EMPIRE OUTLOOK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1939, Page 8

EMPIRE OUTLOOK

SPEECH BY SIR S. HOARE NO DOG IN THE MANGER POLICY. RAW MATERIALS PROBLEM. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This'Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, February 10. ‘•Britain doos note intend to adopt a dog in the manger policy regarding her great colonial Empire,” declared Sir Samuel Hoare in a speech at Plymouth. ‘‘Often, as Foreign Secretary, I thought we had tended since the Great War to ignore the root causes of future ware. We concentrated too much on reduction of armaments and too little upon the causes making armaments necessary. If the supply of raw materials is likely to be the cause of future disputes, there is no reason why this and every trade question cannot be settled by discussion and negotiation." He added that people were determined to do their utmost for peace, but were equally determined to abandon none of the Empire’s vital interests. Referring to naval expansion, Sir Samuel Hoare expressed the opinion that Britain will never again be faced with a submarine menace comparable .to that of the Great War. Although publication of the figures was not in the public interest, it could be revealed that warplane production was definitely above popular estimates.