Defence of the Dominions
Attitude of Britain Defined ASSURANCE TO MR. LYONS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Monday, 10.20 p.m. CANBERRA, March 14. Arising from the statement made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain regarding Imperial defence and the point whether Mr. Chamberlain meant that in a* time of crisis the Dominions could not rely on British naval and military assistance, Mr. J. A. Lyons, Federal Prime Minister, cabled for an elaboration of Mr. Chamberlain's statement. This was received to-day and subsequently Mr. Lyons said the first objective of Ihe British Government includes not only the protection of the Mother Country, but the preservation of trade routes, carried out by naval forces supplemented by military and air forces, which at the same time would provide the principal protection for British territory all over the world. Mr. Lyons said Mr. Chamberlain assured him it would be wrong to deduce from the speech that protection of overseas possessions, because it appeared third on the list, was not regarded as of first-rate importance.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 62, 15 March 1938, Page 7
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