BRITISH AND N.Z. STAFF TALKS

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25428, 26 February 1948, Page 7

BRITISH AND N.Z. STAFF TALKS

Failure To Include Australia” SYDNEY PAPER’S CRITICISM

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) 8 SYDNEY, Feb. 25. rp™ e ./ ai < lure to lncl «de Australian slnkS n« tVeS £ he talks between senior officers of Britain’s Far East a,sd New Zealand serand 6 frn efs ls d "® cul t to understand, and still more difficult to justify ” says the, “Sydney Morning Herald,” leading article. British officers, who passed through Sydney this week, will return by way of Melbourne, where they will im> y offi?» rteS K f alls on Senior Australever ers . but no arrangements whatChanoe YS bec r n ma . de even for an exlhvei ge o£ tnformation on conference ian T =nd Cl w e interrelation of AustralNew Zealand defence was o? r ?p°? nis ed by the Anzac Pact ls therefore surprising who J? e -+ N J X Yu Zea!anci chief s of staff, whd invited the British party did not take steps to see that Australia was ?mv r t prese - nted ’, Australia must oeplace in the calculathT‘ > r£ f «<S e Far East Com mand, and desirawJT 1 eo-operation is obviously «or dS?’ - The re can be n o matters I.™ discussion between the British ficTr’? a £ dei '? - a S d A the New Zealand ofeouailv vi'i'?i‘ Ch Australia has not an e “tutu “ vital concern. and wwZ Uch u n opportunity for a full exchange of views is being or*a ec ‘ ed se ems to indicate bunglin’ be boned'm S t Y tnulty liaison. It is to r?, e ', - ne . t ! 7at even if it is too late to wiii aI J 1 1 t e iM 1 ? a i tite talks, arrangements S,b.„ at j least .be speedily made to enbmirne dequate consultations in Melt, “A tripartite conference would have time f mi l 11 !™ 21 ' va L ue at the present th? BririJu heavy* additional cuts in rebentl? ?,nS rm n d for ces, announced fact th»i S oderlme once again the take = f th D °minions now have to for Imneri ? r^ at f r Bart in Providing rial.defence than ever beAustralia and New Zealand can no longer look to Britain for effective military aid nor can they lean on th’ thl ern TT 1O n a l Police force envisaged in ‘be. UMted Nations charte?-th2 ing t thei? a p?I? f dlffi S Ulties in enforcrneir Palestine decision nrovidp t fi h nal „f Droof pi that. Australia must can ftod e - re fiy’ ur,on what friends she cipan? d l m?n th ho Paclfic basin - but principally upon her own preparedness.”