Commenting on the German anti. Jewish demonstrations yesterday, "The Times" today said that "no foreign propagandist, bent on blackening Germany before the world, could óutdo the tale of burnings and beatings, of blackguardly assaults on innocent people, which disgraced that country yesterday.
"Either the German authorities were party to this outbreak," it added, "or their powers over Public order and a hooligan minority were not what they proudly claimed to be."
A leader in the "Daily Telegraph' declared that Germany had delivered herself over to savagery which would send a thrill of horror throughout the civilized world. "The Nazi revenge has been one of the most terrible things in the present century The "Manchester Guardian" stated that it might have been thought that} the German Government, after its recent triumphs, would have at (Continued on page 6)
London, Nov. 11.
Plans for rapid and considerable expansion of the British air force were outlined by Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, in a speech during the debate on the Address m reply to the King's Speech in the House of Commons yesterday.
Great Britain, he said, must have an air force adequate to protest the country, preserve her trade routes, defend her territories overseas and ce-operate in the defence of territories of Allies in case of war.
Next years Air Estimates, Sir Kingsley Wood asserted, would be about £200,000,000 compared with 120,000,000 this year.
The first-line strength of aircraft would be increased by thirty per cent. Orders for five or six thousand fighters had been placed under the new proposals, while the overseas strength was being reviewed and would be increased if necessary.
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