MENACE IN EAST
WARNING ACAINST JAPAN (Australian Press Association). SYDNEY, June 23. Captain Humphreys Davis, of Auckland, arrived at Sydney, after 'a; visit to the east. He described Japan as the most industrious and. most efficient nation in the world. There was not a port in Japan that was not busier than Sydney, and her merchant fleet was so large that she could transport an army of a million men at a moment's notice. Within ten years, the menace might materialise. Japan was probably the most efficient nation in history. Everywhere were signs of the most intense industrial activity, and lie feared Japan was an everincreasing menace to Australia and New Zealand. Captain H. Feakes, on return from a tour of China and Japan, stated: Australia is in the Pacific, and she cannot afford, and will not be allowed t 0 avoid the responsibilities of such a position. • ?
He expressed the greatest satisfaction at the news that an Australian squadron was at,last making back to its former status as a Dominion navy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1933, Page 5
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