WARNING TO JAPAN
AUSTRALIA READY
DEFENCE OF NEIGHBOURS
LONDON, August 4.
A blunt warning to Japan that Australia was determined and ready to defend her interests in the Far East was issued today by Mr. P. C. Spender, the Australian Army Minister.
Speaking at Sydney, he said that Australia was not prepared to surrender at the point of the gun vital interests and responsibilities which it was Australia's duty to guard. Nor
was she prepared to see them whittled away by a steady encroachment or infiltration.
He pointed out that Indo-China, Malaya, and Thailand were as close neighbours of Australia as they were of Japan, and remarked: "We look with misgiving on the arrival of Japanese forces in Indo-China. Indications are not lacking that Japan intends to go even further.
"Talk by Japan about protection is only a pretext for aggression. Australia if necessary will give ringing proof that she means to keep control of her destiny. Britain has no designs
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1941, Page 7
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