Mr. Eden Appeals to Them to Hold to Democracy and Keep It Alive and Practical
London, Feb. 13.
NDSHIP, between Democracies and Dictatorships must not become impossible, as we do not want to sec a lasting cleavage of Democracies ranging themselves against Dictatorships," declared Mr., Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, in the course of a speech last evening at a Junior Imperial League demonstration at Birmingham.
Democracy, he said, had its objective: ud must pursue them in its own way but this did mot _mean defiance or antagonism towards other countries.
"TI feel, Mr: Eden stated, "that the future rests with you to concentrate not on the differ: snees between Democracies and Dictatorships, but on what is common to' both.
But remember this implies that you should know your own faith, When the Great War came to on and Tet it be a faith born. of con cend,-the Foreign Secretary continued: Vietion, Amid the shrill conflict of they were laying the foundation of rival Tdeotogles, our people hold World peace and international co-'a middle course. Neither' extreme operation in the League of Nations. takes an appeal to us.
Disappointment afer disappoint.
We are attached to liberty and ment would seem to have weakened tolerance, and we know in the words the fabric of the League, but its of the last speech made by the late foundations remained. What was es-Lord Grey that order must be presential was that they should never} served in order that liberty may be abandon their ideals. enjoyed."
"It Is our determination to build Fight For Freedom pon the wollsitied foundations of 3 'Few of us, perhaps." the Foreign ectal and political system the con-Secretary declared, "realize the stant objective of which shall be the privileges we enjoy' until they are retest good of the rosiest num challenged, Often we do not appre ciate them at all. OF these privileges "Byes of the World' which our fathers fought for a: home Jand. abroad, the best Is treedom—"The eyes of the world are upon freedom' to think and" to speak; our country to-day, watching every freedom to act as we deem right in hiovement that we make and gucssthe religious, intellectual, political hing every thought that we think, At Jand social field; and freedom to live times people say that we are de-according tothe standards which our: cadent, and that our institutions are Jeonselence dictates. fut of date and nave coated to fune-"If once we forsake. this freedom ion. which "we have inherited. not only "We know that this is not so, but shall we bitterly repent it but, we must seo to it that others are shall betray the trust which it is not misled, Wrong deductions about four duty to hand on, Freedom is this country have done great harm the common link which binds to-in the past, They can do still great gether every generation. as it has er harm in: the future, It is up to eud us throughout our history fetch one of us to avoid the danger.
Jand particularly in times of trouble, "Make your faith In Democracy [And tveedom only -realizes itsd alive and practical, and cherish fully In service to others." above all, your belief in England and "Youth "movements in Britain, Mr. her people, Eden asserted, were less organized Jand" less vocal than elsewhere, but Sympathy and Understanding Where they existed Tet them "seck The dimeulties in the present state every. opportunity of service wher of the world, Mx. Eden suid, wore fever it might occur, bound at times to seem overwhelm Our own youth movements." he Ing If Te were not for the sympathy. added, "are inevitably different from and understanding of the younger those in totalitarian states, but among generation, yoluntaty associations which exist The Government to-day must strive there Is ample scope for wider and in Its foreign policy "not only for ever wider service to the State,"—peace in our time but for peace in Reuter and Wireless through Reuter. yours, And if we are to have peace in your time, it moans that in any agreements Wwe make to-day there
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