* * This week London has heard at night the
droning of aircraft, engaged on mimic raids and their repulse. Reports from the Air Ministry are vague, for the lessons cannot yet be deduced from the reports coming in over a wide area of country. On Tuesday one squadron of very fast bombers came from Shoreham to their objective in East Ham in twenty-eight minutes, ` losing" only one machine by anti-aircraft fire. Our aerial defence is probably the best in the world, but if our safety depends increasingly upon a strong Air Force, we certainly act in the spirit of disarmament in keeping to our very small scale of armament in the air. We trust that when the Committee of Imperial Defence has reviewed the results of these first aerial manoeuvres on a large scale they will let the public know Whether they are assured, that the comparatively small sum we spend on the Air Force is enough for our safety, Those who feel that we might spend less on the senior services and a little more on aircraft, should be given the opinion of the highest authority.
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