LENGTH OF WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 81, 5 April 1941, Page 10

LENGTH OF WAR.

" MAY BE FOR YEARS." AUSTRALIA'S LONG VIEW. SYDXKV. April 1. A warning to Australia to face the' prospect that the. war might last for ycaiis war. gi\cn by tho Army .Minister, Mr. Spender, at a Chamber of Manufacturers.' dinner at X?wcn*tk\ 'I think' wo should a-sume that it wiU'Wt for many year.-," he said. "We cannot afford to undercut imate the power or resources of our foe. There are reprwenta-1 ■ tins ui neutral I'owors who believe that J' (iermuny will win, but we have neven known defeat and we never Khali." The Federal Attorney < i.-urral. Mr.' Hughe-, wiui aUii attended ihe dinner.: said the world needed a new order in, whioh eveiyunc would ha\e a place in the Min. "'l'hir* it a worker-' war." he] declared. "Industry i> lighting for it-, business and the worker i- lighting for' bus job. Every hour lor-t in the prudue-j tion of vital material i> ,i blow ("truck, for tlve enemy. If <iermany wins, con-; trol of our industries will pa*s to her and our high standard of living and social privileges will l>e lr*.t to us.' . The Acting-Prime Minister. Mr. Faddeu. pave the gathering aoine remarkable comparative llgiires ar. to Australian munition-making to-day, com-: pared with the la*t war. IK- eaid that i ■to-day. Ai:irtralia was producing > destroyers. torpedo bo.it-. mine-' swpO'peiV" and other naval \ e<«.-el-. \ plane.-, armoured lip-iitin-r vehicles and; pun carriers. Bren puns, anti-aircraft | p\in.-, anti-tank pun-, -i-imsi guns .for the] navy and 23-pounder howitzer.-. ammunition, shells. depth <Ciarpo-. bombs, pera-chiites and technical equipment. Australia could now Maim to rank on a population '.visis with the im>i j hiphly |.nd»wtrialised nations in tho ■ world. j