PEACE-DEMANDING DEMOCRACY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20895, 26 November 1937, Page 9

PEACE-DEMANDING DEMOCRACY

SWEDISH TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN ITALIAN DESIRE FOR UNDERSTANDING United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph -Copyright (Received November 25, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 24. Tlie Swedish Minister (Baron Palmstiema), who will retire at the end of the year, was the guest of honour at the annual dinner of the Anglo-Swed-ish Society. The president of the society (Sir Samuel Hoare) said that Baron Palrnstierna had interpreted Sweden to England and England to Sweden in such a way that there were no two countries in Europe that understood each other better. Baron Palmstlema, replying, said: “This England, this peace-demanding democracy, the home for freedom of spirit, inspires in all who settle down in this green, pleasant land, a love which grows with the years, and which carries us to the stage where we feel we cannot tear ourselves away.” STILL FRIENDLY ALLIES “COULD NOT BE SERIOUS MISUNDERSTANDING” United Press Association—By Electrti Telegraph Copyright (Received November 25, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 24. After placing a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, the leader of the Italian ex-servicemen’s delegation, Signor Delcroix, who lost his sight and both arms as a result of the Great War, made an appeal for a better AngloItalian understanding. The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr

A. Duff Cooper) in a speech at a dinner given to the delegation by the British Legion said that there could never be a serious misunderstanding between Britain and Italy, who had been friends and allies in the past and would be in the future. The Italian Ambassador to Britain (Count Grand!) said he was convinced that despite the apparent differences, there was an understanding between Britain and Italy. When the two countries at last decided to clear the way, they would discover that there was no real cause for mistrust between them. The King received the members of the delegation and chatted with each man.