The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-11

and bombs nnd doubtless In secret with gas Inc
presses are kept busy printing books on the next
world war;
Abroad nntIons seem to be running rnce In
developing the arplnne ms the coming weapon OF
war. The United States seems to be tagging ne
hind IN this development to such nn extent that
the American Legion hns proposed to ask fres'
dent Coolidge to cni nm international conference
to halt this race by limitation OF air arniamentA
II our aviation accomplishments are compare
lively Of little Importance, what must be the deVei'
opmcntI abroad? Unit, | States naval senp'anes
bombed and sank In short order two hattleshps
slated for the scrap heap.
Twcn.y.thrcc United States nrmy nlrplnncs. In.
Guiding sixteen huge hombcrs, made II flight OF
500 miles from Virginia to Mnne-nnd gave the
Atlantic const nn object lesson. transcont'nenfal
neria mail schedule Of thirty hours from coast to
coast shows that nigh, flying. an essential OF mill.
tary aviation. Is practical. A navy Curtis racer.
plioicd by II naval officer, Travelled at the rate OF
more than four miles minute and again at the
rate OF 255 miles nm hour.
The Darling bomber. the worlds largest air.
plane successfully completed its maiden trip n,
Wilbur Wright field. The bomber hns wing
spread of 100 feet. Loaded. II weighs twenty tons.
II has six Liberty motors OF 400 horsepower each
and two pushing and -four pulling propclers. II
viii stay In the air twelve hours and fly about
80 miles nn hour.
The United States naval dlr!gble HN-l success.
fully made n twcyc.hour flight OF COO miles over
New York. Philadelphia and cities OF the Atlantic
scnbonrd.
Now all of these fras In air travel were Immedi.
n,cly translated into terms of war. For Instance.
Commander Ralph H. Weycrbnchcr. U. s. n. de.
sIgncr and builder Of The ZItl. declares In
printed statement that had the ncrlnl superdread.
nnught flown over New York warlike errand
It would have been nm easy matter TO hav" de
stroycd public buildings smashed great holes In
'hc crowded streets md reduced the metropolis TO
n state Of panic.
lind she carried the Ave tons OF high explosives
the XRl can float. We could have wrecked the
guns Of Forts Hamilton and Wndsworth and lifted
the scugoing Aquitanin from the water 10 say moth.
Ing OF the lesser craft In the harbor" he wrote.
81 could not help thinking crclcd Manhattan
whnt grcvous destruction may be wrought by
ncrnl bombing over large cities II such floating
hnulcshps AS the 2It.l can be developed to II
point where they can successfully resist counter.
attack"
Commander Wcycrhnchcr translated the possi.
Ltlcs OF the XR.l into terms Of explosives.
Others talk nhout gas whole armies put to sleep
aud taken prisoner In gas warfare is by no means
nm imposslh,y twcn,y.nvc years hence. Col. Ray.
mond I. llcncon. chief OF the technical division OF
the chemical warfare service A. Il. r., says In n
description OF the possibilities OF the future nrt
of war made public by the American Chemical
society. lie SAYS:
"ro sny the use OF gns in warfare must he nboL
ishcd is almost the snme ns saying that prog
rcss must be made In the art Of warfare toward
the use Of rus II is possible to saturae piece OF
ground 80 that no troops can cross Il, and thus
make nm artificial burrier for the flank or protect
the lines Of communication