DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
LABOUR CABINET REVIEWS POLICY “SACRED TRUST OUTRAGED” CANBERRA, Friday. The Prime Minister, Mr. J. H. Scullin, commenting on the decision to suspend compulsory training among the youths of Australia, said the Government had no intention of interfering with the defence of the Commonwealth. There would he a general review of militai-y policy, with the idea of discovering a more efficient ami less costly system. Other members of the Cabinet hinted that the former volunteer system would be reintroduced.
Sir George Pearce, Minister of Defence in Mr. Bruce’s Government, said the Labour Government had no authority to suspend compulsory training and military camps. Another former Minister described it as an outrage on a most sacred trust.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 11
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118DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 11
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