KAWHIA TIDES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 81, Issue 7253, 18 September 1950, Page 6

KAWHIA TIDES

FOR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Wednesday, 20: 3-35 a.m., 4.15 p.m. Sunday, 24: 8.08 a.m., 8.42 p.m. Wednesday, 27: 10.37 a-m., 10.58 p.m. FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER Sunday, 1: 1.04 a.m., 1.24 p.m. we went to the support of the United Nations in Korea two months ago. We shall never go back on that pledge. Second: We believe the Koreans have a right to be free, independent, and united, as they want to be. Under the decision and guidance of the United Nations, we, with others, will do our part to help them enjoy that right. The United (States has no other aim in Korea. Third: We do not want the fighting in Korea to expand into a general war. It will not spread unless Communist imperialism draws other armies and governments into the fight of the aggressors against the United Nations. Fourth: We hope particularly that the people of China will not be misled or forced into fighting against the United Nations and against the American people, who have always been and still are their friends. Only the Communist imperialism, which has already started to dismember China, could gain from China’s involvement in war. •Fifth: Wte do not want Formosa or any part of Asia for ourselves. We believe that the future of Formosa, like that of any other territory in dispute, should be settled peacefully. We believe that it should be settled by international action, and not by the decision of the United States or ot any other State alone. The mission of the Seventh Fleet is to keep Formosa out of the conflict. Our purpose is peace, not conquest. Sixth: We believe in freedom >for all the nations of the Far East. That is one of the reasons why we are fighting under the United Nations for the freedom of Korea. Wie helped the Philippines become independent, and we have supported the national aspirations to independence of other Asian countries. Russia has never voluntarily given up any territory it has acquired in the Far East; it has never given independence to any people who have fallen under its control. Wle not only want freedom for the peoples of Asia, but we also want to help them secure for themselves better health, more food, better clothes and homes, and the chance to live their own lives in peace. The things we want for the people of Asia are the same things we want for the people of the rest of the world.

Seventh: W(e do not believe in aggressive or preventive war. Such is the weapon of dictators, not of free democratic countries like the the United States. W;e are arming only for defence against aggression. Even though Communist imperialism does not believe in peace, it can be discouraged from new aggression if we and other free peoples are strong, determined, and united.

•Eighth: We want peace, and we shall achieve it. Our men are fighting for peace to-day in Korea. We are working for peace constantly in the United Nations and in all the capitals of the world. Our workers, our farmers, our business men, all our vast resources are helping now to create the strength which will make peace secure. We want peace not only for its own sake but because we want all the peoples of the world, including ourselves, to be free to devote their full energies to making their lives richer and happier. We shall give what help we can to make this universal human wish come true. W!e invite all the nations of the world without exception to join with us in this great work.

The events in Korea have shown us again all the misery and horrors of war. The North Koreans have learned that the penalties of armed conflict fall as heavily on those who aet as tools for the Communist dictatorship as they do on the victims. There will be no profit for any people who follow the Communist dictatorship down its dark and bloody path. Against the futile and tragic course of dictatorship we uphold for all peoples the way of freedom—the way of mutual co-operation and international peace. Wie assert that mankind can find progress and advancement along the path of peace. At this critical hour in the history of the world our country has been called upon to give of its leadership its efforts and its resources to maintain peace and justice among nations. We have responded to that call. Wje will not fail.

The task which has fallen upon our beloved country is a great one. In carrying- it out we ask God to purge us of all selfishness and meanness and to give us strength and courage for the days ahead-