SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.
CONSTRUCTION ESSENTIAL. NO MENACE TO JAPAN. AN ADMIRALTY STATEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 9.15 p.m.) Bonier. LONDON. Feb. 9. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, in a speech at Burnley emphasising tho need for a naval base at Singapore, refuted the suggestion that such action might be regarded as likely to cause uneasiness in Japan. Continuing, Mr. Bridgoman said: "Tho Japanese Government, whose friendship we value now as wo valued its loyal alliance in the Great War, was well aware at. the time of tho Washington Convention that this project had long been in our minds. Our action is taken for tho solo purpose of introducing greater economy and efficiency into the movements. of our ships in those waters, and not from any expectation of attack from Japan, and still less from any ag gressive desires on our part."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18940, 11 February 1925, Page 9
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