South Africa A year ago South Africa decided, of her own free will, that this was her war. Here was noble proof of the spirit and meaning of the British Commonwealth. Within the Commonwealth, men of different culture, race and religion come together to build new nations, founded on freedom and respect for minorities; and nowhere has this nation- building been a finer achievement than in the Union of South Africa. Among the European people of the Union are many who are not of British blood. Some of these can recall the time when they or their fathers were in arms against us.