DISARM IN THE AIR.
Frenchman's Idea Received With Jeers. OUTLAWRY OF 'PLANES IN WAP. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) PARIS, December 25. A suggestion that the use of aeroplanes in war should be outlawed and that commercial aviation should be made international, was made in the Senate yesterday by M. Henri de Jouvenel, former editor of "Le Matin," and a delegate to the League of Nations. M. de Jouvcnel's proposal that Francc should make such idea part of her disarmament programme at Geneva was met With hostile jeers by one member of the Senate, who said: "What a splendid speech for our enemies abroad." M. de iJouvenel vigorously attacked the French Government for increasing its military expenditure.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 305, 26 December 1928, Page 7
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