“Land Hunger”

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 235, 5 October 1936, Page 7

“Land Hunger”

NAZI COMMENT ON BRITAIN. United Pres 3 Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. BERLIN, Oct. 2. Sharp comment on Britain’s "lana hunger" was published in Per Angriil, the leading i\azi organ, but it was withdrawn in the later editions. The article referred to the Conservative Party’s resolution regarding mandated territories and reported the intention of Australia to ‘'annex the Antarctic." it also contrasted Australia’s population of less than one per square Kilometre with Germany’s 139 and Italy’s 153 per square kilometre.

On October 1 the Conservative Party Conference at Margate enthusiastically adopted a resolution urging the Government to reaffirm Sir Jehu Simon's earlier intimation to Germany that the return of mandates is a question that cannot be discussed.

On August 22 it was reported from Canberra that a proclamation was to bo issued bringing into operation an Act passed by tne Commonwealth Parliament in 1933 providing for the acceptance by the Commonwealth of an area of 3,000,090 square miles in the Antarctic to be known m future as the Australian Antarctic Territory. This territory comprises ail islands and territories except tho French dependency oi Adelie Land, situated south of the 60th degree of south latitude and between tho 160th and 45th degrees of east longitude. The British RetortReceived Sunday, 6.30 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 3. British oilicial comment on Augriff's attack on Australia is confined to a reminder that the area in the Antarctic is chiefly ice and incapable of supporting human activity. The Commonwealth’s title to tho land there has not been disputed.