EMPIRE SUPPLIES of Food and Munitions

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 5

EMPIRE SUPPLIES of Food and Munitions

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special committee to be set iip liiiperial Ctfiiference OecMwn 1 — INEVENTOF WAR

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- (K^itedr 36,- 116 *tm.) fiONDON, May 25, • __ Tho* AttsfrSBifl Asadci&t£d Press' pdiiticai corfOSpbiideiit learns thkt, is » sequel to a plan lifg'61y JiiifiatOd. by the Rl. Hdfti J. A.- LyonSi iiiid SrP Ai'chdal^ FatkMlL a permaiient imperial ofganisAtioil will be established ttj m&chiiiery fd¥ poolifig and exehaBging munitions afid foodstuffs. This- machinery will b'e drgsiiisfld a® a# to be tG&dy £ot instant operatibii id thb fcvent t)f eonflict mvoiying any part df 'tlie Sfhpire. Sif Thotnas Inskip, the BntisB Mmiste? 6f Befbiiee, will b* a^poifiied ciairman and ctttiyaiier. The platt should in nowise be cdnfnsed with the co-ordiriating oi defeuee pt&gf&6Me£ oi ihe evolution of a conkabii dbtofide peliey fof Ihe Eihpirb, as no attefflpt MR been ihade to reafh agreemeat -ea such questions; moreover the Dominioii8 are disinclined to comjmt themsettee ter this fexfenh However, •greemont has been reached on all jaatter* of principle while fuil agreeifieai wiii qjuieltiy be reached in connectioxi with the dnterchange of supjflieli by WBicfi bscB D omihi dn will be etaaMed f& ctmfnbute in kihd tdWards Empire defenfie frdiS its feidstifijg individual resources, It (* expected that Australi** in nddit-ion to manitfadtafiag hxunitions for iti dW£ Will undeftake td expXiid production fo enable Ihe bupplyiitg of efpfOsrvds fo Singapbre, the Faf East and New Zealand, in additioi tb cnsuring that food supplies will be avaii&ble.If: |b' olear that Australi* led the •ther Dominions in the defence dis* eassidhh. Sir ArOhdatlO Parkhill '3 Bpfeb'eh, altJkmgh inrfeh Johgef thah the otfiefs, s&dW6d thd Cothihoii Wdalth 's re&I gflp cn the sitnction and:' deeply impfesaed the deiegatee. 'fhisy howdver, represents caly oue phase- of- the- defence delibemcOKCenring which .ainpottant dieeussions afe occurring outfeide of th% c^nfeten^e BetweeiS fh# DoittiniOn DfcSjSfriStefs- fcfld experts tvlth Britfiin 'd CMeft of StAif. The resnlts of these di^custdon# will iiot appear dn- the minutes of the confeTence- aasct will nOh be dieclOsed t6 th» pnblie/ To-day's deliberations were held nt Ifo. W Dbtra nSg ^treef,- Mr Stanley BhldWih preSidiirgi The- NOW Zealaft'd, ' B6hth ifrhsdfl On'd Ifidfan fepresenta- ' tives expoonded their re'spective Dominion vdcwpofintn, and Sir Thomas Xnskip followed with a further brief »tat«feent+ fcffer wiiefi it was agreed lo establUh m eoh iMttee "t6 coneider qfteetioAs' &f inttttt&l infetm in ihe ettppfy «Sd pf'odnctiOn of nitmitio6s, wai' mai ewalf and foodettfffta ' * Mr A. thiff-Cfooper, Minister Of War. then "OntKned Britain's measures to : tring ihe erganisation tnd equipxttenti •f her Eegnjar and Teffitorial armiea ii|Md-dste. It ig t inderefttod that he ilrtnSarted that reOruithtg" fof a- Eegalat Afihy- ib&agi itOproVe'd, wAb still f a# below reqdfreffietfts, h'ut there wae a gifeat xmprovement over the {Teriiteriafs strengtfe in Maxch, which was a xecord month, Ixird- 8winto*y Minister for Alr, foilowed With a corfesponding stftte-' inent &S. the Eoyal Air Force, iiidicatiiig that the posrtion had improVOd regarding the output of "niacfiinee. tfbOOgh it yag still soseewhat below sehedSile. The heads of the delegations will reasseaible to-aorrow in eonneetion wdth defende* wh«n the naval pOsitlon will be OTitKxied.- A ittif thitr the fliajof dej fei see disenssion# witf have bee« eoncTnded. Qnestions of defence will then r6jnain With the conlmittees uninl the plenary meetflfig decidee on its defence TOseliJtiett# at the efed of the conference.