AID FROM AMERICA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 88, 24 January 1942, Page 5

AID FROM AMERICA.

“FULLEST POSSIBLE MEASURE.”

NEW YORK PAPER’S OPINION. (Rec. 1.25) NEW YORK, Jan. 22. In an editorial the “New York Times” says: “Though remote in space, Australia and New Zealand are as close to us as Canada in spirit and experience—so close to us indeed that the wide ocean arc between us is also an open frontier. It is easy for us to understand why the Australian Prime Minister turns to us for help against the common enemy., Australia, too, belongs to the new‘world; the deadly threat to its safety is like a threat to ourselves. Australian troops have fought bravely on every front in this war. At this moment they are in the vanguard in the Libyan desert and the Malayan jungle. How well prepared they are to defend their home and shores we do not know, but their peril is close and real, and it is to he hoped plans to base strong forces in Port Darwin have reached the point where the invaders can be fended off until reinforcements arrive. “Even if Australia were not an allimportant factor in the defence system of our world, the Australians have earned the fullest measure of help it is possible for us to give them.”