CAUSES OF WAR.
Questions Of Raw Material
Could Be Settled.
HOME SECRETARY'S VIEW. (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, February 10. "Britain does not intend to adopt a dog in the manger policy regarding her great colonial Empire," declared Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary, in * speech at Plymouth.
Sir Samuel Hoare.
"Often, as Foreign Secretary, I thought we have tended, since the war, to ignore the root causes of future wars. We have concentrated too much on reduction of armaments and too little upon the causes of making armaments necessary. If the supply of raw materials is likely to be the cau6e of future disputes, there is no reason why this and every trade question cannot be settled by discussion and negotiation."
He added that the people are determined to do the utmost for peace, but were equally determined to abandon none of the Empire's vital interest®.
Referring to naval expansion, he said Britain would never again be faced with a submarine menace comparable to that in the Great War. Although publication of figures was not in the public interest, it could be revealed that war 'plane production was definitely above popular estimates.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 35, 11 February 1939, Page 9
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