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SMUGGLING IN AIR ESTIMATES SHOW

BIG INCREASE

NORTH CHINA

Question In Commons

London, Mar. 15.

In the House of Commona to- day. Lord Cranborne in answer to a question by Mr. A. C. Moretng said that according to the latest ngures there had been a succes- elve diminution in the value and volume of smuggling in North China

Mr. Morety drew attention to the report that during the tast three months, 1500 lorries had passed" over the Customs barriers under Japanese protection. Lord Cranborne replied that the, Govern- ment was rully aware that there had been smuggling but repeated. that there had been a sensible diminution.- - Reuter.

Sir Philip Sassoon Reviews

The Situation

London, Mar. 15.

The largest air estimates ever presented to Parliament were Introduced in the House of Commons this afternoon by the Un- der Secretary for Air, Sir Philip, Sassoon. The net estimates of £82,500,000, including loan provision, compares with the average figure of £18,000,000 asked for by the Air Ministry in the pre- vious year. It shows an increase of nearly £32,000,000 in the total of the estimates of 1936.

The expansion in no way meant the abandonment of hope. of securing an air pact, and the general stabilization of air ar

the rea- mament. On the contrary, the Government regarded lization of this hope as a matter of "paramount importance, and would seize instantly every opportunity to achieve it..

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not Vickers-gun. The other W88

wag which had tha Browning-gun merit of simplicity and gave 3 greatly improved performance for aerial use. Arrangements, had

been made for its manufacture in this country, which active re- search was being continued to ex- ploit still further advantages of a higher quality fuel,

Air force expansion merely a question of making good OCCASIONAL REPORTS

a deficiency. It meant practically London, March 15-In answer to

the trebling of the force as well further questions, Lord Cran-

as rearming it with modern equip- bourne, declared the British Con-

ment.. Aircraft and aero engines sular authorities and others could be produced with an in- periodically furnished information creasing speed, as experience OL with regard to the smuggling of production was gained, and 25 drugs into China by Japanese new plants came into operation, nationals, which was passed on-to❘ but a considerable period was ab- Tests of the aero-engine which the British Government's repre-solutely necessary to train really gives & substantial reduction in sentative on the League Opium skilled pilots and navigatora. maintenance, as well as more Advisory Committee for such ac- During the coming financial rapid production and better per- tion as might seem useful and de-year, they intended to train 1175formance, had been most encour- strable. The question of publicity pilots. The position with regard | aging and it was about to go for was determined by the Lëngue. to airmen WAS equally satisfac-service trials.

It was understood, he said, that In practice the proceedings and reports of the Committee were published.

examiration.-- Reuter.

tory. During 1936 they planned to QUANTITY PRODUCTION recruit over 11,000 airmen, includ- Finally, over the whole field of ing. 2658 apprentices and boy ent- aircraft components, accessory rarits, and present figures indicat-equipment, and wireless apparat- ed that hopes would be fully rea-. us, great emphasis was being placed on the standardisation of types and simplicity of design, with the object of assisting quan-

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Another member asserted there were many circumstantial reports | Used that the Japanese authorities were They hoped to recruit a slightly actively encouraging this traffic in larger number during the coming drugs among the Chinese people. | year, and referring to Dominion co-tity production. The Air Ministry Lord Cranbourne gave the House operation. Sir Philip sald that are doing their utmost to expedite his assurance that the British | there, was in operation a scheme the production of atreraft and Government Wis keeping the whereby plots were trained as ca- were aiming at reducing the num- whole subject under constant dets in the Royal Australian Air ber of types. •

Force and then serve terms of

Sir Philip described the policy years with the air force in this regarding shadow factories, as a country, and "afterwards they re-, practical polley which not only verted to the Royal Australian Air | created a war potential, but also Force reserve.

a reinforced, production and did New Zealand was establishing a net interfere with the normal in- similar scheme and also a system dustry. Satisfactory progress," he "whereby candidates who applied sald, was being made with the for admilasion to the Royal Alr erection of factories both for pro- Force were medically examined duction of air frames and aero locally. The Government would engines. A careful review was be- welcome the adoption of a similar ing made of the requirements of system by Canada from which | raw materials, of which there Dominion No fewer than 100 would be a risk of shortage in young men had come on their own and been accepted for short ser- vice commissions.

SURVIVOR TELLS HER STORY

Manila Explosion:

25 Killed

}

Manila, Mar, 16.

STRIKING POWER SURPASSED

"There was a deafening roar and then complete darkness, and we thought it was the end of the world." declared one of the surv!- vors in the explosion in the fire-tory works factory yesterday,

ported that at least twenty-five

have been killed, and thirty injur-

ed including a seventeen-year-old

boy scout who dashed into the burning building in an attempt to

After dealing with the satisfac- progress made regarding aerodromes, works and buildings, The exact number of fatalitles Sir Philip Sassoon passed on to the production of is not known owing to the dim-roblems of

adequate supplies of equipment. culty of identification but it is re-

Except for the larger aircraft of the fleet air arm, the monoplane, which approached most nearly to the ideal streamline form, had al-. most entirely replaced the biplane. rescue the shrieking women and Difficulties of providing wings of adequate stiffness to resist twist- ing and bending delayed this for many years. They had now been overcome by var- lous methods of stressed skin con- atten- struction. By continuous

to details, such as tion

surface smoothness of the latest aircraft. this had been greatly reduced,

girls who were trapped.

