N.S.W. RHODES SCHOLAR
SYDNEY, Nov. 21. lan George Esplin, aged 22, has been chosen as the New South Wales Rhodes Scholar for 1937. arteries which, if cut, would cause Britain to bleed to death, but an artery could be temporarily ligatured, whereas it would be useless if the heart was smashed. He emphasised that the greatest danger was from the air, but he believed that if Britain could hold out for the first ten weeks she would win. He urged that there should be at least 50 Air Force aerodromes in Britain apart from the Empire aerodromes at Singapore, Malta, Haifa and Aden. Lord Lloyd attacked the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, saying lhat despite the fact that he had received the strongest mandate to rearm in 1933, he had allowed the Army to become denuded of men, with a minimum of machine-guns, tanks, and anti-aircraft guns. Britain had never been so unprepared for war.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 7
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