A GRAVE MOMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 55, 6 March 1942, Page 5

A GRAVE MOMENT

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ’ (Recd. iu p.m.) London, March 5. "vve realise now vital is me ueience I ol Australia ana incw Zealand and tne jean ana win come to your aiu,' saiu pir btaAiora Cripps, x.ora Privy beat, in a uiuauuasc Lu-ingm. ne adaea: "Tne Hue of war has not ? ev rcacnea its lowest level. were |uiat tne wnoie story it would appear I us.neai lening. But it is not. Dmaiii • net side, mis I alliance oi people is lu-uay valuing IVvit.i uie toxues of evil nom one em. |oi the v,orid to tne other, it cannot oe defeat a unless n aiiows laintnearteu people io sap its strength, iuu and i Knou wnac iiara ana auiicun .limes ne aneaa. we aiso Know that iifum tne sintering ol war win be born |a new civilisation - not a new oruer or a co-prospenty spnere built on tne iiiieinig.-> ana siaveiy ol peoples oy [some Qominaat race wmen seeKs to I proclaim ns superiority oy inhuman acts o vioien e. w e snail ngm on ithrough aii the setoacks, tnrougn tne •cieieais anu disappointments, tu maxe fixing worm wline. At one period ol I the war. alter me collapse oi France, [wnen the British commonwealtn Jfaced Hie Germans alone, we m Britain were troubled with the urgent threat of invasion. Australia and ixew ■Zealand aie in a similar state of mind to-day. Ae realise hoxx vital is the fl fence ol Australia and New Zea•iand. We reflect with pride and gratii facie on the help you have given in iether tields of war, and are still giving. W’e can and will come to .our . Jd.”