. The agitation by the British Labour and Liberal Opposition concerning the speed with which the Government was executing its air armament scheme has at last resulted in a shuffling of the Cabinet, with the resignation winton, Secretary of State for Air, and no fewer than eight other changes hich the critic indulged in n of the Government has net resemble too much continual flaunti of the war lx ud her e Gov ment was really so behind-hand as was alleged. It will be remembered th E when the programme concerning the rapid increase of Britain's air strength vas first announced, there was some opposition to it on the part of some of the leading industry ding so well-known a figure Lord id, who roundly criticised it, to have anything whatever to do Despite that fac vernment ad with its pla ud it was after some months of endeavour t was discovered that progress was as wd:
first expected. There w ators contributing to that state of affairs, not the hich, according to Earl Baldwin, then Prime Minister, was the fact that the whole rearmament scheme had been delayed two years by the incapaci grasp the facts of the situ and to take effective action, He was the n faced with the inertia of public opin' n, and looking back, rise r that while the country at large approved in principle of the nation t was by no means e government as late de it. One of the imports things which tributed to the change w: the developnent of a scheme for protect the people cis of raids, t ment pamphlet dealing ary householder can do aximun of and against air-raids and equip-of th n with th neces sh public was m as this developed, ment of ihe air force which, till be the main defence a raids on Britain.
It was unfortunate t should thus be automatical fortunate inet instead of its cism; but th Oppo tion has should be t! of all the
ut, and there has been such a ion behind it, that the cid to the storm and Viscoui It was u member programme Swint:
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