A SCAREMONGER.

Wairarapa Age, 23 March 1925, Page 5

A SCAREMONGER.

PUTTING THE WIND UP. THE NEXTGREAT WAB. (Press Association-Copyright.) - (Received 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Malyh 20.—One of the most remarkable jingo speeches deliered during recent years was made yesterday at a public dinner in New York by Sir Chdrles Higham (late M. a prominent British advertising man, who is here on a mission to exploit the sale of Indian tea in the United States. Addressing the Sphinx Club Sir Charles Higham made the serious assertion that another war, possibly within 10 years, would develop with, the United States and Britain allied against Japan, Germany and others unless the English-speaking nations built up their air defences to show warlike nations that “they were not going to have any nonsense.’’ The speaker further claimed that a plan was being formed for the yellow races to make an aerial attack on the Panama Canal and California and to land in Mexico after they had get rid of the United States defences. Simultoneously Germany would attack France. Canada and Australia meanwhile, he said, would have their hands full looking after themselves, while Britain would be handicapped by assisting France. Sir Charles Higham claimed that another war was inevitable, because the Japanese want power and great dominions. The United States prosperity and unlimited'resources make her tempting morsel for the warlike nations of the world, and her very isolation made the danger greater. ‘ ‘ She really has only one great Ally, namely the British Empire, which country, in my opinion, with the United States, are the only two which are not progressively keen on war.’’ Sir Charles Higham’s remarks are printed to-day at great length in the “Times” and other papers, though it ij a little hard to understand why an advertising man should assume the mantle of political prophet.—(A. and N.