The blast rocked the section of Manila within a radius

of two change miles and a number of nearby inbabitants suffered concussion as the result.-- Peuter.

EXPEDITION TO MOLUCCAS Amsterdam, Mar. 16.

The net result was that the strik- ing power of the new types for

surpassed that of the correspond The Netherland Governmenting types of two years ago. has given permission for a num- The Government, however, were ber of German scientists to con- far from resting content with the duct an

machines expedition, whose work design of the new will cover a number of years, to

Active research and development the Moluccas, at the eastern part were continually in progress with of the Malay Archipelago. Pre- a view to obtaining machines of parations for this expedition were even greater speed range and load

made by Professor Leo Frobenius, capacity. the well-known Geripan explorer Referring to the advances made of Africa - and Director of the

in certain other directions, he said Frankfurt-on-Main Research" In- that two new guns had been in- stitute for Morphology,—

troduced for use on aircraft. One Fransarean News Servios

was completely a new type

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AMENDENT BEATEN The House rejected, by 175 to 119, the Labour Opposition's mo- tion for the abolition of aerial warfare and the international control of civil aviation

CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE Sir Philip, replying to critics London, Mar. 15.-"We have not said the Government would seizo abandoned hope of securing an any opportunity to achieve the air pact and the general stabilisa- abolition of aerial warfare, but he tion of air armaments," declared stressed the difficulty of devising

Under Secre- Sir Philip Sassoon,

a practical scheme for the control tary for Air, introducing the Air of civil aviation Estimates in the House of Com-'† Reuter. mons to-day. They are the lar gest in British history and, signi ficantly, bigger by several hun dred thousand pounds than the Army Estimates.

CIVIL AVIATION London, Mar. 15-in reviewing the developments in British exter- nal civil air communications in the Home of Commons, Sir Phillp "We regard the realisation of. Sassoon said that the present con- the Dact as of paramount impor-dition was that the Empire air tance. first opportunity to achieve

We are eager to seize the mall scheme should be in working It. order at beginning of 1938, after Until such an opportunity offers which all first class mail from the with our plans. we have no choice but to proceed United Kingdom to Empire coun

We believe that tries on Empire air routes would a British Air Force, strong, ready be carried by air for the flat rate. and well-equipped is one of the of 1/1 per half ounce, that being best contributions the country can

the current preferential Empire make to world peace."

postage rate.

With regard to the adequacy of the Government's programme, they had many sources of infor-

mation, which could not be divul ged, upon which their bullding plans were based, said the Under- Secretary.

Meanwhile it was hoped that a start would be made on the Dur

ban route in the early summer of

this year, and on the Singapore route at the end of the year. The complete scheme aims at provid- Ing flying-boat services on the He assured the House that the routes to South Africa, India and supply of cracers and men Was Australia with certain additional entirely satisfactory. During the land plane services to India, all coming year it was proposed to operated by new Empire aircraft. train 1,175 new pilots. The Royal

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for feeder services in connexion with all routes. Concerning the proposed North-Atlantic service, Except for the larger aircraft of | the formidable task of providing the Fleet Air Arm, the monoplane the necessary ground organization

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responding types of two years ago and as regards aircraft the thres to-day whether the result of the Replying to a further question Active research and develop main lines of trans-Atlantic deve- counter proposals submitted to oy Bir Charles, the Under-Becre- ment, said Sir Philip, were contin-lopment were in hand Four-en- the Japanese Government by the tary said that, no agreement had ually striving to obtain a machine gined high speed land machines British Ambassador in Tokyo for ret been reached as regards the of even greater, speed, range and were on the point of completion a settlement satisfactory to the Keelung Incident but the matter load capacity, L

with which it was hoped to oper-. British Leaseholders Committe was being actively discussed be- Two new, guns had been intro, ate experimental services be- ja has now been reached concerning tween the Ambassador in Tokyoduced, which would be manufacfore the end of this year, and a Among the new British external the cancellation of the perpetual and the Japanese Foreign Minis-tured in Great Britain an

fleet of specially designed Aying services introduced in 1938 were leases in treaty ports held by Bri ter.

Bir Philip disclosed that large- boats should be available in the the weekly mail service between. tish subjects.

Mr. A. C. Mereing asked a ques-scale production had more than course of 1938. 4. Khartoum and Kang and Lagos The -possibilities or catapulting and the temporary service ben long-range nying boats was being tween Penang and Hong Kong, actively investigated. Meanwhile | pending the completion for are long range training fights had | rangements for permanent con- begud with two flying boats of 1 nection. the Empire type.

British Wireless.

now

* Lord · Cranborne answered that | tion- concerning the Chinese halved the time required for the an agreement had been mortgage debts and in this con-manufacture of a new machine reached on the basis of the pro- nection Lord Cranborne said he Compared to 53 home squadrons posals prezented by the British was expecting a report from the in 1935, they would now have 124 Ambassador and he was expecting | British Ambassador.---

squadrons within a few months' shortly to hear that Notes had | Reu

time.