THE PERILS OF AIR WARFARE [To the Editor of TUE
SPECTATOR.]
Sut,-M. Cot in his excellent article on an International Air Police Force states that such a force is perfectly practicable provided that the peoples of Europe desire such an organiza- tion. Lord Londonderry and other British statesmen have recently assured us that such a scheme is not possible.
Meanwhile, the Air Commission at Geneva has not met since March, 1933, although it has in its possession schemes sub- mitted by the French, Spanish and other governments for control of civil and military aviation. Our government assures us that they have done more than any foreign govern- ment in the cause of disarmament, and it is therefore surprising to find an eminent French statesman making constructive proposals with little or no support from his British colleagues.
If the Disarmament Conference, collective security, and all the principles for which the League of Nations stands are brought to failure by a new race in armaments it will be difficult to throw all the blame upon the foreigner.-I am, Sir, PHILIP S. MCMFORD.
St. Mary's Grange, Easthorpe, Kelvedon, Essex.
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