SINGAPORE DECLARED ESSENTIAL TO EMPIRE
Duty to Dominions CHURCHILL EMPHATIC ON NEED FOR BASE United Press Association—By Electric Telegrapli—Copyright. TORONTO, Aug. 16. “The completion of the Singapore Naval Base is essential to the security of the Empire communications, ” said Mr. Winston Churchill in a speech today. “Singapore,” ho said, “ is nothing more or less than a resting-place for the British Fleet and the friendly relations of Britain and Japan belie the assertion that it is a menace to the Oriental Empire’s security. We must have communications between the various parts of the Empire, and the base must be built. Australia and New Zealand have already contributed more money to its construction than the Mother Country. To stop now because of a change of Government would be disastrous.” Mr. Churchill recalled the efforts of New Zealand and Australia for the Empire during the war. These Dominions were entitled to expect that, if danger should threaten them, the Empire should go to their aid, with all the strength which could be mustered. Successfully to accomplish this the Navy needed a base in the East, where ships could ob tain fuel and supplies en route for Australia.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6992, 19 August 1929, Page 7
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194SINGAPORE DECLARED ESSENTIAL TO EMPIRE Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6992, 19 August 1929, Page 7
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