BRITAIN’S AIR POLICY.
“Our position in the world made a Navy second to none a condition of our due maintenance of prestige, and this was accepted as an' axiom of international politics. In just the same way we must now proclaim a standard of air power as the expression in terms of force of our legitimate influence in the world’s affairs. . The surest way to promote competition and the unhealthy suspicious atmosphere which it engenders is for Britain to acquiesce for the time •being in a condition which she cannot possibly endure permanently, such action is folly, whether judged nationally with an eye to our defensive needs, or internationally with an eye to the world’s peace. It is a form of disarmament which defeats its own ends, for real disarmament, as Washington has taught us, can only be achieved by an agreement based."' on accepted proportionate strengths. . . The world waits for Britain to indicate her proportionate standard of strength in the air.—London Observer.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15908, 21 August 1923, Page 4
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163BRITAIN’S AIR POLICY. Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15908, 21 August 1923, Page 4
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