BASE IN BERMUDA
AVAILABLE TO AMERICA TIES AVITII MOTHER COUNTRY INTEGRAL PART OF EMPIRE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, August 24 At a special session of the Bermuda Assembly it was announced that Great Sound, Bermuda, would be made available to the United States as an air base. A memorial was signed by the Speaker of the House and presented to the Governor, says a British official wireless message. The memorial stated: “The people of Bermuda are deeply disturbed lest some new conception of American hemispheric defence may affect the status of this ancient colony as an integral part of the British Commonwealth. “We earnestly pray that the ties of tradition and the bond of affection that unite us to the Mother Country may never be severed. We again swear allegiance to the King, but humbly and respectfully ask that nothing be allowed to prejudice our constitution, our Government or our complete happiness and contentment under British rule.”
The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lloyd, replied that His Majesty’s Government was deeply touched by the loyal sentiments which inspired the memorial. It desired to assure the House that there was no question of Bermuda or any part of it being separated from the British Empire or of the people of Bermuda ceasing to be British subjects.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21201, 26 August 1940, Page 9
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