FUTURE OF PACIFIC
SYDNEY, Jan. 12.
The post-war control _ of the Marshall and Caroline Islands carried with it full responsibility for their secure defence. Nothing less would satisfy Australia, said the deputyLeader -of the Opposition (Mr W. M. Hughes) to-night. He was commenting on Mr Nash's statement that the United States might have some justification in claiming these islands after the war.
Mr Hughes eaid it would servo no useful purpose to raise questions relating to territorial sovereignty in other parts of the world and the less sajd about the post-war disposition of these islands at the present moment when Japan's hold upon them is unshaken the better. "To talk about disposing of the lion's skin while the beast still lives is, to say the least, a little premature. It will be timo enough when the Japanese are driven out. As far as Australia is concerned, it is vitally important that the control of these islands should be vested in a great and friendly Power and for geographical purposes that means Britain or tho United States."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 38, 13 January 1944, Page 5
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