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THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1936.

THE TOKYO REVOLT

from the taxes or by loan-that ia, whether it is to be paid by UA or by our children-but there is little doubt that large' sums are to be' expended.

SCRAP

by C. R.

ATTLEE, M.P.

Leader of the Labour Party

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When the Labour Party asked for money for a great IT is true that there is supposed programme of useful public

to be perfect co-ordination works it was told that the

of the Services through the money could not be found. The Committee of Imperial Defence Government .did not нест really interested in the kind of and the committee of the three public works which make for chiefs of staff, but there is the health and happiness of the great deal of power in invested

interests. people, but is quite ready to There is, too, enormous force spend millions on: Instruments of destruction.

in tradition, supported by the It is even argued that a "De old sailors and soldiers, of whom, fence. Loan will be a wonderful a fairly large. contingent ls to be found on the Government means of putting the un-

Benches.. employed to work. Mr. Runci-

The general public will be man has hinted that there may be a great flow of orders for the assured that we know nothing about such matters, and that "Depressed Areas" on the north-cust - const. In fact, we should leave them to the ex- promises of work on armaments pert opinion of the distinguished admirals. The played no. small part in the generals und

trouble about these people is that most of them. live in the past. The more advanced have

General Election.

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WE of the Labour Party have got as far as considering the yet to be convinced of the last war, but many are still need for this increased expendi- thinking of war as it was waged ture. We do not believe that when they were ́ young. the

way to safety is through piling up grant armed forces.

are

We are, on the other hand, SUPPOSING.

unconstitutional-methods. It is NOTES OF THE DAY the last war, still holds the field.

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We all know that the real menace to-day is attack from the air. For centuries this country has rested secure be- hind the shield of the Navy, but this shield can now be passed by the new wea- pon.

We believe that nothing short of the total

abolition

rea-

of national air forces and the internationalisa- tion of civil aviation will really

remove this menace, but the Government failed to pond at Geneva. to the proposals made by other Powers to this end. It has therefore, Д heavy respon- sibility to the people of this country, who are exposed to the possibility of a devastating at- tack from bomb- ing neroplanes.

its

are.

-better-value-than-building-

our sense

This is real and

which heaven forbid, that this Govern, insistent that whatever forces

ment involved us in a war. required in order to per- What should we find?

A fine form our obligations under' a force of cavalry, seventeen system of collective "Security" regiments in all-splendid men, The heavy censorship on news should be

If the Gov-. efficient and suited emanating from Tokyo, affect- for their purpose, and that any useless in

splendidly mounted, but utterly . IF THEY MUST WASTE MONEY

ernment, really modern warfare, "The anti-aircraft gun is certainly not an

intends to de- ing both the actual happenings money needed should be econ- which is an affair of aeroplanes

offensive weapon,

fend us, it should in the capital, as well as the omically expended.

and bombs, of tanks and

devote a big proportion of this Suppose that the Government machine guns. background thereto, mukes it

We still have repeated old new expenditure to air defence. difficult to gain a clear impres on the fighting services, how decides to spend many millions

The Government has, indeed, formulae about the defence of The anti-aircraft gun is certain- sion of the position and the will this money be allotted?

that some cavalry these islands depending on the ly not an offensive weapon. If the announced fegiments are to be mechanised, Navy when it is quite clear that Government believes in precise significance of the up- There will be an even greater but it intends still to retain a the Navy cannot prevent us power to stop invaders, it is in heaval. It is evident; however, scramble than usual between

this direction that it might that the result of the recent the Army, the Navy and the considerable force. What de- from being attacked.

fence does cavalry afford? Yet If the Government is deter- profitably use some of the money election is a factor in the situa- Air Force for the lion's share, we spend over a million a year mined to spend millions on "de which it is resolved to spend.

The two senior Services still

fence," it must tell us what it But anti-aircraft guns tion. Certain milltary elements. look upon their younger sister, on its maintenance.

We still maintain a great means by it. If it is really not the only possible defence of the reactionary school, were the Air Force, as something of

against air attack. There are doubtless disappointed that the an upstart. They regard it as body of infantry, both regular thinking in strict terms of

and territorial, while the Tank defensive weapons, there would, scientists working to-day to Minseito succeeded in retaining an auxiliary to be used to sup- Corps, despite the lessons of of course, be no offensive wes- perfect a giant screen which can

efforts.

the last war, secmis still to be pona, no tanka, no battleships, be thrown around a whole city its power, and it may well be plement their major

They regard themselves still as that the failure of the Seiyukai the main bulwark of national regarded as an auxiliary,

no heavy artillery, no bombing and prevent a single aeroplane

These It looks as if the theory that acroplanes. Party to gain the upper hand defence.

from flying through it. human beings can conquer weapons forbidden to Germany induced the malcontents to seek

Clearly, if the Government is.. machines, which sent the flower under the Treaty of Versailles. in carnest, money spent in this the attainment of their enda by

of our youth to the shambles in But it is certain that the

Government is not thinking way on research would give far known that the militarists have.

