Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-03-28
Government to Be
ActfOe Force in
Development of
AUiation for Com
mercia1 Purposes.
BY LLOYD ALLEN,
Special Staff Correspondent.

f[ [@TONDON.-Here in England
INHllcgQI III the aircraft makers are busy
HIkiH1fSNA night and day getting ready
HEAzzB&E1I for that great boom in the
ug-Sz1 airplane business that is go
ing to come just as soon as
the peace treaty is signed.
America, it is generally agreed, forms
the most fertile field for the develop
ment of commercial aviation-passen-
ger traffic and freight carrying. At
least one British concern-Handley
Page, Limited-is willing to cooperate
with American manufacturers.
Lord Weir, the British air minister,
expects the parliament to consider and
pass code of rules, the first Laws
of the Air" that have been prepared
by the leading men in the aviation in
dustry.
The next step will be the formation
of an International flying convention,
by committee that will probably be
appointed by the peace conference.
1T will be appreciated" Lord Weir
has just declared, "that until this con-
vention is signed and this domestic
legislation becomes operative there can
be no flying at all, either information
ally or in this country"
In the meantime there are at least
100000 men and women working every
day here in the airplane and airship
factories. And the British air minis
try is expecting to remain in business
as part of the government, with some
changes perhaps, but still as an active
force to promote aviation in peace
times.
This is only part of the preparation
that is being made here for widespread
| passenger traffic and rapid transporta-
| tion of mail by means of airplanes.
The other preparatory effort that is
now under way is the marking off
| through Europe and Asia, of interna
tional airways that will prove most
practicable for the era of aerial pas
senger traffic soon to come
Paris-London Line Sure.
1t seems a settled fact that one of the
first routes that will see air traffic j!
the LonGon-Paris trip across the Eng
lish channel, now requiring at leas
twelve to fourteen hours.
Airplanes on military missions dur
| ing the past few months have beer
taking passengers and delivering then
at Paris in two hours and there is NJ
reason to believe that civilian passen
ger traffic will not be carried on tn,
same quick schedule-possible befor,
the early summer months. The far
will be high at first. Later, when NOR
machines are available and competition
becomes factor, it viii be possible +
1y to Paris at treble the cost of lam
and water transportation say $35 o
even less. The first charges, the far
now under consideration for the frs
flights, will be approximately S75,
sum that will prove prOhibitive to al
except wealthy travellers.
Members of the British air ministr
are confident the American liberty me
tor will take a prominent part in con
mercial aviation.
"Here in England" a lieutenant co
Onel at the air ministry said, 1--WE al
naturally fond of the Rolls Royce el
gine. We know, nevertheless. tha
the Liberty motor is fine piece {
workmanship and that it can be PR
duced much more rapidly than til
Rolls Royce engine, which has SOM
thing like two thousand separate part
We were mighty glad to get Libert
motors for the bombing machines tn;
J wrought so much havoc behind IL
German lines because it was impossib
to produce Rolls Royce motors rapid