UNEASY FEELING
IS POSITION WORSE? AN UNENVIABLE TASK A WELTER OF CRITICISM Lulled Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received May 13. 12.50 am.) LONDON. May 12 The Australian Associated Press says that intense interest centred in the House of Lords and the House of Commons’ air debates, but the Government's statement left a most uneasy feelinr among all parties. Even many Government supporters expressed the opinion that the position is worse than was anticipated. The Government had the unenviable task of trying to answer a welter of criticism and simultaneously having to avoid disclosures valuable to an enemy. Nevertheless, the members felt that the Government had completely failed to give reassurances. “COMPLETE FAILURE”
CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT GERMANY’S POSITION BETTER SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS United Press Assn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyright (Received May 13, 1 p.m.) LONDON, May 12 Sir H. Seely, in moving a reduction in the salary of the Air Ministry of £IOO. as a protest, said Germany at present had 8000 aeroplanes, of which 3500 were front-line, and will within a year have GOOD first-line planes, whereas Britain two years hence will have only 2700. Germany is making between 500 and GOO aeroplanes monthly. Britain at, the end of (he war in 1918 was capable of turning out 30,000 a year. Such an output was impossible today without Ministry of Supplies. Apart from aeroplanes, every air force station is demanding four times the available supply of guns.
“ The system under which we are working is a complete failure,” said Sir H. Seely. “The conference’s committee sitting at the War Ministry was unweildy. No one appeared to be able to take decisions. A firm was obliged to borrow £1.000.000 from a bank owing to delays in getting money from the Air Ministry. Smaller firms were more greatly hampered for the same reason.
Sir H. Seely declared that manufacturers had been threatened under the Official Secrets Act, even with the loss of contracts, If they disclosed the state of affairs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20497, 13 May 1938, Page 7
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328UNEASY FEELING Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20497, 13 May 1938, Page 7
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