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BRITAIN'S EGYPTIAN

AIR

AMBASSADOR

INTERVIEWED

Misunderstandings

Cleared Away ·

SHORTAGE INTE

FACTORIES UNABLE

TO KEEP PACE

THE CHINA-MAIL, MARCH 6, 1997.

New Policy Of Royal Air Force

Important feature of the program-(long will be sufficient to meet all me of Royal Air Force expansion, requirements. Sir Thomas Inskip, which is aimed to bring the total Minister for the Coordination of London, To-day. The recently concluded Anglo-strength in firstline aircraft of the Defence, has spoken with admiration (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”)

Egyptian Treaty cleared up half a Service Metropolitan, Fleet Air of the way in which the airframe century

of important misunder-Arm, and overseas squadrons-up to constructing industry has met an ab- London, To-day.

two coun- some 2,500 aeroplanes, backed by normal and infinitely complex situa is standings between the Britain's aircraft industry

full war reserves, is an increase in tion without substantial delays in quite unable to cope with the huge tries.

So declared the newly-appointed individual squadron armament. All production; 1937 will see the last of re the inevitable delays overtaken and rush of orders that have resulted following the decision to increase Egyptian Ambassador in London in fighter squadrons, formerly

an interview with newspapermen stricted to 12 first-line aircraft, now the whole gigantic machinery of re-! have 14. Heavy bomber squadrons, search, design and manufacture rearmaments.

In spite of the fact that every air-yesterday.

Referring to the question of with former complement of 10 first-working smoothly and rapidly to craft factory in the land is work- ing at full pressure the demands of capitulations, which are to be dis-line aeroplanes, now have 12. Fly-provide Great Britain with an Air cussed at the forthcoming Montreux ing-boat squadron strength has Force second to none in the world in the Air Ministry- cannot be met.

the Ambassador said gone up from 4 to 6. Each of the technical efficiency and striking po- Both Government-controlled and conference,

find

themselves the question had met no outstand-new general reconnaissance squad-wer.

rons has 13 first-line aeroplanes, private factories

which is the largest squadron. com- confronted with too many orders. ing obstacles.-Trans-Ocean. MONTREUX POINTS

Cairo, To-day. plement since the War.

Hence the increase that has Four points in connexion with

been achieved in the According to the "Daily Ex-the forthcoming capitulations con- already

ference at Montreux have been strength of the Service is consider- press," contracts signed during drawn up by the Egyptian Liberal (ably greater than is apparent from the number of new squadrons added February with American firms by the British Air Ministry and pri vate aircraft-manufacturing firms totalled £122,000.

The result has been the placing

of large orders with firms in the United States.

The journal forecasts a decided increase in this figure during March as well as succeeding months. Trans-Ocean.

CABALLERO

AS

DICTATOR

Demands And Gets Plenary Powers

Party.

ZEPPELINS FOR FAR EAST?

Dutch steamship interests have 1. Commercial privileges enjoy- since expansion was begun. Fur-been studying for several years the tween Holland and the Dutch East ed by foreigners should be ended ther, the increased size of individual matter of closer communication be- units means economy of administra- immediately after the conference.

Indies. 2. The period of transition tien, and considerable operational should be of short duration. advantages. One effect is that the

3. Egyptian jurisdiction should number of new squadrons to immediately come into being at the formed is reduced from the figure end of this transitional period with-originally contemplated, because the desired first-line strength will be out additional negotiations.

4. Any further examination of attained at a lower figure. the situation should only be made after the conference has been held: -Trans-Ocean.

be

They have apparently concluded, and so stated, that they would pre- fer airships to super-surface ships of the Queen Mary type.

It expects to have four ships of the Hindenburg type in service by

They have been working closely with the German interests at Frie- drichshafen, having engineers at The new year finds the aircraft

the works and aboard ship. At pre- on the industry fairly launched high-performance monoplanes need sent Friedrichshafen is busy build- ing the IZ-130 and has a third air- ed to implement the expansion pro-ship on paper. gramme. Up to the present aero LOS ANGELES TO RHODESIA engine building has kept in front of schedule, but airframe construc-. IN FIFTEEN DAYS

tion has lagged somewhat, due to 1939. Up to the present no out- side contracts for airships have Another remarkable illustration adoption of fundamentally new me

been taken. is now forthcoming of the speedthods of construction and need for Paris, To-day.

Hencefor Premier Largo Caballero has de-with which long-distance journeys complete re-equipment and large ex- ward, the c curve of output of the manded and received plenary-pow can be accomplished by a combina-pansion of workshops.

Among the passengers arriving ers from all political parties in the tion of air and sea transport.

Mr. J. A. Brun,

w planes, which include the in the Colony on board the P. and an American new Valencia Government, according to

engineer with interests in Africa, world's fastest and most formidable 0. Naldera yesterday were Mr. W. a radio news agency report.

The report states that Senor finding that he needed to make an fighting Caballero can now direct all the urgent journey from Los Angeles to affairs of the Spanish Government Salisbury (Rhodesia), has just suc- ceeded in completing the trip in 15 in any way he pleases.

days by air-liner and ocean-liner: whereas by surface transport alone five weeks or more.

He is said to have demanded this power as a condition of his retain- ing his post.

Leaving Los Angeles on Decem- President Azana is expected to her 4 Mr. Brun crossed the Atlan make a public announcement of his tic in the Queen Mary, the liner unbounded confidence in the Prem-docking at Southampton on Decem- ier:-Trans-Oceani

ber 22. On the same day at 12.30 p.m. Mr. Brun caught the Im- Six, naval ratings were thrown over-perial Airways outward-bound board, but were soon rescued, when, a boat they were sailing belonging to the Africa service at Croydon and, sloop minesweeper. Salamander capsiz after his flight through to Salis- bury, landed there on December 29. ed in Weymouth Bay.

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