Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-01-13
POWERS EXPERTS
PONDER AIRCRAFT
Committee Begins Consideration
of Report of Special Sub
committee.
FROWN AT LIMIT ON CRAFT
Favor Set of Rules for Flyers in War
Report Declares Limitation of
Heavier Than Air Machines
Is lmpracticable.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The committee
powers began consideration of the re-
port of the special subcommittee on
aircraft which held that effective
limitation of aircraft is impracticable
except in the case of lighter than air
machines, and which proposed a new
treaty to govern the use Of commercial
aircraft in war.
The subcommittee in voluminous
report on all phases of the aircraft
situation submitted the following con-
clusion:
"The committee is of the opinion
that 1t Is not practicable to impose
any effective limitations upon the num-
Der of characteristics of aircraft, either
commercial or military, except in the
single case of lighter than air craft.
The committee is of the opinion that
the use Of aircraft in war should be
governed by the rules of warfare as
adapted to aircraft by further con-
ference which should be held at later
date"
The conference committee will re-
sumo consideration of the subcommit-
tee recommendations today. 1t was
predicted recently that 1t will not GO
beyond the report of it's subcommittee,
which is composed of experts repre-
senting all the participating powers
whose conclusions are regarded as
sound. When the future conference
may be held or where, could not be
predicted, but it is probable that there
will come from this conference a rec
ommendation that a world conference
Of juridical experts be held in the
near future to consider the general
question of revision of the rules of
warfare.
This conference, it was admitted In
an official quarter, cannot conclude
consideration of this phase Of the
agenda and will urge that 1t be turned
over to representative jurists of the
powers. In that conference rules for
aircraft could be laid down together
with general revision Of the rules Of
warfare.
With respect to the limitation of
heavier than air military aircraft, the
subcommittee found it impractieable
for the following reasons:
II. The difficulty Of finding basis
for the proportion Of aircraft to be
allotted to the various nations.
90. The difficulty Of devisiong techni-
cal nathods to impose such limitation.
50. The difficulty of enforcing such
methods.
81. The interdependence between air
power and commercial aircraft in
dustry which it is not practicable to
limit"
Respecting civil and commercial air.
craft, the subcommittee, after discuss,
ing the great possibilities of useful de-
velopment, submitted the following
conclusions:
''This committee understands that
the purpose of this conference is tc
promote peace and to remove the
causes of warfare. 1t must be under
stood distinctly that If the conference
decided to limit the development Of
commercial aircraft in order to retard
the development of air power the i'm,
mediate result will be the retarded de.
velopment of means of transportation
and communication which will itself, If
unrestricted, largely act to bring about
the same result, the removal of some
of the causes of warfare"