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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 11, 1938.

BRITAIN TO HAVE FIRST LINE FIGHTER PLANE STRENGTH OF 5,000

London, To-day. Speaking in the Commons debate last evening the Air Minister made an important announcement of the Government's plans for further streng- thening and development of the country's air defences.

Sir Kingsley Wood said it was his intention to make further additions to the first line strength and to provide for substantial increases in reserves both of aircraft and material of the R.A.F.

He would also improve still 'fur- ther equipment and increase pro- ductive capacity.

He intimated that the larger fin- ancial provision required for this programme would bring next. years Air Estimates to about £200,000,- 000 from £120,000,000 of the pre- sent year.

BURMA-YUNNAN RAILWAY

PROJECT.

Shanghai, To-day.

Since British rearmament was essentially defensive, priority in this programme would be given to strengthening the fighter force, The projected railway line link- and there would be substantial and ing up Talichan in the province of progressive increase in first line

Yunnan with Pamou in Burma will strength amounting to about 30 per cent. over the programme already be built under combined British authorised.

5,000 PLANES.

and Chinese direction according to a report reached Shanghai. The railway will have a length of 215

The measure of this strengthen-miles. ing of the fighter force could be

It is learnt from a reliable source found in the fact that to provide that the loan made by Britain to

China .some time back for the con- struction of railway line to con-

Canton and Neihaien in.

the necessary first line aircraft, tó- gether with services required to en- able the force to continue to fight nect jat, full strength; and the aircraft gwangtung "province : will now be required to train pilots and crews utilised for this line as the Japan- and to meet peace wastage and re- ese occupation of Bouth China has equipment, the number of fighter made realisation of the former aircraft now on order and to be project impossible.--Trans-Ocean. ordered under the new proposals

would amount to between five and six thousand aircraft.

He also

reserves"posed to increase the

the counter-offensive force, and to provide additional aircraft for training.

NEW PRESIDENT OF TURKEY

The requirements of defence of overseas territories were under-re- view, and the strength of those for- ces would also be increased if neces-

Istanbul, To-day, The parties of the Government sary.

These measures, the Minister in-Coalition decided early this morn- timated, were on a scale which pre-ing to support the candidature of cluded their being completed. until General Ismet Inonu, 58-year-old 1941, but the results of steady and former premier and close collabora- progressive accretion of strength tor of Kemal Ataturk as successor would appear much earlier.

in the Presidency,

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ADEQUATE FORCE

General Inonu's election is thus practically assured. Trans-Ocean.

DECISION TO-DAY

Istanbul, To-day.

The Government's air defence policy aimed at producing a sound. and balanced force at a high stand- ard of preparedness' for war--z The President of Parliament, force adequate for the country's Adin Terim, has conformably with atrategic necessities and with a the constitution, temporarily as- depth behind it sufficient to enable sumed the duties of President of it to sustain the necessary efforts the Republic. under attack.

The National Assembly will meet

In earleir part of his speech, Sir this morning at eleven o'clock to Kingsley Wood reviewed the recent elect Kemal Ataturk's successor. progress which he summed up as Trans-Ocean. follows - the extended programme

of 1,750 first line aircraft announce

ed in May last, comprising a metro- valent politan first line strength of 2,870 aircraft, with an overseas strength

of five years' ansion days.

present rate, they would force of 100,000' train-

of 800, and continued expansion osed and ready in June.net/"

the Fleet; sir arm, ap

RHCRUITING RESPONSE

On recruiting mentioned that the response to the appeal launch- led last June was already the equi-

He also gave an encouraging ac- count of the expa ion of produc- |tive capacity and acceleration of production by the airgraft industry.

The debate continues.. Wireless.

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