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Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 2

defence for the sake of peace. Australia, has watched the progress of world affairs in hopes that she would bo justified in cutting still further the expenditure on her limited defencesHer hopes of real disarmament, have been disappointed, and of the accumjl* lated surplus of. £6,000,000 it. is pvOb* able that £4,000,000 will be earmarked for defence services. There arc two schools of thought. The first—which has Jed to the ordering of a . new cruiser at a.cost exceeding twp million pounds sterling’—holds that Australia should make the British Navy her first line of defence and build ships to becom© an integral part or u. second liolds that m time of war H is not likely that the British Navy will be in Australian waters, and that the main expenditure should be on sub* marines, mines, bombing aeroplanes, etc., to protect the coast, with ethcieutly equipped forces on land; _ A plan will be framed after consultation with the highest authorities available.