FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE.
WHAT LOCARNO REVEALED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 11, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, April Ul. Major-General Sir Frederick Sykes, M.P., in the “Army Quarterly,” says : Locarno lias again shown the weakness of the imperial foreign policy and defence. The Lotanio hope cannot' be realised without a concerted Imperial mandate in foreign policy, and definite steps towards disarmament. lie urges a stronger Imperial defence .scheme is the soundest policy in .British interesis as a. basis for a. 'reduction of armaments and tlie best deterrent of war. There must be a .systematic and continuous review, instead of (spasmodic reference to tlie Dominions. Sir Frederick Sykes suggests tlie creation of a. supremo defence staff, under the presidency of the J’rimo Minister, charged with tlie consolidation ol tile three arms of Imperial defence, ensuring touch with tlie Dominions, and security with a minima of hirers at tlie lowest cost, ultimately taking over staff and administrative duties, and forming a, backbone o( the Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19260412.2.39
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 April 1926, Page 9
Word count
Tapeke kupu
174FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 April 1926, Page 9
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in