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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 April 1934, Page 7

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LIMITATION OF ARMS - > : : THE FRENCH NOTE -“TV.: (United Press Association—By (Electric' Telegraph—Copyright; ■ rowh LONDON. 19th April.' Til Tlie “Daily Mail” urging the Government to face the disarmament crisis-de-w, dares that Britain is now confronted y with a graver situation than in 1909, , when the supremacy of the Navy \yasj threatened. England’s decision was-at. ', stake, and a wrong decision would have brought the. downfall of Die Empire in. 1914. To-day the Air Force, despite, tlie "* magnificent personnel, is utterly 1 inadequate, yet tlie air danger is far., yfijtse■'/, than the sea peril,, as an enemy could ‘ 1 strike an appalling • blow, within a fe,w, minutes of the declaration of-war.• The ..“News-Chronicle” . expresses ‘the'"' opinion that this is no time for panicky decisions, nevertheless France has finally barred the door to limitation of anus. Consequently Britain should.' inform France that the majority of Britons re- .... fuse to permit France to use the .League to perpetuate the Treaty of. Versailles and impose inferiority on Germany. Tlie “Daily Mail’s” Paris correspondent says the Government’s disarmament attitude .is . unanimously approved. Meanwhile statesmen urge ,an AngloFrench defensive alliance, which Cabi- " net regards as the sole guarantee of -• European peace. France will now embark on numerous military measures, involving .aii increase in armaments of .at least £50,000,000,- which-will be. spentdn completing and modernising the’, air'-' forces and completing fortresses. • • ;