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-NO HISTORICAL GUIDE" STANDSTILL AGREEMENT (Received June 1, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Sir Herbert Samuel, Leader iof the Liberal Party, in introducing the Air debate in the House of Commons, said that he regretted that the discussion synchronised with the fall of the Trench Government, whose altitude towards the limitation of air armaments was most important. "There is no insincerity," he '.said. "While supporting the collective ..system I realise that the nation must take care of its own defence." The conquest of the air had introduced a new" element for which history offered no guide. If another conflict ensued, swift seaplanes attacking merchantmen might be a more serious menace than submarines were in the last' war. The Liberals therefore reluctantly recognised that the Government must increase air armaments, though every attempt should be made to limit them. Sir Stafford Cripps (Labour, Bristol) said he hoped the Government would not hesitate to take .he initiative in; calling for an international conference. It should at first seek a standstill agreement, and, if that failed, hold up the vast capital. expenditure on the Air Force lor a specified time, instead of establishing an enormous force which might have to be scrapped.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 9
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202A NEW ELEMENT Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 9
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