MASTERS OF ASIA
AND OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ? FRENCH VIEW OF SINGAPORE SCHEME. [By Electric Cable —Copyright]. [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] 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 the commercial interests in China which Britain desires to protect, but rather interests west of Singapore.” The present aspect in Asia gives Britain goon cause for anxiety. She needs to erect a barrier between the two halves oi the continent in ferment.” 1 Le Temps ’ adds: “ Britain, in order to send a fleet to Smgapore, must be mistress or the Mediterranean, which docs not simplify the problem of Tangier and future of Rhodes.” A SOVIET OPINION. PACIFIC FUTURE CENTRE OF THE WORLD. MOSCOW, Aug. 4.
M. Karakhan, a member of the Soviet Foreign Affairs commissariat, has proceeded to China on a special mission. He declared that the Pacific in future would become the centre of international politics, and after fortifying Singapore the British would be the masters of Asia.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2715, 7 August 1923, Page 5
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