Abstract
THE concepts of Empire Day and imperialism were given a new and fuller meaning by H.M. the King in his broadcast address on May 24. He referred in bitter tones to “the spirit of domination and the lust of conquest” to which our enemies give the term imperialism, and he re-defined the term as it now applies to the British Empire. Imperialism, he said, stands for “peace in which our institutions may be developed, the condition of our peoples improved, and the problems of government solved in a spirit of good will”. The far-reaching implications of this statement will be readily apparent, and will meet with general approval, for it stamps the British Empire as held together by the strongest but least irksome of bonds, those of friendship and toleration. Of equal significance were His Majesty's words on the consequences of the struggle now in progress. “Defeat will not mean some brief eclipse from which we shall emerge with strength renewed-it will mean destruction of our world as we have known it, and the descent of darkness upon its ruins.” All our resources and all our scientific energy are not too much to spend in averting this disaster.
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