TOPICS OF THE DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21199, 23 August 1940, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY

United States of Europe ? “There was a time when England was divided into seven separate and jealous States. England became a peaceful and progressive Power only when these seven States fused into one, each surrendering something for the good of the whole. lam convinced that Europe will become a peaceful and prosperous continent only if each of the present nation States surrenders something of its independence for the good of the whole. We must, in other words, create something far wider and higher than the old League of Nations; we must create the United States of Europe. In the United States of Europe each nation would continue to manage its local interests in its own manner. Public utility undertakings, such as international transit, broadcasting and posts and telegraphs, would be organised upon a European rather than a national basis. And the extent and nature of armaments, the general lines of foreign policy, and the use of raw materials and credits would conform to rules laid down by the Central Federal Authority o£ the United States of Europe.' I —Mr Harold Nicholson, MJ,