BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1936, Page 5

BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY

Labour Critic

DENIES THERE IS ANY.

LONDON. September 20.

Mr. Herbert Morrison, addressing a peace meeting at Woolwich declared that short of an outbreak of war. the international situation could not he worse. International statesmanship, with few exceptions, shockingly lacked courage and purpose. The declarations of the Nazi and Fascist leaders were scandalously provocative and warlike. Most European countries would follow a British lead to organise peace but the British Government disclosed no foreign policy, good, bud or indifferent. ENLISTMENTS. RUGBY, September 18. Enrolment into the national defence companies of the Territorial Army, which arc being formed for the purpose of protecting important points in Great Britain on threat of and during war, opened on September 1 last, and the War Office announces that the number enrolled to September 12 totalled 2081. In addition, there were some 2500 applications for enrolment which are still under consideration. The total establishment of these national defence companies is approximately 8450 N.Z. NAVAL RECRUITS. WELLINGTON, September 21. A denial of statements that there had been a shortage of recruits for the navy was given by Paymaster Commander' E. R. Tottenham. R.N., who said that 500 applicants had been received for 46 vacancies, which proved New Zealand was not behind in the sea sense. The speaker also refuted statements that the British people were losing that sea sense for -which they were famed. Any decrease in recruits was the result of the period of ™pid expansion before the war. followed by the period of contraction. CO-OPERATION WITH U.S.A. AUCKLAND, September 20. Among the 329 passengers on the Monterev, which arrived from Sydney to-dav, 'was Brigadier-General 11. W. Llovd. a member of the Australian Legislative Assembly, who is visiting New Zealand in an attempt to form a branch of the new peace organisation known as British American Co-opera-tion. . , The idea bellied this body, he said, was to make the English-speaking pro pies and their government realise the necessity of forming an alliance with the United States for mutual. protection. The European situation had been responsible for its formation in England, and since then branches had Inmn formed in America. Australia, and other English-speaking countries. In Australia it bad the. approval and official endorsement of the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons). Brigadier-General Lloyd will visit Wellington, where he io to meet members of the Government.