DEFENCES AGAINST RAIDS.
DISCUSSING (he German air raids recently, (he Secretary for War, the Furl of Derby, said it would be wrong (o use (lie courage displayed by the public as an excuse for failing to provide, as far as they possibly could, air protection for (bo inhabitants in London. The claims of France must come first. But (hero were oilier theatres of war all calling for more aeroplanes, for increased power aeroplanes —Meso-' poliimia, Egypt, and Salonika. The best protection was to increase the output of aeroplanes. There had been a stupendous increase, an increase going on week.by week and month by month, to such an ext out as to tax to the utmost the training ol pilots and (he provision of aerodromes. Everything possible was being done to increase the output, and in this increase must rest ultimate safely both at home and on the various fronts. It would be idle to pretend that raids; could be entirely frustrated and eliminated from (be enemy’s operations. He hoped, however, that what was being done would make (hose raids so costly to (he enemy in (lie future as to make it not worth while for him to continue this particularly barbarous
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1759, 13 September 1917, Page 2
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201DEFENCES AGAINST RAIDS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1759, 13 September 1917, Page 2
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