DANGER IN NUMBERS
ALLIES THAT WE REALLY NEED. “We are inclined to suppose tha there is safety in numbers, and that the more countries there are with us, the stronger we are,” said Mr F. A. Voigh' in a broadcast talk discussing Britain’? new policy in East Europe. "The truth is rather different —there is often danger in numbers. It is sometimes necessary to have allies, but it will al ways be best to have as few, and no' as many, as possible. If we ourselve: are weak, we shall not have any "allie; at all: if we are strong, we shall attract allies, but we must be very care ful to accept only those «■’? really nee-i —allies so situated that their co-opera-tion will serve the defence of some vital interest of ours. Superfluous allie: may bo an encumbrance and a source of weakness, instead of strength. W< must severely limit cur commitment: to what is essential to our national sc curity. If we don’t impose this limits Iron with sufficient vigour we shall finourselves involved in conflicts not ou own and with great peril, to vital in terests of ours.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1939, Page 9
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