"NEW ARMAMENT RACE"

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20987, 16 October 1933, Page 9

"NEW ARMAMENT RACE"

Australian and New Zealand Plans COMMENT IN A LONDON NEWSPAPER (UXITED I'KKSS ASSOCIATION— I'.V ELECIEIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) \ (Received October 15, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON? October 14. "Dominions Join New Armament Race," appears on the "Daily Herald's" front page, in a triplecolumn heading over an item saying that Australia and New Zealand are swiftly developing armed forces under a liaison plan between themselves, also with the approval of the British Government. This, says the "Herald," is the latest development in the Far Eastern situation which is becoming increasingly menacing. The "Daily Herald" narrates the plans of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, as reported in a cable message. It alludes to Japan's aggression in the Pacific, and her demand for a more powerful navy, following unsuccessful attempts to make a pact with Holland in return for concessions in Dutch New Guinea, where the Japanese hoped to lay down a system of disguised air bases.

In a leading article it says: "The new Australian naval programme and the South African defence programme are parts of a world movement. Nations all over the world are rearming, and the mad race is beginning again."