BRITAIN WILL AID NEW ZEALAND

Southland Times, Issue 24686, 6 March 1942, Page 5

BRITAIN WILL AID NEW ZEALAND

ASSURANCE GIVEN BY STAFFORD CRIPPS (United Press Association —Telegraph Copyright) (Rec 11 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. “We realise how vital is the defence of Australia and New Zealand and the defeat of the Japanese enemy. We can and will come to your aid,” said Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, in a broadcast tonight. He added: “The tide of war has not yet reached its lowest level. Were that the whole story it would appear disheartening, but it is not. Britain has mighty Allies on her side. This alliance of people today is battling with the forces of evil from one end of the world to the other. It cannot be defeated unless it allows faint-hearted people to sap its strength. You and I know what hard and difficult times lie ahead. We also know that from the suffering of the war will be born a new civilization —not a new order or coprosperity sphere built on the sufferings and slavery of peoples by some dominant race, which seeks to proclaim its superiority by inhuman acts of violence. We shall fight on through all setbacks, through the defeats and disappointments to make living worth while. “At one period of the war, after the collapse of France when the British Commonwealth faced the Germans alone, we, in Britain, were troubled with the urgent threat of invasion. Australia and New Zealand are in a similar state of mind today. We realize how vital is the defence of Australia and New Zealand. We reflect with pride and gratitude on the help you have given and are still giving. We can and will come to your aid.”