NEAR EAST ISSUES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22544, 8 October 1936, Page 7

NEAR EAST ISSUES

DANGERS OF CONFLICT ADDRESS TO BUSINESS MEN The war danger that existed through the competition of Powers for Palestine and the oi! from the Euphrates Valley and the undermining of British influence in the Near EaSfc was stressed by Dr. C. J. Rolls in a luncheon address to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in Milne and Choyce's Reception Hall yesterday. Mr. G. Jackson presided. Italy, Germany and Russia all had designs in this area, said Dr. Rolls, who recently travelled through the Near East countries. Some clay the three countries might combine and Britain's only hope was that they should keep a pari. It was being broadcast throughout the Eastern Mediterranean that Britain could no longer act as an international policeman. Dr. Rolls read extracts to show that Italy was prophesying the subjugation of Britain by Rome, as in early times, and mentioned the danger of a conilicfc between Anglo-Saxon and Latin. It was the duty oi: Anglo-Saxon countries to prepare and see to their defence, or it would bo too late. It was no use acting the ostrich. In the event of conflict Britain would be busy defending the main base of the Empire, and the outlook would be serious for Australia and New Zealand, which must be ready to defend themselves.