U.S. “PROTECTION OF AUSTRALIA”
GERMAN NEWSPAPER STORY KEEPING TIGHT REIN ON JAPAN AMERICAN PLANS IN PACIFIC (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received May 1, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press sends an extract from an editorial, in which the newspaper Allgemeine Zeitung appears to suggest that the United States has quietly taken over the “protection” of Australia and Singapore in the event of an emergency. The writer declares that America is acting differently from 20 years ago. She is not waiting until the end of the war to carry out her plans. However, the assumption that Britain cannot be defeated is no longer true. The extract concludes: “A German victory will work to the Japanese advantage and divert America from her policy of ‘keeping a tight rein on Japan’ after having taken over the ‘protection’ of Australia and Singapore.
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Southland Times, Issue 24114, 1 May 1940, Page 7
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