BRITISH POLICY IN EAST
♦ GROWING IMPORTANCE OF AIR FORCE NEWSPAPER'S VIEWS LONDON, February 11. The newspaper "People" declares that Great Britain's policy in the Far East has quietly but suddenly changed. The air force is becoming the first line of defence, land guns second, and the-navy a poor third. A crack Royal Air Force torpedobombing squadron has reached Singapore, and three more squadrons are to follow, bringing the Singapore strength to nearly 70 machines. They are all either big torpedo-bombing aeroplanes or diving bombers similar to the type which unexpectedly harassed the navy in the Firth of Forth manoeuvres in September. The nev/spaper adds: "The recent naval conference at Singapore showed that the navy is no longer capable of the defence of the Far East. The Singapore dockyard is likely to prove a white elephant.''
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21088, 13 February 1934, Page 9
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