AIR-MAD

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1935, Page 7

AIR-MAD

THE. YOUTH OF GERMANY LONDON, July 10. Mr Ormsby-Gore, First Commissioner of Works in the British Cabinet, said the youth of Germany was being taught not merely to be air-minded but air-mad. Obviously if any country had an air force Germany had a right to an air force, but its size and character concerned every country in Europe. She was now engaged in setting the pace, and a very hot pace, too. In order to maintain parity in air strength with Germany, Britain had to announce a further gigantic and expensive increase in the home defence air force, and carry out jbhat expansion in the minimum of time if Britain were not/ to be at Germany’s mercy and dictation should she ever in the future desire to make diplomatic demands upon us.

“Let us hv all means pursue the idea of political, air and other Pacts on the Locarno model inside the Covenant of the League,” Mr OrmsbyGore added, “but I have a feeling that unless air Pacts are accompanied by definite limitations the peoples of the world cannot have that sense of of security which alone can ensure peace.”