THE PACIFIC
SIR JAMES 'ALLEN’S ALARM
(limbed Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, May 2,
Tn, a speech at, the annual meeting of the' Navy League, Sir James Allen saief he viewed with considerable alarm the position in the, Pacific. He looked with a good deal of suspicion on the occupation of the Marshall Islands bv the Japanese. Ho hoped Japan had no intention of spreading wings c,\ or the Pacific, but he feared there was a possibility of it. The Minister added that »*- was impossible to give any-idea as to what our naval policy would be. Lord Jelllcoe was on his way to give advice. If we were to protect the se.4s v every part of the Empire should lake, its shave, both in money and in men. He did not know what ships or machines would be required in future. Regarding an air service, the Minister said , he thought it was necessary to have a minimum establishment of experts here to train men for defence in the air, if the need arose. Air machines could be used -for other than military purposes. With regard to the naval and air services, he asked the people to he. patient until the opinion of experts was available.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 7
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