The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-02

connection between naval vessels and
naval aircraft in the fighting Of FIJI
ture sea battles, 1t would be suicidal
to take aviation away from the navy
and put 1t in separate department.
"Such change in organization
would violate the fundamental require
ment Of national defense, which Is
unity" he explained. "The plan for
a separate department is unsound
strategically, tactically and economi-
cally. The organization Of single
air service would fatally complicate
the. national defense problem. This
has been amply demonstrated abroad
Commander ]. III. Towers, a naval avi-
ator of wide experience, who has late
ly returned from duty abroad. has
stated, The more T see Of the sepa-
rate air force idea the more opposed
am to IT."
Admiral Strauss said that the ex-
pertinent Of England and Italy with
unified air service has been failure
and England is reverting to the old
system.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover and
Postmaster General New were called
on to tell the board about commercial
aviation prospects. and they agreed
that America is about to witness the
development Of the greatest CONNER
cial air transport system in the world,
If only the government does its part.
Mr.. Hoover told the board that COM
mercial aviation can be established on
q vast scale lin this country without
the payment of the large government
subsidies to private enterprise which
have resulted in the development of
the European aerial carriage systems
and, he believes. without the payment
Of any direct subsidy at all. But 1t
will be necessary for congress to en-
act air transport legislation analogous
to the merchant marine law, he said,
and to provide for air navigation serv-
ice by the government such as Is af-
forded water navigation.
ID ESIDES starting It's technical in
- vestigation of the causes Of the
Shenandoah disaster, the naval court
Of inquiry brought out number Of
facts concerning the dirigible's fatal
flight. 1t was learned that Lieutenant
Commander Zachary Lansdowne had
recommended that the flight be de-
ferred until the second week of Sep
TENDER, but this was not because of
probable weather conditions, but sole
~ on the ground of the limited time
for receiving, regassing and refueling
the airship at Scott field. Illinois. and
at Detroit. The Navy department al
ready had deferred to the opinion of
Lansdowne that the fight should he
made in September instead of July be-
cause the earlier month was the sea-
son Of violent storms in the Middle
West, but it disapproved of his sug-
gestion to wait until the second week
of September because 1t was desired
that the dirigible should fly over a
number of state fairs held during the
first week.
JOSEPH CAILLAUX, French finance
- minister, together with his coli
leagues of the debt-funding commits
sion, arrived in Washington, prepared
to settle the French debt terms quick
ly and avowedly hopeful of that re-
suit. On the way across the Atlantic
M. Caillaux formulated the terms he
intended to offer the United States,
but he did not tell them to anyone,
not even to the other members of the
commission. Moreover, the American
commission has agreed that the pro-
ceedings shall be in secret, so prob
ably the public must await their con-
clusion to learn authoritatively what
is offered by the Frenchman. 1t was
stated in Washington that If no agree
ment has been reached before Octo-
Der 8, when Caillaux must leave for
home to prepare for the opening OF
the French parliament. he will offer
annual payments, beginning in 1925,
of $4O,000,000, to be increased after
1881. If this is not accepted he will
ask the United States to send a COM
mission across to study Frances finan-
cial situation and capacity to pay. He
frankly said he expected easier terms
than those granted Great Britain.
A S WAS expected. the League of
"A Nations found the Mosul question
too hard for it to settle, and so re-
ferred it to The Hague court The
British and French members of the
inquiry committee had agreed that the
league should handle the problem. but
the Swedish delegate was obdurate.
and as the constitution demands
rnanimity of all committee reports. he