EMPIRE BOND.
MAKE COMMON CAUSE. Australia's Policy If Britain Is Assailed. UNPROVOKED AGGRESSION. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11 a.m.) CANBERRA, this day. Initiating the debate on foreign affairs in the House of Representatives, the Minister of External Affairs, Sir Henry Gullett, said that if Britain was plunged into wav in pursuance of her policy of defence against unprovoked aggression, the Commonwealth would make common cause with her".
The Minister emphasised, however, that Australia would not automatically follow Britain into war no matter what its cause.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 11
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85EMPIRE BOND. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 11
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