Aerial Warfare was only natural that a man of the twe of the Rev. R. Sorensen, Labour member for West Leyton, "should have asked the Prime Minister Inthe House of Commons whether.
view of the waste, and suffering involved int aerial warfare, he would make an Immediate appeal to the German Governm consider means by Aerial bombing in the event of war might be minimized or eliminated. In fact it docs. him Infinite credit, but Mr. Chamberlain's reply that he did not think any useful purpose woul be served by taking any initiative Inthe ins despite the fact that the views of Us Government on the subject were well known, places the matter in the only light, unfortunate ly, in which it can be regarded. Once the theory is accepted, as it appears to be gener ally now, that. in any future hostilities it wilt of be armies which will be at war but whole copies, then itis diMeult to see how thera un' be' anything really effective in the nature limitation of aerial bombardment... Of course In theory the bombing of undefended points is still "condemned. but. the definition of what constitutes military objectives which can properly be the targets of aerial bombers Is so widely drawn that there are very few places which eteape, That this Is fully realized Is plain frey {he scheme which have been adopted in ati European countries for the protection of civilian populations against the effect of air-raids. So Tong as any government considers. the air arm ae n valuable weapon for the breaking of civilian. will to resistance It is unlikely that that Unanimity pw ever be brought" ubout without which aerial bombing can be neither minimized nor eliminated. At the same time I fy open to question whether the aeroplane quite the terrifying weapon It was at first be= Never to be, and experiences, in Spain, and even now in' Chungking suggests that it is not Of course there Is every prospect that they will op used in greater numbers. in any. European war, but so also Will defensive aircraft, and It may be expected that after the initial shock Mae here overcome the other nations. ut who world will regard aerial bombing with the same degree of fortitude as was to be witnessed In Spain. Once, however, control of the alr it secured by one side or the other matters might be different In a European war, but Judged by past experiences even then humanity manages to accustom itself to the terrors of aerial bom=
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