The sun., 1910-05-22

for Switzerland stands in no fear q mill
taTy AEgroasiOn. But she has 4 customs
tarH. and. what il Of great Importance
she derives considerable revenue from
transportation and mail carrying mon
OpOlies. She cannot afford to have the
aeEOhauts interfere with these The
great pleasure or playground Ol En-
rope. SWitzerland's prosperity depends
largely upon the entertainment Of heI
visitors. Her charges for passenger
freight aud postal convenience are e.
essential TO her welfare. How are the
coming and going and Use Of the airship
to be- regulated DR. RITTER said al
lake MOhOnk
The freedom VI alrshlps must be cOhsidsTcd
guaranteed Ia princlple. ~ they travel Al such
distance from the earth that The owner Of lane
beOu ran have no Interest IN prohibiting trans
overhead. However such gafAc should be sub
isci 10 certain regulations which on The Oa'
hand pro,ec, tho property sOns and oa the Othsi
secure 70 ths asronaut certain privileges iudis
penaable 70 him Viewed In she light Of pubu'
law the ausstOa also becOmes Important How
far W lnto the atmosphere does the dOmaiu Of Z
state eH,end And 10 shat height does The pena
law fOllOu the right Of state 70 me,s out punish
menr AieN questions Of martial lhw concsrninl
asrOnAuucs have heretofore been settled a, th'
tWo peace conferences a. The Hague hut Othei
questions may Ariss FOg Instance shall the law'
pertaining 10 conEaband Of var or blOcksds run
ming be made applicable 70 air Wahhc' May air
ships for var purposes pass through the property
sons Of neutral states May they land 10 take IN
equipment or DrovisiOns'
Furthermore. all nations will have 10 consider
whether and 10 what extent shey uil carry oE
AsrOaautcs a. . monopoly similar 70 carrying
malls. Eventually the question Will have 10 b
decided whether Governmental alrshlps shall b.
kep, solely for war purposes or as veil for M
purpose Of carrying the nails and 70 Euard Asains
smuggling Especially IS regards these tWo lai,si
phases. the customs service and the mail service
the great dagger is spParsni that the Interests O
. STATE msy BE prsjudicsd
Dr. RITTER advocates the establish.
ment forthwith Of an international
aeronautical bureau similar TO the In.
ternational Postal Union He believes
that airships will soon he serving the
public very much a. railroads and steam
ships do. now. IL in a limited degree. II
is obvious that airships can never take
the place Of railroads and steamships
but on tho other hand. il is the gen.
eral opinion that the airship is well
adapted for light freight trafhc and the
carrying Of the mails is well within its
capacity. There must then be interna-
iional as well as local law to regulate the
uas Of airships. OF the assertion az q
recent aeronnItic conference in London
Of the right to traffic in the air analo-
gOus 70 the right to trafiic on land and
water DR. RITTER says: In future
possibly a distinction may develop be
tween a right n air traffic over sea and
over land; there freedom, here terri
tOrial jurisdiction.
While Il would seem that there must be
a great advance in practical aeronautics
before the Law Of regulation can take
definite form and he divided into chap
ter and section, some problems are press
ing-those Of the posts and customs
revenue for instance: and il would be
well for some authoritative tribunal 10
take time by the forelock.