Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-08
AGREEMENT MIST M REACHED
or AMERICA WILL nv Caused
TO SUFFER.
AIR CRAFT Be TESTED
Captured German Vessels VIII he l'se,
A. Targets: Government Ob.
ligaied 10 destroy
ships.
ny Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Feb 7-Partlcipa
ton by the war dcnarimcnt In a series
of experiments Co determine the value
~ aircraft against major naval vessels
was invited by secretary Daniels 10
day.
The first of tho tests viii be conduct.
I'd within the next 90 days. Mr. Daniels
said. and conditions npproxlmatlng as
closely M possible those 81 battle viii
be simulated The captured German
battlcship OSfricsland u 2G.5OO tons
probably will be- used for the first ex
pertinent.
Admiral H. T.. Coontz. chief of naval
operations. prior Ia the making public
of secretary Daniels letter had told IN,
house naval committee that within tn,
next three months the navy department
would he able Ia bomb large warshlp
from the alr In the open seas In an II
fort IN test the theory advanced by
Brigadier General Michel Of the army
air service. that air planes had mad
capital naval vessels useless
Representative MOndell of WyomlnR
republican, floor leader who preceded
Admiral Cootz on the stand. warned the
COMMITTEE that unless Expenditures for
military establishment wcrc cut down.
some II the millions Of the world would
be- driven unto bankruptcy. lie char
act, rizcd the navy departments cstt
mated under Secretary Daniels as "a
motto, to the worlds from peace loving
America 81 the official announcement ~
the American administration. accented
abroad M mandate To. IL not an ex.
precision a. the viii of the American
people"
The United States should take the
lead In disarmament declared Mr..
Mondcll adding:
III an agreement In no, reached for
the limitation IL armnmcnis and wnr.
like expenditures In the near future the
fault viii be That ~ America. aa In
former days the fault was that of Ger.
many"
Representative Towncr, Iowa. follow.
ID MIR Mondoll H. also urged dis
armament agreement. hut advised con.
tinuatlon uf the present building pro.
gram until IL was Raced and no action
by this country except by international
agreement. The drastic cut In military
expenditures n this country since the
end 81 the war was not cquailcd any
whore abroad, he said and was evi.
dcncc To- the world of Americas desire
to reduce It's military establishment
tn the minimum consistent, with safe
~.
DiscusSig the question 81 dlsarmw
m'nt, Admiral Cooniz declared that dls
armament talk had appeared after I'VE
have waited all our lives Tor navy 81
importance and equality and "now
when realization was at hand" lie nd
vised against stopping any part OF the
1915 building program 81 far as big
ships were concerned
Secretary Daniels. In making publh
his letter to htkcr. pointed that by al.
He'd agreement the United States was
obligated o. destroy the Osfieslnnd and
other former German naval vessels civ.
en- This country M soon as experiments
now under wny were concluded. lie
could think - no more fitting or Use
ful method Il destroying them. he said
than hy using them as test ships for
aviation bombing experiments lie In
timaicd that the old hattlcship Iowa
already fitted for radio conrtol apara.
ius, would be used for similar purposcI
later