SINGAPORE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18014, 5 March 1924, Page 9

SINGAPORE.

BACKED BY ADMIRALTY.

WHICH OVER-RIDES ALL,

(b» cable—pbsss association copraiQßi.) (SIDNEY "Sxm'' SEBVICE.)

LONDON, March 3

The "Daily News," in a loader, ascribes the Government's altered attitude regarding Singapore to the tremendous political power welded by the Admiralty.

It 6ays: "The Admiralty is tho boldest, most dominating and successful, and in every way the» most formidable Department of every Government which has tried to meddle with its policy, or modify its organisation. It works ita will upon Parliament with ridiculous ease, lias turned responsible Ministers into devoted, unquestioning slaves, and haa now accomplished a still more dazzling performance by swallowing Labour. (i Tho First Lord is mesmerising the Under-Secretary, and all that remains, in order to crown its victory, is to destroy tho Ministry. That possibility is not far removed if tho (Singapore policy is to stand. Wherein has Singapore altered since the elections P Has Admiral Beatty or Mr Brace brought forward a single new fact lo weaken tho view that it is wicked or unwise to spend ten, twenty or thirty millions of tho taxpayers' money to convert a traditional friend in the East, into a potential enemy? pore mst now be regarded as a crucial test of tho honesty, good faith, and moral courage of Mr Mao Donald and his Government/'