DEFENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23258, 30 January 1939, Page 12

DEFENCE

Sir, —Your loading article in Wednesday's. Hebald should lie read Iby every adult person in this country. ' Tliat we New Zealand people are living in a fool's paradise is beyond doubt. We are about to give our tiihe,~ energv and money in creating and maintaining a huge scheme called Social Security while we lave prsctically no national security whatever, We go on building roads,'railways, etc., etc., for what!' .Just a ripe plum to be picked whenever it is required. What position would this country have been in to-day if war had broken out before Britain had to humble herself and make the Munich agreement? And 1 wonder what excuses our politicians would have tried to make to us for our position. Whether we require warships, submarines, or bombers, or all three, is a matter for experts, but it appears certain that Australia and this country will have to stand or fall together. The sooner they get together and' devise a national security scheme the better, even though we have to tighten our belts for a few years. Most other countries have -already done so, unfortunately for vis, but it would be an insurance and security that every thinking man and woman will be'prepared to pay for. if not for them- . selves, then for posterity and the security of our birthright. New Zf.alandeb.