BRITAIN'S PEACE EFFORTS
CAPTAIN EDEN'S MISSION A NOTE OF DISAPPOINTMENT Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 25. It is reported that Captain Eden’s visit to Berlin was disappointing, Germany’s attitude being uncompromising. The 1 News of the AVorld ’ says it is practically certain that the Government will proceed to secure the safety of the country by' means of a National Defence Act, under which the Air Force would be doubled, the money being raised by a national loan. MR CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS BRITAIN REACHING THE LIMIT. LONDON, February 24. Speaking at Plymouth, Mr Neville Chamberlain said that soma' peopld regarded the Navy as obsolete and would rather trust aeroplanes. If other countries have aeroplanes JJnglaud must, but the plane was no substitute for the cruiser. Britain set the world an exampl in disarmament, but there was a limit beyond which she could not go alone. England was not self-contained and needed ships to bring essential commodities, and she could only guard ships with ships.
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Evening Star, Issue 21655, 26 February 1934, Page 9
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