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Pointed Reference Made To The Lack Of Equipment At Commencement Of The War

LONDON, June 11 (Reuter)-THE PRIME MINISTER, MR, WINSTON CHURCHILL, BEGAN HIS REPLY TO THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN AN EASY THE PREMIER DECLARED AND CONFIDENT TONE. THAT NOBODY COULD POSSIBLE COMPLAIN OF THE TONE, TEMPER AND MATTER OF THE DEBATE.

The kind of criticism we had today-some was very searching--was the kind that the Government not only accepted but welcomed. However, the way in which the debate came about was calculated to give a feeling of chal-' lenge to the security of the administration.

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AXIS ATTACK ON CYPRUS DENIED LONDON, June 11 (Reuter) -Reuter has been informed authoritatively that there no confirmation whatever the report being circulated through enomy - controlled wireless channels that Cyprus has been subjected to German and Italian air attacks during. the last 48 hours, and, it is stated here there is no reason to believe any such attacks bad taken place.

before the war, the Parliament. and country were opposed to the creation of a Continental Army, which nevertheless he tried to

reater.

Mr. Churchill proceeded: "I am dealing not with the particular equipment of the troops who went to France. who naturally drained the rest of our resources, but the

JAPAN'S FINAL ATTITUDE TO BATAVIA

SPECIAL LIAISON CONFAB CALLED

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TOKYO, June 11 (Reuter) With the beller prevalent in quar- ters close to Government that the chler Japanese delegate, Mr. Toshi- zawa, will be recalled from Bata- via thus dimming prospects x further negotations, well-informed quarters last night asserted Japan's final attitude would be decided on when the Government or Cabi- [net Councij meets in a special Hal- son conference within the next few days, says an official Jap- anese report.

It adds that it is understood that the Foreign Office was drafting a note to the East Indies on the basis of discussions yesterday morning among members of the Navy. Army and the Foreign Ofce.

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From the point of view of advantage to the country; that raised serious considerations. There were all kinds of paragraphs and reports in newspapers that there was "full accounting," grave uneasiness and demanding a Therefore, one was bound to take a serious view because of the interests confided to our care. It would be a mis- take if the House got into the habit of calling for ex-

equipment of our army at that takes to transfer under the con- planations, on varying episodes in this dangerous and wide-time and at the outbreak of the ditions of the present war. spread struggle and asked for an account to be given when war; it was of the most meagre

disposition of our any action was lost or any part of the front was beaten in. and deficient character and these air force in the Middle East, it is deficiencies made themselves most primarily & matter for the com- In the first place, no full House would not wish any servant marked and still make themselves manders-in-Chiet

Middle explanation could possibly be whom they have entrusted

most marked in the very type of East though the Government given without revealing valu-such duties to be at a disadvan

weapons for which there the share full responsibility for what tage to our antagonists able information to the

greatest possible demana.

ever is donė. have not heard that Hitler

"Co-ordination between the ser- enemy, not only about a par-nad to attend the Reichstag and

I am not throw..g all blame

to a very high ticular operation which was tell them why he sent the Bis-

for this upon Mr. Hore-Bellsha,vices is carried ended but about the general marek on ber disastrous cruise

but he has. a great responsibility pitch. The Chief Air Officer lives the same house in Cairo as the matter. and when he position and also on, the pro-when, by waiting a few weeks and

Commander-in-Chief has to be at choosing

speaks in this way it is"enly fair Is opportunity when cesses of thought which were

sea very often, He has to be at perhaps our capital ships

to point out that he is one of the

closest followed by our war direction

dispersed on convoy duty, she that line.”

last people who is entitled to take Alexandria, but the very

association, exists between these and High Command.

might have gone out, accompanied

two branches. There was always a danger that by the Tirpiz, another 45,000-ton ville, interposed: "No recrimma- The Labour Member, Mr. Gran- a Minister might. In seeking to ship, and offered us battle. vindicate the course. we had pur- "Neither have I heard any con- sued, inadvertently say something vincing statement by Mussolini which might supply the enemy why a greater part of his African with some essential and perhaps Empire has beer. conquered and seemingly innocent-looking fact over 200,000 of his soldiers are about which the enemy was in prisoners in our hands. doubt and thus enable the enemy to construct a comprehensive and accurate picture. of the way which we were looking at things.

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Mr. Churchill continued: tremely violent and hostile speeches have been spread about, doing much harm and about which

I have received information from

The idea, that any one of these problems would be studied by any one of these Commanders without the closest association with the other two is quite illusory.

the final say?"

