INDISCREET UTTERANCE.
SIR JAMES ALLEN'S “ALARM.”
Per Press Association.
DUNEDIN, Last Night
In a speech at the annual meeting of the Navy League. Sir James Allen said that he viewed with considerable alarm the position in the Pacific. He looked with a good deal of suspicion on the occupation, of the Marshall Islands by the Japanese. Ho hoped that Japan had no intention of spreading her wings over the Pacific, but he feared there was a possibility of it. The Minister added that it was impossible to give any idea of what our naval policy would be. Lord Jellicoe was on hib way to give advice. If we were to piotect the seas, every part of the Empire should take a share, both in money and men. He did not know what ships or machines would be required in future.
Regarding the Air Service, the A 1 blister said that he thought it necessary to have a minimum establishment of experts hero to train men for defence. If the need arose, tho air machines could bo used for other than military purposes.
With regard to naval and air services, he asked that the people bo patient until the opinion of experts was available.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14105, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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203INDISCREET UTTERANCE. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14105, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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