SWAY IN WORLD AFFAIRS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TONGUE OF 400 MILLIONS VIEWS OF 11. (!. WELLS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dee. 28, 2.30 p.m.) FREMANTLE, Dec. 28. The eminent British writer, Mr. H. G. Wells, arrived aboard the Comorin en route to 'Canberra to attend the forthcoming conference of Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. 'Mr. Wells confessed that he was rather radical in that he believed that the unity of the English-speaking peoples was more important than the British Empire to the world and to ourselves. He said that the British Empire yas a temporary political arrangement. “The reality is that there are 400,000,000 who read, understand and think in English.” he said. The Englishspeaking peaople could make a p.an for the world with improved understanding and co-operation.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 7
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133SWAY IN WORLD AFFAIRS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 7
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