NATIONAL DEFENCES
BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS SUREST GUARANTEE OF PEACE (Britijb Official Wirele**.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, May 1. (Received May 2, at 1.30 p.m.)
The Prime Minister spoke at the annual demonstration of the Primrose League in Albert Hall. Mr Baldwin said he believed) that the position of the Crown was more firmly embedded in the hearts of the people than it had ever been, being the greatest bulwark for democracy against despotism and tyranny from any quarter. The Government had begun to redeem the promise it made at the election to overhaul the national defences and equipment. The greatest peril in the world to-day came from the air, and' it was in the air the Government was making the greatest efforts to strengthen the defences. In his view strength in the air and the knowledge of that strength abroad and of the defences prepared against air attacks were the surest guarantees of peace. “ My whole aim as Prime Minister,” he said, “ is peace, not out of a spirit of cowardice, hut because I realise what war means for Europe. I pledge myself and the Government to do everything to procure and maintain peace.
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Evening Star, Issue 22328, 2 May 1936, Page 15
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194NATIONAL DEFENCES Evening Star, Issue 22328, 2 May 1936, Page 15
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