COLLECTIVE SECURITY

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19762, 18 December 1935, Page 6

COLLECTIVE SECURITY

GOVERNOR’S VIEWS. NEED FOR STABILITY. BRITISH EMPIRE PLEDGES. (Times Special Reporter.) TE AWAMUTU, Wednesday. The difficulties of the International situation and the hazards that were faced by 'Britain In seeking collective security were points briefly stressed by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, speaking at a reception tendered him at Te Awamutu this morning. “Their Majesties have reigned through 25 years marked by difficulties which no previous monarchs have been required to face but, as the result of their own personality, the position of the Crown in England is to-day stronger than ever before,” His Excellency stated. “ They have never failed to show the utmost sympathy and consideration to all their people not only in England but also in the Dominions overseas. They are the first occupants of the British throne to visit the remote parts of the Empire and they still retain a pleasant memory of the cordiality with which they were greeted during their tour of New Zealand.”

The Empire stood for justice, liberty and freedom together with good government, honesty of purpose and firm determination. At a time when stability was so essential and so difficult to obtain, the Empire was .the great ’stabilising factor in world' affairs. There were grave problems faced by the councils of the world.

The British Empire was pledged to protect the weak from the aggression of the strong and had promised to uphold this principle. It was unfortunate that other nations did: not realise these pledges as firmly as Britain would like them to. It was obvious that Britain could not carry out the ideal of collective security alone.

Prosperity could only be gained from stability, and only stability and confidence would open the markets of the world. However, he felt confident that the worst of the bad times was passing and ho was of the opinion that the Dominion w'ould attain to a more prosperous condition. The country was well favoured by nature and its inhabitants had all the energy and termination to succeed, Viscount Galway concluded.