ADEN DISPUTES
POSITION IMPROVING. (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, February 8. Answering a question in the House of Commons, the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Ormsby Gore), referring to air action in the Aden Protectorate, said that the British Government’s policy in the Protectorate was that intertribal quarrels should be checked, and the trade routes kept open. To secure these objectives, it had been found necessary from time to time hi the past to take air action against recalcitrant tribesmen. Such measures were taken only as a last resort, And adequate warning was always . given to the inhabitants. As a result, the number of casualties had been very small. “ . ’ He denied reports that there had been unrest in the Protectorate, and that considerable bodies of troops had been sent to the area. On the contrary, there had been a steady improvement in the general tranquility.
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Grey River Argus, 10 February 1938, Page 2
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