DOMINION PRAISED
TRIBUTE BY LORD BEATTY. SINGAPORE BASE CONTRIBUTIONS. LONDON, June 8. Proposing a resolution of appreciation of New Zealand’s statesmanlike ■and self-sacrificing action in continuing her contribution to the Singapore Base, Earl Beatty told the council of the British Empire League that there was no reason why the original scheme costing £11,000,000 should not be continued when world conditions improved.- The- expenditure by 1935 would be £5,145,000. The Dominons had always recognised that Singapore was one of the most important outposts of the Empire. Britain’s trade possessions in the Far East weie greater than those of any other Power, not excluding Japan. Mr L. C. Amery, in seconding Earl Beatty’s motion said that, without Singapore the Navy might be- wiped off as an effective factor. The •east-of-Siiez trend of political development*in the East indicated that the area of political disturbance would be there rather than elsewhere, and therefore Britain was hound to safeguard her interests. New Zealand’s action in respect to Singapore was a happy augury for. Ottawa, where economic problems must be approached in a bigger spirit.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1932, Page 6
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179DOMINION PRAISED Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1932, Page 6
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