PERIL FROM THE AIR.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2648, 17 May 1923, Page 5

PERIL FROM THE AIR.

BROADCASTED WARNING. CABINET MINISTER ON NEED FOR DEFENCE. AGAINST HOSTILE AIRCRAFT. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Wednesday, 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 16. One thousand Londoners had the novel experience of listening to a Cabinet Minister wirelessing a warning of the air peril. Sir Samuel Hoare broadcasted his speech, in which he said that the development of aviation made it possible for a hostile Power to drop on London a weight of bombs far beyond the weight dropped during the war. “We must begin to organise a fortress against such an attack,” declared the Minister. “I desire to impress upon all tire urgent importance of an adequate supply of pilots, also men to man anti-aircraft guns and searchlights. Guns will always be necessary as a final defence against raiders who may have penetrated the aeroplane defences.” iMRSITIP LINE MOOTED, (Received Wednesday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, May 15. Mr. S. Baldwin, in replying in the House of Commons, said negotiations were proceeding with the parties interested in the establishment of a company to run airships, but he did not anticipate an early decision.