COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE
' THE RETRENCHMENT SCHEME. SECURITY OF THE PACIFIC. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, May 17. The official military view of the Defence retrenchment scheme is that the Government has framed _ its proposals wisely, and that the promise of peace in the Pacific has materially reduced the obligations of the commonwealth to build up an expensive miltary organisation. The Ministry has been guided by two facts—firstly, the prospect of at least 10 years’ peace in the Pacific; and, secondly, the Imperative demand for economy. The Ministry cut its coat according to its cloth, and decided to abandon all appearances which might show an offensive instead of a defensive attitude.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18557, 18 May 1922, Page 5
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108COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 18557, 18 May 1922, Page 5
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