There were certain rules of Inter-notional Law established for sea and land warfare,'and those rules, or the principles underlying them, were applicable to aerial warfare. They did not, however, entirely meet the case which had to be met today.
Mr. Chamberlain reminded the House that the Government was engaged upon a careful survey of the position with a view tə toi culating a practical scheme, which could be put before other countries for acceptance or modification, iw order to reach some international understanding on the rules of aerie! warfare. here were, at any ate, three rules of International Law which, he thought, might be said to be applicable to aerial warfare as fully zs they were to war on land or sea.
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