"AUSTRALIA READY"
Warning to Aggressors
(Rec. 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 19,
The Minister of External Affairs, Sir Frederick Stewart, said that Australia would not be overawed by any menace in the Pacific.
"We desire peace," he said, "but if there is a nation which thinks it can profit by our preoccupation with events elsewhere, I can say that Australia not only is ready to defend herself, but is able to do so."
Mr. Stewart added he could not accept with equanimity the reported statements by Mr. Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, that he intended to work in very close union with Germany.—U.P.A.
"Enough facts of the circumstances have filtered in here to support President Roosevelt's statement completely," he said.
Mr. Hull's vigorous attitude has caused fresh conjecture on the possibility of American action to protect the Western Hemisphere defences, including the seizure of Martinique, Dakar, and other strategic French colonies.— U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1941, Page 7
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