CO129-581-16 British propaganda in Hong Kong 18-4-1939 - 29-10-1939 — Page 109

3

109

too. These things do not pass unnoticed here, nor, I may say, do provocative insults offered to our fellow-countrymen further afield... Every insult that is offered to our people, every rude challenge that is made to what we value and are determined to defend, only unites us, increases our determination and strengthens our loyalty

to those others who share our feelings and aspirations".

will be no yielding to calumics or force.

There

The old standards of conduct and of ordinary human decency are

Rules of conduct being set aside in many parts of the world,

between nations are overridden with the same callous indifference

as rules of conduct between man and man.

standards do not deteriorate.

We must see that our

On that point also there is complete

We know that without

national unity. "We respect our fellowmen. that there can be no real self-respect either for individuals, or

We must hold fast to our principles, in the long run for nations." hoping that the world will return to sanity before it is too late

and catastrophe is upon us.

Unfortunately,

Changes there must be in all han relationships, and Great Britain is willing to make changes which will establish a better foundation upon which to build peace and security for all nations. Such changes must be brought about peacefully by negotiation and reasoned consideration of all conditions and needs. the world to-day is faced with a threat of military force, and this

The immediate task is threat is holding the world to ransom. therefore to resist aggression. That task the British people will undertake, confident of ultimate victory for the forces of liberty, law and order. Whatever domestic differences there may be in Great

Every party, every Britain, there is no disunity on that point.

class, and every group of individuals, practically without ex-

ception, are determined to resist further aggression to the wide

limits of British capacity.