PARLIAMENTARY PORTRAITS
“There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the propaganda work of the Navy League,” remarked Mr R. Darroch, secretary of the New Zealand Navy League, in an address to members of the Wanganui branch. “When the great struggle ended in 1918 we were looked upon as very warlike people who were not in favour of disarmament. That was absolutely wrong. We are in favour of disarmament, but only when it is of a general and progressive nature. We certainly do not agree with the principle of only one nation disarming, as was the case with Britain. If this policy had been followed out I do not think we would have the international situation that exists to-day. Britain disarmed, but the other nations built up their fleets.” “Have you got a soldier’s mortgage?” was a question put to a member at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Fruit Growers’ Association when he said tjiat he had recently been obliged to furnish complete returns to three Government departments. “I have every kind of mortgage under the sun,” was the reply amid laughter 1 .
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21865, 19 August 1936, Page 10
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