“AIR DEFENCE”
WAR TIME REVELATIONS. EX-KAISER AGAINST RAIDS. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) Received September 26, 12.30 p.m. LONDON. Sept. 20.. Alajor-General Ashmore who was in charge of London’s air defences c 1917; gives an elaborate description Of London’s air defence weakness m us book “Air Defence,” published to-day. The General, in conclusion does not believe any defence force could P r . e '’® raiders reaching London, but suitab arrangements should bo made again attackers, resulting in such casualties that the .attempts would die out. The book reveals that the ex-lvaiser refused to sanction air raids on London and onlv consented when the Allies raided Ivarlsruhe. He insisted on Saint Paul’s, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace not being touched. He wanted the attacks confined to week-ends when it was thought the city would be empty. . On another occasion when the King was injured by his horse in France, and taken to a chateau near Aire, the ex-Kaiser insisted on elaborate precautions to prevent an air attack. He also forbade a projected bombi attack on St. Omer because he heard that King George was likely to be there.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 256, 27 September 1929, Page 2
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188“AIR DEFENCE” Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 256, 27 September 1929, Page 2
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