VITAL CONCERN.
SINGAPORE BASE. .EMPIRE RESPONSIBILITY-. (BT CABLK —IRESS ASSOCIATION—COFIHIGHT.) (AUBTEALIAS AND Jf.z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, April 22. Sir James Allen, lecturing at Bridgewater, said that the League of Nations at present was unable to provide a peaceful world, although everyone hoped that the time would come when the League would effectively achieve the purposes for which it had been brought into existence. The Washington Conference had reduced the expenditure on capital ships, but did not restrict the construction of fast cruisers and submarines, and did little to assure tho British Empire's communications, especially in tho Pacific in the event of a conflict. Consequently Australia and New Zealand both supported the Singapore base. Australia and New Zealand depended on open sea communications and mutual assistance in case of attack. Hie late war showed this was a matter of vital Empire concern, and it must be a joint responsibility of the whole Empire.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18674, 24 April 1926, Page 15
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