TALK OF WAR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 298, 18 December 1933, Page 6

TALK OF WAR

ATMOSPHERE IN ENGLAND. ; VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS. PALMERSTON N., Dee. 14. “What is England talking about 1” This question, asked by Mr. M. H. Oram, of Palmerston North, who has just returned from a trip to the Old Country, brought forth a rather startling answer. “England is talking currency and war,’’ he replied—“when it was coming and who the participants will be.” “Why are they talking war?” the reporter asked. “Because they think it is inevitable,” answered Mr. Oram. “How are they gong to get out of the present difficult circumstances? France must have security. Her territory was devastated, her people killed, and families scattered to the four winds. I Buildings and memorials have been I razed to the ground. Germany sufIfered nothing of that in the Great War. Sh lost lives, but her territory remained intact. France must have spcutity so that she can be immune in the future, and if the other nations won’t grant her security she must got it herself. The French are very logical nation, and why not leave the solution of the whole of her defences to herself?” asked Mr. Oram. He pointed out that Britain was concentrating on her own defences, especially in the air and on the sea. Tn regard to Britain’s internal affairs. Mr. Oram said he experienced a general feeling of returning confidence in the country’s future. I