AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1925, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS

'inmUUAN AND N.Z- CABLE ASSOCIATION A REMARKABLE SPEECH. NEW YORK. March 20. One of the most remarkable jingo speeches delivered during recent years was made yesterday at a public, dinner in New York hy Sir Charles Higham. a British advertising man. who is here on a mission to exploit the sale of Indian tea in the United States. Addressing the Sphinx Club, Sir C'. Higham made the serious assertion that another war, possibly within a year, would develop with the United States allied against Japan, Germany and other races unless the English speaking nations built a war defence, to show warlike nations “ that they were not

going to have any nonsense.’’ The speaker further claimed that a plan was being formed for the yellow races to make an aerial attack on the Panama Canal., California and New Mexico, and after they had got rid of the United States Defences, Bern j:\ny would attack k ranee.

Canada and Australia would meanwhile have their hands full looking after thmeselvos. while Britain would bo handicapped by assisting 1‘ ranee. Sir C. I lighman claimed another war was inevitable because the Japanese want power and great dominions. The United States prosperity and unlimited resources made her a tempting morsel for the warlike nations of the world, and her very isolation made her danger greater. She really had only one great ally, namely the British Empire, which country, in his opinion with United States, constituted the only two that were not progressive! v keen oil war."

Sir C. 11 igham’s remarks are printed to-dav at great length in the

“Times” and other papers, though it is a little hard to understand why advertising men should assume toe mantle of a political prophet.