EMPIRE DEFENCE.
AUSTRALTA’S POSITION. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION MELBOURNE, June 2. At a meeting of the Navy League, speakers stressed the point that if the Japanese foriiliod the Marshall and Caroline- Islands their naval bases would lie two thousand miles nearer Australia than at present. It was ugred that there was a need for a definite Australian naval policy, prominence being given to the fact that Britain was no longer the first sea power owing to her having fallen Inflow tho United States. The speakers contended that it was unsafe for any single nation, at the present time to disarm, and that Australia’s defence policy must be part of the Empire policy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1923, Page 2
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113EMPIRE DEFENCE. Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1923, Page 2
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