DEFENCE PACT.
CANADIAN OBLIGATIONS. “WILL NOT BE SHIRKED.” Received August 22, 8.5 a.m. OTTAWA, Aug. 21. The Premier. (Mr Mackenzie King), at a Press conference at the close ot a Cabinet meeting, stressed that the mutual defence agreement with the United States in no sense involved the shirking by Canada of her defence responsibility. . ... It is expected_that the Premier will call a special session of Parliament about September 16 to approve the defence agreement, the endorsement ol which the Conservative leader (Mr R. B. Hanson) announced after an hour’s conference with the Premier. At St. John’s (Newfoundland) the Air Minister (Mr C. G. Power) and leaders of the Eastern Command have arrived to discuss the leasing of air bases to the United States, which has been approved by Government supporters and the Press. Tiie Commissioner for Justice (Mr L. E. Emerson), in an interview, said strategic points on the Avalon Peninsula and the coastline bordering Cabot Strait should lie fortified and air and naval bases should control the approaches to the St. Lawrence. He said Newfoundland’s position was the Atlantic gateway to Canada and it would become “the Singapore of the North Atlantic.” • ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19400822.2.68
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 226, 22 August 1940, Page 7
Word Count
193DEFENCE PACT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 226, 22 August 1940, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in