Here someone queried "Who has

Mr. Church! declared "It isn't

"should feel undor a neediess! different countries and capitala, so much a final say. No disagred disadvantage if I were obliged in showing the uncertainty and dis- ment that I know has arisen. a public debate to give an account

turbance which is caused thereby. "Obviously the Army is the The output of anti-aircraft main factor in the business, and or our operations irrespective of, under any similar pressure to ex not. It would, for instance, have but the fact remains that our of the Army on the seas, and whether the time was suitable or guns is at last rapidly expanding, the Fleet is preserving the securi-

plain or excuse any ill

if Parliament outfits are incomparably inferior preserving command of the seas, that might befall them.

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"But in the event of any differ- servant of the Crown with consi-the destruction, of the Bismarck.

AIR STRENGTH

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The to serve the House and always to may fairly be asked is why have These Commanders have to settle associate the House with events, we not much stronger and much it among themselves, though we and it would be better if I were larger air forces in the Middle, share full responsibility for what- permitted, on behalf of the Gov- East. I can only say that from ever is done. ernment, to choose the occasion the moment the Battle of Britain

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"Apart from the effort we have October last year made in Greece, which was very by the victories of our fighters, costly in aircraft, the situation in we have been ceaselessly sending Traq and Palestine, and potentially "Into the general survey of the aircraft as fast as possible to the in Syria, as well as the winding- war come all sorts of conldera- Middle East by every route and up of the Abyssinian - story, bave tions about gain and loss of time, every method.

all made very heavy urutands upon and its effect upon the future as "During the present year, as our alreraft, and the situation in well as the entire distribution of our strength in the air has grown, the Western Desert bad also to be our available resources to meet wa have not been hampered as we considered

the many calls upon them. ". were in the case of the anti-air- "Before any rational judgment "In March, 1937, I mentioned to craft guns by the lack of aircraft, could be formed on the disposition the House that the Germans had The problem has been..to send of our air force and the consP- already 1,500 mobile AA.. guns them to the eastern theatre of quent failure to supply adequate which could be formed into bat-war.

air force to Crete, it would be tertes in addition to the whole of "Anyone can see how great the necessary, as in the case of anti- their statie artillery of anti-air-German advantages and how easy aircraft guns, to know not only craft defence. Since then, they it is for the Germans to move what are our whole resources, but have been making them at a great their air force from one side of also what is the altuation in these rate and they have also conquered Europe to another. They can fly theatres which are all intimately - more than all they want from the along a line of permanent air-inter-related.

many countries they have over-elds. Wherever they alight and *It is no use trying to Judge thrown. So cur position is very refuel, there are permanent alr- these matters without full know- different indeed from theira." fleids in the highest state of ledge. Full knowledge cannut he'

"Today, Mr. Hore-Belisha made jefficiency and as for services and made public.

A very cogent, moderate, well-personnel and all stores, without "I came to the next stage of informed and thoughtful contri-which squadrons are quite useless, my argument. I have shown the bution to the debate, but he used these can go by the Grand Con- toundations "upon which we start. a very different mood and tone intinental expresses along the man jed. and I now go a step forward. the speech which he recently dell-European lines,

"Tn March we decided to go to

vered in the country. That makes one has only to compare this the aid of Greece in accordanc it necessary for me to say that process with "sending aircraft, with our Treaty obligations

the state in which our army was packed

left when Mr. Hore-Belisha. had ships and sent on

in crates, then put on This, of course, exposed us to the great ocean danger of being attacked in the

ended his tenure

of the War spaces until they reach the Cape Western Desert, and also to defeat office during the greater part of of Good Hope, then taken which he was also responsible for Egypt to be set up again, turned Greece unless Yugoslavia played

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up and put in the air when, ther arrive.

¡ production and supply, was la-

her part, or unless the Greek army mentable. We were short of every

could be extricated to hold some, essential supply, but most parti-

Germans can do in narrower line. cularly of special classes of mo-days what it take us weeks or dern weapons, anti-aircraft guns,

"Thus the

anti-tank guns and tanks them even more to do.

"If Greece was over-run by the This reflection enemy, it seemed probable that

selves, which have proved a vital has no bearing upon possible Ger Crete would be the next object of necessity of modern war and an movements which he is now prepared to sug- gest we are so purblind and out very secretly if they resolve upon,

assault on this country. dated as not be able to compre- hend.

back from eart attack. The enemy, with his vist

to west which could be executed loon superiority in air power, was

TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES

LOSSES IN BELGIUM

"We have done, are doing and (Here Mr. Hore-Belisha "inter-will do our utmost to build up the vened to point out that in Bel-largest possible air force in the glum we lost the finest lot of Middle East. It is not a matter equipment that ever left. British of aircraft, but solely transporta- shores. He asked the Premier to tion-not in the sense of shipping recall that up till very recently tonnage but as to the time it

able to drive our aircraft from the sirfields in Greece and, adding this to his enormously superior anti-aircraft batteries, he was able to make those airfields rapidly available for his own use.

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