SINGAPORE BASE.

Grey River Argus, 29 November 1927, Page 5

SINGAPORE BASE.

NEW YORK IRESS COMMENT

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The New York Times, cditoria.ly, says: “The action of Nr.. Zealand in xoting one million pounds towards the cost of the Singapore base should not be regur led an an unfriendly gesture directed against any I’ower or

group of Pou.ru bordering lhe Pacific It merely b ars witness to the loyalty of New eZalandors to the Empire. Since New Zealande-rs and Austral-

ians alike regard Singapore ar u reallying point of British interests in the Western Pacific, it is natural rind proper that they prove their faith by works. The Hus' community of interest- between tiie Dominion and the 1 niter! States has established a soli darity which not even the blasts of Chicago’s Mayor can shake. Canada New Zealand and Australia, are

pioneer countries facing problems similar to those faced by America, peopled by kindred stocks and having similar forms of government. They view the world more nearly eye to eye than Mo any other nations. So long as th™ Dominions form ■ ssential links in Empire, they cannot remain al<|oiKrom the Empire defence, hence A' only fitting that they take a hurf of the cost of the defensive foreAs of the Empire, which as British delegates at the Geneva conference aptly showed, are essential for the protection of Britain’s far flung lines of commerce and communication.”