London, Mar. 4." have aimed, and are aiming at getting nearer to Japan", stated Mr. R. G, Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, speaking in London yesterday.
"We are not aiming at sitting suspiciously in dur corner, While this is going on we must be a grown-up people and be realists; because we are realists we have pursued in Australia a policy of local defence which is directed it enabling us to resist with our own forces any attack by any aggressor, have no reason to fell eve and 1 have no sort of belief that the Paciac Ocean cannot in fact be made pacific all the peoples who live on its borders will merely be frank, sensible and tolerant, and endeavour to effect an understanding with each other."
Dealing with relations between Australia and America, Me. Menzies said: "We shall better begin to under stand the relations between America and Australia if we really assume that Americans are exactly the same os ourselves."
Americans had their own ideal and their ideas are not necessarily the same as those of the Australigns.
'Their interests too are not necess ly' the same as those of the Austra-Vans', Mr. Menzies said.
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