TRIPLE THREAT TO EMPIRE
What Are Government's Ihtentions? (Beceived 18, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17. Sir Arcbibald Sinclair, addresslng tbe House of Commons during the defence debate, said: ' ' We are taced with the pdssibility 'of a tripie attack against tbe Eittpirfe ln tbe Par East and tbe Medltfetranfein and a knock-imt blow at tbe iieaxt of tbe Etnpire. We ate entitied to kfiow wietber tbe' Gov-ft.-nTnp.nfs policy is coliective security, military aljiance or isolation. •'This vast expenditiire on armaments must force up prices. Tbe 6overnlnetit sbould satisfy us tbat it is taking effective measures to make ' .tbfse armaments uinbeessaiy.^^ rEnunciating tbe policy, of fetdoving etuses Of armament, Sir Arcbibald Sinclair tifged tbe G-dvferitihent to Ptfive for tbe abolitiott of qdotas, Imperial prefereiice and tbe testbration of tbe open dodr in the colonial Empire. He also tlrged the appointment of c'omniis^ eions to' investigate tbe grievances of disSatisfied, nations._ „
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 5
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