Parades of fine men, splendidly along these lines at all. What battleships and aeroplanes. been dissatisfied with the Gov-

dressed, such as the Trooping it really means by "defence" is If science, which has con- of the Colour foster old illusions the power to counter-attack. It ernment's policy for some time

and hide the stark realities of really argues on the old lines. tributed so much to increasing past, and, in particular, that

of insecurity, can It belleves that the strong man We can recall no occasion in war. Baron Takahashi, the veteran recent years in which the turmoil

armed keeps his house, but for show us the means, to prevent.

enemy from dropping a Finance Minister, unhappily, in international affairs was better MUCH the same considera- gets that the text continues an murdered, was often in con-illustrated than yesterday. It was tions apply to the Navy. that when a man stronger than single bomb on our cities, it will flict with the Army leaders. a day to drive a newspaperman to Here again tradition is strong, he cometh, he taketh away from have done a great service to-

genuine defence. At the moment of writing, frenzy: for he had to judge the fear that we shall find that him all the armour wherein he mankind.

relative importance of an army millions on

the Government means to spend trusted. it is not definitely known

building up- the This is to put the fallacy of revolt In Japan; N to what extent the

threatened kind of Navy which we had in a belief in armaments in a nut ONE aspect of the Govern- re- repudiation of the Locarno pact by the days before the aeroplane shell. Increased armaments bellion, for such it is, has Germany or Italy or both; the arrived.

only mean an arms race. spread, but it appears that the growing desire in France for an revaft was engineered and led falliance with Russia and the in- by younger Army officers, who creasing antagonism to this move chose the early hours of the in Germany, and all the implica- tions therein; and the suggestion morning to seize the Cabinet of a new Anglo-German treaty to offices, the homes of Ministers circumvent the obstacles in the and the Headquarters of the way of agreement at the London' Naval Conference. The simple Metropolitan Police. Time will

enumeration of these discorda, show precisely how serious and though most of them are inter- widespread the trouble is, and related, sound distinctly disturb

Ing. Well-informed authorities) whether there is any danger of

agree that a reorientation off the militarists actually seizing European relations appears to be the Government machinery. The imminent, and the recent Italo- German conversations, Franco- history of the conflict between Soviet overtures and the general the military and civilian groups diplomatic rushing about by Great in Japanese politics is too well-Britain, indicate the direction in known to require emphasis, but which events are leading us. One could not be accused of irrational it has latterly been most pro reasoning if one were to suggest nounced, especially since comm- that If European Governments mencement

follow the road, along which cir cumstances seem to lead them they churian venture. Again and will eventually arrive at that! again we have seen instances in historic cross-roads in international which the Army leaders have relations upon which men stood in

1914,

and wondered which way taken their own course, without they must turn. It is surely not awaiting Government instruc- too much to hope that we have tions, and much friction has learned which way not to turn. And yet, it is unwise to plice too been generated as a consequence. much reliance in the lessons of his- The tussle has gone on for tory, for history, and the lessons it years, and it has long been felt contains, have a way of repenting that the time would come when themselves in spite of the logic of the race and its really serious]

of the

Man-

a slowdown would become in-efforts to avoid disaster. evitable. It is too early in the has as yet, with only the most

of the outbreak, which may meagre authoritative messages,

quite easily have grave roper available, to say whether the

cussions throughout, the nation. upheaval betokens the arrival At the moment, it would be of that moment. However wise to await further disclosures that may be, there can be before seeking to reach definite no questioning the seriousness conclusions on the upheaval

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

we haven't done so badly. We're almost exactly where

we were eight years ago.

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ment's programme has not. been emphasised fully, and that is the relation which it bears to the Air Raid Circular recently sent to all local authorities.

This circular was the most appalling confession of the ut- ter failure of the Government.. to afford protection to its citizens. It recognised the truth of Mr. Baldwin's state- ment that the bomber will al ways got through.. Yet it told people that they could expect only the minimum of help from the Government, in providing services in the towns in the event of an air-raid, and that they must therefore set up im- mediately their own organisa- tion..

The circular aroused great in- dignation among a number of local authorities, and rightly so, for it showed the Govern -ment's intention to shelvò ita responsibilitics as far as possi-

ble.

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The circular showed the hopë- lessness of protective measures. Thero was really no suggestion that any means of protection would be available for people generally.

TF the Government belloves in the -efficacy uf the measures it suggests, It should itself provide the gas-proof shelters, the gas masks, and all the rest of the paraphernalla. As it is, the poor will inevitably be sacrificed. The real position is that, until tho scientists invent something that will frustrate the attacking eropla there is no such thing a No big armamente on land or so Or In the air can give the people the of security they desire......

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Pence, not an urined truce, is what. the world wants, Ultimately the choice before the world

or Perish