BASE FOR DEFENCE.
THE SINGAPORE SCHEME.
NOT AGGRESSIVE GESTURE. NEED FOR PREPARATION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Dee. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 16. The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. W. C. Bridgeman), in a speech at "aluncheon in London, when referring to the Singapore base, declared that nothing could be further from the truth than that the scheme is aggressive. We desired to retain our valuable friendship with the United States and Japan. He was sure American and Japanese statesmen did not regard the provision of the base as any kind o>f aggressive policy, but as a policy of defence, leading to greater efficiency and economy in the navy. It was simiply a measure of insurance. '
There was no cloud on the horizon as far as we could see at the present time, added Mr. Bridgeman, but nobody -could foretell the future, and we must lie prepared fcr any un?xpected turn in events.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1924, Page 7
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