London, Nov, 16.
Great Britain had already a supply of gas masks for the civil population botter than any other country in Europe, declared Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, in the debate in the House of Commons on the Air Raid Precautions Bil "They had evolved, he said, fre Jemeryency measures on a considerable scale, and it was signifeant that no ess than 200,000 men and women had volunteered for alt-raid precaution work, Sit Samuel slated he did not take the view there was no. defence against air attack. They had got to make the aeroplane of as tittle danger to the Empire's safety as they had succeeded in making the submarine.
For. that' they needed a well balanced programme of ce-ordination, providing for an air force strong enough to take the initiative in alr Aghting, anti-aircraft guns supported by searchlights and other means of detection, and a system of alr-raid precautions stich as would ensure against panic and for a continuation of essential services.
'A beginning had already been made, sir Samuel added and ridiculed the idea that nothing had been done in Past two thet nota Mad years—Reuter The Ambassador explained that Brazil's suspension of payments on foreign-held bonds. was merely temporary. Meanwhile, the newspaper "Il evere." in an editorial, Srigued that Brazil's abandonment of the democratic form of government was a severe" blow to. the Pan= American policy. of Mr. Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State—
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