MUTUAL DEFENCE

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21224, 21 September 1940, Page 10

MUTUAL DEFENCE

BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES JOINT USE OF BASES NEW ZEALAND AFFECTED (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK, Sept. 20 The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says representatives of the British Empire and the United States are conferring on the possibility of closer co-operation between the English-speaking peoples throughout the world, with particular reference to the joint use of naval and air bases for mutual defence. The United States Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian, and the Australian Minister to Washington, Mr R. G. Casey, are taking part in the conversations, chiefly in regard tc the United States using Australian, New Zealand and South African bases. The United States, it is stated, has adopted a policy of keeping enemies far from its coast. Thus bases in Australia. South Africa and Singapore would obviously be most valuable. The New York Daily News says the United States Aeronautics Board has announced that the chairman of the Canada-America Defence Board, Mr La Guardia, is negotiating for the granting to Canada of airport facilities to train cadets at Florida when snow prevents their training in Canada.