprecedented unrest and uncertainty throughout the world. ""Wliile many nations have been racked witn internal strue and serious economic unstress our fraternity of liritisli peoples naye remained at peace, anu traue and uiuustry have shown a. steaally increasing .H'osperity witn a substantial reduction oi unemployment.

"The grave crisis which resulted in the accession to the Throne of our present 'gracious King was faced by all classes, races, and parties throughout tlie Umpire witn it dignity, sell-restraint and common jense which nave entranced its prestige among! the nations of the world, and cemented its internal solidarity in lace of a common trial, it has emerged from it witn a sense of greater conudence and conscious strength. Loyalty to Throne "Our first duty this Empire Day is to acclaim, with loyalty and affection, King ueorge Vi and nis enarnung consort, and to wish for the former a long and happy reign over a united, prosperous and contented people. "\Ve have an Empire spread over a Quarter of the sunace of tile earth, and on id a quarter of the world's inhabitants. Our influence anu responsibility

Our influence aim responsibility exceed tnose of all other nations. Upon our wise leadership and the example wUiL.il we set will depend in large measure the future welfare and progress ui mankind.

"Let each and all of us with a due sense of our individual responsibility see mat our inHuence is exerted, not oiny m tne cause pf world peace, but also in promoting all those causes, social* educational, economic and spiritual, that will mane the world a happier and better place to live in lor all races and classes oi the community.

"I send you my warmest greetings and best wishes, in the confident hope that during the coming year the peoples of tne Uritish Empire may be knit more closely together in affection, mutual helptulness and benehcient world influence by ever increasing mutual knowledge and sympathy."