The New York herald., 1922-03-05
GERMANS TO MAKE
FLYING POPULAR BY
CHEAPENING FARES
Plan to Charge PatrOnsOnly
Nominal Sum More Than
Rail Rates.
SUPPLY FILMS TO MOVIES
TO Open Thirteen Routes Cons
Meeting Berlin With Ger
man Cities. !
SUPPLY FILMS TO MOVIES
Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
sopyri0ht, l9ee. by THE New YORK HERALD.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, f9ee. oy THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. March 4.
aviation must be popularized IL it IS
TO hrve future, German aircraft man.
ufacturers decided after last years
books were closed. and with practical
philosophy they are beginning a cam
paign to that end.
As a result Of this Germany will be
the first country where flying to ones
destination will cost only a nominal
sum more than getting there by train.
This nominal addition will be 200
marks, or 81. and covers the expense of
reaching and leaving the aviation sta
ton by automobile.
| These low prices will not be for
Germans only but will be available to
all corners. Thus American tourists in
| stead of taking ten hour train ride
from Berli.l to Munich will be able TO
make it il seven hours. including sew
eral long stops for sight seeing, all for
$6
Another feature Of the popularizaton
scheme is to supply cinemas with spe-
cially prepared aviation films. The sched-
!
over thirteen routes connecting Berlin
with the most important German cities
and linking suck cities as Hamburg Stet-
tin, Munich, Constant, Stuttgart and
Nuremberg. There will be service be-
tween Koenigsberg and Moscow which
will enable passengers TO travel from
Berlin TO Moscow without having to set
foot in an unsanitary RusS'n railway
compartment.
,..fn he do IN 1uut
years brilliant record when nearly 4.S0o
I scheduled fights were made, about j.
l 10000 miles flown, $500 passengers
carried and $4,000 tons OF baggage and
mail transported. The service did not
make money but nearly broke even.
thanks to the government subsidy OF
about $4,000 The subsidy this year
viii be about half as much In dollars
/ hut will amount to nearly twice as
much in marks. or 45.000.000 marks
Fear Veto by Allies.
Even with all the promising talk
about the prospects OF the coming sum-
mer German air experts cannot refrain
from voicing fear that German aviation
may be paralyzed by the building re-
strictions OF the Allies. American Off
/ clals in Berlin have listened to many
\ appeals from both the German Foreign
III OTIice ana tnE aircraft lHQuSlTy III
which America has been urged in her
1 own interest 10 keep the German air
| industry alive.
\ The crisis will come on May 5, for on
\ that day German airplane factories
after having been shut down since last
\ July. will be allowed to operate again.
y The question Is what they viii be al
4 lowed 70 build The German thesis il
that any airplane which is really useful
X Iii commercial work can also be used for
h military purposes. and that 1t is folly
70 obstruct the commercial progress OF
\ aviation for military reasons.
With this line OF thought they are
I fighting against the application OF the
former stringent principles OF the Allied
\ Control Commission. The report made
4 by the subcommittee on aviation of the
\ Washington conference to the same Of
Il feet IS being quoted here. l.. r. Lent,
\ American aviation authority. is also
being quoted AS having written recently
] that "thc broad performance and spcci-
y fication FOR the commercial airplane can
4 be briefly stated az follows: the air.
/ plane which will carry the greatest use
\ full load over the greatest distance with
out stopping and at the highest speed
4 Charge Commercial Rivalry.
What the Germans fear Is a reversion
\ TO the so-called definition Of non-mill-
y tary aircraft which shuts out every air
plane with more than 4 so horsepower
motor. q speed of / 05 miles an hour and
carrying capacity Of 1890 pounds in
cluding the pilot mechanic and passen-
+ gers baggage
Anything approaching such restrf--
tions will put Germany out or the run
ming permanently IN the aviation COM
petition. It Is declared. The Germans
I do not hesitate to charge that IL they
are handicapped IL will not be military
considerations but commercial rivalry
which will be at the bottom OF H. The
real antagonism 70 the German air
craft industry Il not in France but I'm
England. In fact the French are felt 10
be rather eager 70 have the German fac
tories start up again because their
own industry will be developed and ex-
ports arc desired. The English. how
ever. have . nourishing aircraft industry
and DO not welcome German competl-
ton II - because the American air
craft industry also T. not yet fully de-
veloped that the Germans regard IL as
being u Americas interest 10 make use
of German experience and prevent Ger
man equipment from being destroyed
May Build ABROAD.
rho Germans are not altogether help
less IN the airplane competition II this
Allies DO not permit them to build in
Germany they w.y open branches I'M
neighboring countries like Czecho-syc.
vakia and the Baltic States where they
cannot be controlled and there will build
whatever they please--even planes de-
linerately made TO b. transformed into
war craft.
Another advantage Is that Germany
Will regain the right 70 the air over
hcr own territory in January next
Under the treaty of Versailles tho Allies
may ny over Germany until this date
with any kind OF aircraft they may
choose, but thereafter Germany can
forbid foreign planes from crossing
Germany or from landing on German
territory Thus Il will he possible for
them 70 limit transit rights to the
Identical types Of planes which tt,
n Gerfans themselves viii Ne permitted -
\ build That would close Frances air