25 DECEMBER 1926, Page 14

THE PROBLEM OF SINGAPORE

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Shall we never learn from history, as well as from the late War, that our possessions are protected by our fleet, and that only a small force is required to protect the Singapore base from raids ?

The Japanese dared not attack Port Arthur until they had destroyed or demobilized the Russian Asiatic fleet. Look at the number of soldiers whose services in France the country was deprived of, because they were kept in England to guard against invasion.—I am, Sir, &c., LEWIS BAYLY Hotel Continental, HyOres. Admiral (retired).