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BRITAIN'S PERILOUS AIR WEAKNESS.

THE DECISIVE TOWER IN WAE,

[BY LORD SYDENHAM.]

THE SECOND GREATEST

EVIL"

SOCIALAST LEADER ON, HETTING AND DEER,

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During the Balget debate in the logse of Commus on April 18th, Mr. Swden The recent debates on the Air-Servico in strongly or the suggested tax on betting "What has this great country [both Houses (ate}, "as so often happens, të ceme bad be queried, that the Cancellos get to grips with their subject, and served of the Exchequer must have recurse to and making S only to reveal our dangerous weakness and patronising. Irgalising,

spectabi what is perluas

ti second, the want of ang chú polieg in regard to the greatest enese in the country i use and direction of Air Power. We have other proposal raised such a

in Mr. Smowilen's hrast. dignation in

This severely cut down the forces on which

was the renission of the beer duty. The scurity depends. without relndag warhewing trade, a wording to him, deserved not the least consideration, and, especially responsibilities.

nothing should be done to eneaarags

the consumption of liabr.

Measured in battleships, wo are pow the second naval Power and the standard which we have nominally adopted is not likely to be attained. In India we are weakening the British toilitary forces by about one-fifth, at a time when strenness efforts to corrupt the Ladian Army persist, with the support of Apfelbaum (novel) and such pecuniary resources as the Soviet Government en now afford.

|

This gave an opportunity to Mr. Baldwin when he came to reply on the general disons- sion. It, he askerl, Mr. Snowden plated soi

much value on phal taxation as "effecting a moral prvement in the State, ! Was li Another status on betting?

tonplaint from the Socialist isent chen was that the rich ret the s bene fit from the remiasian

remission of taxation. Naturally, said Mr Baldwin, thow who pay most will get most relief. The ger a gallon of her a day

das who drinks get, but the

the Chancellor of the Ex- argument of one

For the most sine who Brinks pint will only getu nenny.

THE. Les d'alestine. Airf his critics against that of another, and

of course, Mesopotamia, force can be substituted for troops; this raises the whole question of the position of Air Power in Imperial defenes, which at present is obviously la enrfasiom,

Financial stringency, due in part to the huge losses entailed by the mad attempt a juggle with the exchange, is nauined to justify the evident risks involved. It amy

that in India, incluar was able to pit the a

the most part hnt set of

consequently decided that he was net far

When he came to the happy mean. question of sugar he gave solid renums for his refasal

to reduce the duty t

nty this year, and

he quotes] soque remarkable figures. Our com sumption is approximating to the pre-war figure of 83, per head, but American con

and bounds iption has gone up by

Meantimn

RECONSIDERATION NECESSARY

ha܀

since the adoption ion the nee

In the Great War, starting with westch edly small means, we were, after strensons and costly efforte, enabled to dominate the enemy in the air.

Air Power has since been very largely developed and must in future takes xsition for transtending in importance that which it occapiet in 1914-15 We are forces to reconsider all our to-day s. biens of Inperial defence in the light of

aerial warfare.

The three main charentesiatka"of the now

force are:-

1. The extreme rapidity with which it

there has been a great heen that the price of ray Cuba sugar, which sugar supply from Europe. The result has fifteen months ago was 10s. el. per ext.. is.

•per cwb. and anything which mislit end

would increase consumption duty on sugar in the present Budget, the prices rocketting. If he were to naluce the Chancellor said, the whole of the lotion

can be brought into play over long did go straight to New York; and, be nu-

tances.

2. The secrecy with which preparations can be made, especially where a highly orgnaised rivil air service exists.

3. The fact that, broadly speaking, air force can be met ani counteryl only in the

air.

more

The ill-conceived fortitivations of Belgium served to gain a little time, which was in- valuable in August, 1914. Later, the vast trench works of the Allies wor time, which we used to create and equip retrieve our total new armies and to want of preparations for a war which was plainly imminent.

These adon can no longer be counted upon. "A caught markelig deficient in air force might be defeated! before the other forces enali le brushginet, in war con't fo into action. In eircari- stances easily begun and quickly emled by air force alone. Before the end of the cuntary the utluence of Air Power in History" will probably find an exponcia, and it will be shown test this influo was not exercise

war alone.

in

FRANCE'S STRENGTH.

