NO MOVE BY BRITAIN
APPEAL TO GERMANY CHECK ON AIR BOMBING (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 2. The Rev. R. W. Sorenson (Lab., West Leyton) asked in the House of Commons yesterday whether, in view of the waste and suffering involved by aerial warfare, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, would make immediate direct appeal to the German Government and people to consider means by Which the incidence of aerial bombing in the event of war might toe 1 minimised or eliminated. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, who replied, said: “The views of His Majesty’s Government regarding the principle which should form the basis of the restriction of aerial warfare were made known at the League of Nations Assembly in September 1938, and have been re-stated from time to time, for example, in this House on March 8 last. In the present circumstances I' do not think any useful purpose would be served by any further initiative. His Majesty’s Government would, however, be prepared to consider sympathetically any suggestions on the subject.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 5
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