NATION WARNED

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 120, 14 February 1941, Page 7

NATION WARNED

Possibility Of Attack On Australia CRISIS CONSIDERED NEAR ißv Telegraph—Press assu.— Copyright.) SYDNEY, February 12. In a grave warning to the nation that a crisis seemed imminent Mr. Fadden. Acting-Prime Minister, said the disabling of Australia had now become a major strategic objective of the enemy, because Australia was a great supplier oi foodstuffs and war materials to Britain and the rest of the Empire. "It should be realized by everyone in Australia." he said, "that our immediate future holds some very grave possibilities. The Government is straining every nerve to marshal the full resources of the nation. The war effort is increasing rapidly. Training and equipment: for home defence are nearing a peak. Within a relatively short, lime Australia can become so strong that no country will dare to attack it. "The possibility of attack Ims long been foreseen.

“Through the munitions programme, the air scheme, and tlie expansion of our land forces, we could today offer a degree of resistance that would have been unthinkable whim Hie war began, or even a year ago.”