Evening star., 1922-06-30
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oer tue cOHtrol OF tue ieoeEdl govern
; ment.
Il Treaty With Canada.
| A treaty with Canada, meeting the
| between the Dominion and this coun-
try. The air board Of Canada does
not permit American military or
civilian air pilats to fly across the
border. the reason being that under
the terms of the international air
navigation convention. adopted by
representatives Of sixteen powers. but
to which the United States has not as
yet become siEnatory. pilots entering
another country must be registered
and licensed and air worthiness Of
their machines must have been certi-
fed to in their own country.
Adoption by the United States of
the international convention on air
navigation, which was drafted and
adopted by sixteen powers In 1919 at
i Paris. The convention defines the
nationality of aircraft and provides
for international registry and the dis
play of Identification insignia. Air
craft crew and wireless certificates
are required to be validated nation
ally. and certificates of airworthiress
and competency are also required:
The necessity and desirability of
, standard medical requirements is rec
ognized. Control of air navigation in
this country by the federal govern
ment is not fnterfered with, nor Will
commercial aviation be hampered by
! the national convention, the right be-
ing given to each contracting state to
establish reservations and restric-
tions in favor of its national aircraft
in connection with the carriage of
persons and goods for hire between
two points on its own territory"
The establishment of international
airways shall be subject to the con-
NJ taf A. hIIt mr.
stop flights over or through the terri
tory of any contracting state will be
permitted along the line of certain
designated routes. and aircraft are
thereby relieved from any possibil-
tiles of detention. Provision is made
der way, every aircraft being re-
quired to be provided with certifi-
Gates for registry, airworthiness and
lists of passengers, cargo and log
books.
The state flown over has jurisdic-
ton In regard to every breach of its
laws for the public safety and it's
military and fiscal laws. and equal IA
cilities shall be given to all in the
use Of airdromes and assistance in
distress.
The carriage by aircraft Of arms.
munitions or explosives in interna
tional navigation is forbidden. Pho
tograp phic apparatus is regulated. and
there is a nondiscriminatory prohibi
tion of other objects carried where
they are carried as measures of ma
tional public safety.
Military aircraft are forbidden to
ny over the territory of other nations.
except by interstate agreement for
police and customs aircraft.
Advocate Concentration.
In addition to the rules and regu
lations prescribed by the interna-
tfonal air convention, Col. Davis IA
vors the recommendation of the
American aviation mission that the
air activities of the United States.
military. naval and civic. be concen-
trated within theodirection Of a single
governmental agency created for the
purpose, co-equal in Importance with
the departments of War. Navy and
Commerce. to be designated by some
such name as the department of air
service.
Col. Davis also accepts the recon-
Mitchell. assistant chief Of the air
service, that there be a unification of
the nations air force and the crea-
tion of department of national de-
fence, with undersecretaries Of war,
Navy and air.
I'VE can never assums leadership
in this field" the colonel declares.
unless we are prepared to accept and
profit by the experience of other ma
tions, as result of the recent devel-
opment of the airplane and of the
law Of the air.