THE SINGAPORE BASE.
JAPANESE VIEWPOINT. PURELY A BRITISH CONCERN. Eire Tel Conyrialn— United Press Assn IReu t ops Tel eg ram.) (Received July 24, 2 p.in.) TOKIO, July 23. Tnkarake, Minister of the Navy, informed a Parliamentary deputation that the establishment of tliei Singapore base has long been contemplated by Britain, who, lie. was of opinion, was compelled by the' change in the situation brought about by the abrogation of the AngloJnpancfie alliance to lake steps to secure the safety of her interests in China and India. Baron Uehida, Foreign Minister, declared that Singapore, being outside the sphere defined in the Washington agreement, the question of its defence was purely a. British concern.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16186, 24 July 1923, Page 6
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