REASONS FOE SINGAPORE
ECONOMY, NOT AGGRESSION.
[By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Wednesday 7 p.m) LONDON. December 16. Mr W. Bridgeman, in a speech at a luncheon in London, when referring to the Singapore base, declared that nothing could be further from the truth than that the scheme was aggressive. We desired to retain our valuable friendship with the United States and Japan. He was sure American and Japanese statesmen did not regard the provision of the base as any kind of aggressive policy, but as a policy of defence, leading to greater efficiency and economy in the Navy. It was simple a measure of insurance.
There was no cloud on the horizon is far as we could see at the present time, but nobody could foretell the future, and we must be prepared for say unexpected turn in events.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2560, 18 December 1924, Page 7
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