Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-07 | Page 3 | British Expert Suggests Limit on Air Armaments

British Expert Suggests . Limit on Air Armaments U5NDON. Aug. T (By A. P.) Major General Sir Frederick rloe, who waa chief of military operations op-erations for Great Britain during tha war, declares la aa article en the Increase tn ths air forces of France and Britain that "It is high time the question of limitation of srmamsats is taken up seriously.' Hs says ths British government's recent decision to nearly double En-gland'a En-gland'a preeeat air equipment meant a return to competition la armamente, and that euch competition compe-tition la not likely to lead to Improved Im-proved relations between the two countries. Oeneral Vauriee emphasises England's En-gland's willingness to enter Into a conference on the reduction of air armaments slmllsr to the Wssh-Ington Wssh-Ington conference on nsvsl armament arma-ment But for tha present, hs says. Brltsln must, out of self protection, pro-tection, bring her air strength up to that of France. France," asys he. "ia the paly country which wlthla the next ten yeara Is likely like-ly to be able to ronsldsr seriously sn attack upoa Kngland from ths sir. Today,- ws are not In ths moat remote danger ef Invasion which which comes by sea. Therefore, for the first time In esnturies. ths navy has reaeed to be our flret line of home d-fenss. and that rols has devolved upon the air force."