ARMAMENTS AS DETERRENTS
Speaking on the defence proposals before the House of Commons. Mr Stanley Baldwin .. said:—“ The international situation is series enough, but it is just as well to avoid exaggeration. In the proposals, in spite of the increased liabilities of Britain, the army is less and will be less than it was in 1914. The navy, in spite of the increases f hat will be proposed in the estimates which we shall be considering early next week, is far from being a great naw in the sense that we used the word in 1914. The expansion is in the new arm, the air, and the great expense of this programme is in the air. where it is being expended. I believe. with the consent of the whole nation. There may be complaints here and there as to how it is being expended, but that this nation should possess an Air Force of immense power I believe is the view of practically every soul in this country. But with all this" he added "I would repeat again that there is no .bought and no intention of aggression by Britain. We want to put ourselves in a position to deter aggression. Deterrence is one of our main objects, and if you believe deterrence possible you will believe that ineffective deterrence is worse than useless.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23161, 10 April 1937, Page 14
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