Bombs in Berkshire It scents likely that the protests which
arc daily being made, and especially those coming front the trainers of horses, will prevent the desecration or the Berkshire Downs by the R.A.F., who proposed to use part of them as a bombing practice ground. Nevertheless the R. A.F. are in a real dilemma. They arc being warned off on the grounds that the Downs are full of ntemorials of our most ancient history, and also because they are secluded ; yet seclusion they must have for their purpose. It is surprising that no Government Department has yet hit upon the expedient of asking the C.P.B.E. for guidance in its choice of localities for desecration. The chief of its opponents would thus be silenced, and rightly so ; for it is certain that, tinder such guidance, the minimum of damage would he done. If' secluded and populous land is to be barred, there only remain our seas and lakes. The sea is plainly the area best fitted to swallow bombs without evil after-effects, * * * *
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