All this the French appear to have grasped, and they have determined to maintain a dominaut Air force in readiness for all emergencies. According to figures given in Parliament, there are now, 111 squadrons in France and overseas, with a total of 1,200 service machines to be Increased to about 2,180 in 1993. This is by ine the largest air force in the world, and

our miserable provision just os regarieti

flatly, "I am not going to do it." One effect of this increase in price is to encourage additional beet sugar proluction in Europe. then, he saal, was time to reface By another year sugar should be ebenger,

taxation.

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as showing that widely different views in regard to air policy have prevailed in this country. We now apparently possess 3-1 squadrons with 395 affective machines, of which 10 squadrons are at home "only This as regards the air element, which is being purely home defence squadrons." In an integral part of a fleet, is obviously im- 1025, we expect to inve 575 effective possible. The fring men cannot go into machines at the present rate of expansion."

the air without the orders of the Naval Commander-in-Chief, and yet they remain It may fairly be asked whether this ex

for of their time passengers on board

HOSE iguous output ariequately corresponds to

ship of war gross estimates exceeding £184 millious duties. The main work of airmen with a, unable to share in her Direct comparisons with French expenditure fleet is reconnaissance, which is must are not possible, because we alone have set

dangerous up a monopolist Air Ministry, which makes trained mural chicere,

not carried out by highly

In Great

they independent provision for all its require some ridiculous mistakes

Wat were made by ments.

There are, however, some facts

eta non-naval airmen. Surface frets will al which suggest serious reflections. Thus we

is seem to wquire abest

about 88 persons per effective ways he required as long as commerce neroplane, and on this wale France would carried on the surface, and while undoubt need a total personnel exceeding 110,000 more to the air, this evolution can proceed

edly the Royal Navy will take mors and which is absurd. The total cost of the

the smoothly and economically-only if the, about 12 millions is far greater in pro-Admiralty controls its own. Air Force. portion than that

that at the Admiralty dealing djective

central administration of nel vote of

A LAMENTABLE POSITION,

The present position of our Air power

with 58 millions, altliough the compared is nientable and may in a few years |

naval vote amounts to 7 BU7,000,

with £131,000 for the Air Service. Coming to become desperate, if the whole question details, the expenditure on naval recruiting not vigorously handled by the Governments is £24,00) for a wuge vote of £11,838,04) | It is necessary to review all our problems while the same sun is required at the Air of Imperial defence in terms of Air force, Ministry for a wage rote of 41,099,000 which now

Apparently it costa ten times as muele to re:ovolve minutes them. We have to which, while to

eruit an airman as to obtain a blue-jacket. that force reunite duties and

for

The following figures of the Admiralty, the requirements of outlying parts of the and Air Ministry speak for themselves:

Staffs for worke

Ordinary repairs up. 377,002

Empire,

ire will guar The nishi buggy Accurity at home.

the war, wis nost successfully

the by ully developed services £110** 100 ralty and

Admi New works, additions,

proved exceedingly useful, etc.1,727,50 1,250,000 pecs now to be nobody's child although "Minor new works... 76,900 117,000 the suggestion that it might be revived in daval hands sufficed to cause the Air 187,000 Ministry to take notice. The airship must More astonishing still in the comparison is allotted-place in our national of the calarios and allowances of the scheme. Statisties given by the well-in- Departments of the Chiefs of the Naval and formed author of The Riddle of the Rhine the Air Stalls, respectively £91,008. and

115,7831 These and other figures which and the least deadly weapon

prove that

gas may be the most could be given may be capable of ex- and in this caso it will certainly be used planation, which is certainly required.

from the air. The French, in occupying the Rhine provinces, may well have had an. eye upon the immense combine known as the Interessen Gemeinschaft capable of producing tons of gas at short notice and at prevent harmless.

INTOLERABLE SITUATION. A

of the

In one respect, the extravagance of our present system is manifest. By denying to the Navy the control of an essential of naval warfare, wo have created a Above all, it is necessary that the com nitaation which is administratively in and and direction. the Air should tolerable It needed patreon be adjusted with a single eye to the noods dence to obtain from this Air Ministry a

Filof war, w

which call only for the application

grudging concession that

quired for their special duties that roof well-known principles. Lastly, no scheme might assist can be complete without the co-operation in handing ammunition on board a carrier of the Dominions, which may wish to do in a paval action. In the House of velop local Air forces as part of an Commons recently a speaker declared that: Imperial policy. It is

The aupreme commander of the Air Force must have the whole of his material under bie hand, and that was the principal reason why we should not divide the Service.

(Contmued at foot of next column.)

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and suficiency of our Air power that the unfety of the Empire and its influence in the affairs of the world now depend, and the rosponsibility for reducing the present confusion to order resta heavily upon the Government,

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