AMERICA AND BRITAIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16571, 2 November 1921, Page 2

AMERICA AND BRITAIN.

NEED FOR CO-OPERATION. JBy Association -Copyright. Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association. KANSAS CITY, October 31. Admiral Beatty-ip a speech declared that other nations fought in selfdefence, with the certainty of dissolution if they failed, but the United States had little to fear whatever the outcome might be, thus her entry into the Great War was tho result of a completely unselfish determination to fc»e© justice done and show that she would not tolerate xvanton aggression against free peoples. “ Those who made a victorious peace possible shall stand side by side,” ho said. ’‘They shall steadfastly repress all petty jealousies and move forward together,along the path of civilisation and prosperity. We are compelled to combat in this the frailty of human * nature and the explosiveness of human passions. Th© American Legion and the British Legion are well equipped to press hum© the truth that the spirit of comradeship must b© kept alive.”

Mr G. L. Barry, on behalf of Mr Gompers. has pledged the Legion the support of the American Federation of Labour in preventing Bolshevism and Sovietism gaining a. foothold in th«2 country. He also promised Labours assistance to get returned soldiers legislative aid.