Word: armament
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...issuing from the Foreign Office that the reason for the rearming is purely peaceful. The fact of the matter seems to be that Hitler is intent upon putting into effect several of the plans which readers of his book considered too fantastic ever to be seriously considered. Behind the armament race now under way in Germany, say the Soviets, is a projected Germanization of Central Europe. Though temporarily rebuffed by Danzig, Nazis are not likely to be discouraged when their goals are so ambitious...
...public opinion would never sanction" such a commitment. Britain is unlikely to do more than express her strong disapproval of recent events in Germany. She will doubtless indulge herself, through the mouths of Sir John Simon and Ramsay MacDonald, in many pious wishes, none of which, because of the armament situation, are possible of solution...
Last week Secretary of War Dern went to Philadelphia to help celebrate the 17th anniversary of the establishment of that city's Ordnance Department, view an exhibit of armament in Reyburn Plaza opposite the City Hall. By the time the Secretary's visit was over he had been made thoroughly conscious of militant pacifism as practiced by Philadelphia Quakers. When he arrived at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel to speak at a dinner, he found young Quakers picketing the street, bearing placards such as: WAR IS ALWAYS WRONG and ARMAMENTS REPRESENT DEATH TO YOU BUT DIVIDENDS TO THE PRIVATE...
...unilateral re-armament, Germany has declared war. Are we going to give...
...advent of an air attack in its present form was unforeseen when our existing battleships were designed, but their anti-aircraft armament is being increased to enable them to perform their primary function...