The Archive · 1940

New Hope for Future

The second purpose of the campaign, he said, was to prove to the public that the British Commonwealth, w its principle of free partnership, could offer the world new hope for the future. The Nazi were proclaiming that they were creating a "new world order." "In fact," the Minister continued, "they are merely resurrecting the old vicious idea of a slave empire in which e subjugated races were held down by force and exploited for the benefit master folk." ing of the growth of the Mr. Duff-Cooper reminded audience that it had been graly transformed from centrally controlled organization into a Commonwealth of equal partners. "It is Britain's hope, "he added, "that India will soon take her place in this free equal partnership."

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