IMPERIAL OUTLOOK
PEACE IN THE PACIFIC
DOMINIONS SECRETARY'S VIEWS.
In a letter received by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. T. M. Wilford), from the Right Hon. L. O. M. S. Amery, the new Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, dated Downing Street, 28th May, 1925, Mr. Amery makes some interesting remarks concerning the future in the Pacific.
"I have read your interesting statement made to the Melbourne 'Herald' on the position in the Pacific," states Mr. Amery. "It is very difficult ever to judge the extent or the nearness of the possible danger of war, or to gauge with any certainty the present or the future motives and purposes of a foreign nation. The only sound rule is to harbour no designs against others, to embark on no demonstrative increase of armaments, which might justify the fear of our aggressiveness in others, and, above all, to be watchful and adequately to prepare one's self so as not to be taken unawares. I am inclined to think that the years immediately ahead of us will be years of peace. But no one can dare prophesy what may happen in ten, or even in fiye years, and meanwhile we ought to maintain a reasonable standard of security in our defences, and push ahead all we can with the development of the economic resources of the Empire, so as to make sure of the foundations of defence in the years ahead."
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 19, 22 July 1925, Page 6
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