SINGAPORE SCHEME.
PURPOSE OF THE BASE
BY CABLB--PREBB ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHI
(Received Aug. 6, 9.5 a.m.)
PARIS, Aug. 4. Discussing the Singapore scheme, Le Temps declares that'the base is intended for protection against Japan, but it is not Australia or commercial interests in China which Britain desires to protect, but rather interests west of Singapore. The present aspect in Asia gives Britain good cause for anxiety. She needß to erect a barrier between two halves of the continent.
Le Temps adds that Britain, in order to send a fleet to Singapore, must be mistress of the Mediterranean, which does not simplify the problem of Tangier and the future of Rhodes.—Reuter.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 August 1923, Page 5
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