DOMINION AID SOUGHT IN CASE OF WAR

Grey River Argus, 11 October 1948, Page 4

DOMINION AID SOUGHT IN CASE OF WAR

Question for Premiers’ Conference (Rec. 9.30) LONDON, Oct. 9 “Britain will ask the Dominions to pledge their full military support for the Brussel’s alliance, in the event or war against Russia." This is stated oy the Associated Press correspondent at Paris. He quotes for inis .authoritative British Commonwealth sources, who he says, insisted on their anonymity being kepi. These sources said that the British had a plan, whereby each Dominion would be asked to accept representation on the unified Military Stair Committee of the alliance. Canada ■already has military observers sitting in the Military Alliance Command, which Marshal Montgomery now ffiads. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, India and Ceylon will also be asked to' join. Details of this, ana of other more specific projects, have already been sant to the various Dominions from Landon. It was stated that the British Commonwealth Prime ' Ministers’ talks, next week, would be heavily underlined by what the British leaders leel to be a need for the Dominions to cooperate on a regional basis.

SOUTH AFRICA’S TERMS An official South African source said that the South African Union would undertake specific military commitments only if Britain, r rance and the Benelux countries were involved in war against Russia. Ino Union would reserve its right to remain neutral in the event ch war against any non-Communist state.