Evening star., 1926-11-07
By ". Jefferson Daris
Lieut.. Col, 0. r. G..
Legal Adviser for the United States at the
Congress on International Aviation.

One Of the most potent aids to expansion IN
air power that Russia has utilized Is the reaui-
ness of Germany to find a place IN tne s.r;ot sun
aeronautically. to speak, due to the restrlct-
ing supervision of German aircraft industries
by the allied committee of control acting uhoer
the provisions of the Versailles treaty. Onao,e
to build and operate planes Of any appreciable
size within her borders Germany turned u. 10
Russia and built in that country. especlany III
Moscow tremendous factories and engineering
Establishments and has been turning out planes
Of gigantic size along with smaller hylng UNITS
for military and naval purposes. RUSSIA mas
profited nightly under the terms or the fus
so Germanic commercial treaty and in air mat
has place among the European
powers which is causing the statesmen OF West
ern Europe much apprehension. The announce
ment that DR.. Junkers. from his Russian heao-
quarters at Moscow. would operate, under a
contract with the Soviet government t,, an sast a
factor in the watch Russia campaigns at
European courts. ,
A remarkable decision has been made by the
Soviet government with respect to nationwide
transportation in Russia and Siberia Inc Iall-
road development in Russia Is not extensive
the highway development Is anything but ace
quate. In order to cover the transportalio"
needs OF such immense area as that EN-
braced in Russia and Siberia. ia ailroad and hlgn-
way buildings would take many years ana II
now impossible because of the enormous cost
Accordingly. the Soviet government has deter
mined to establish air lines for passenger mai
express and freight transportation This VIII be
the main transportation system ana ralroaos
and highways will only be built to Facilitate
TRANSPORTATION
factured goods between the largest urban cen
ters.
1t is appa rent that the Soviet leaders believe
they can take time by the forelock and utilize
aviation for transportatio and communication
in the same measure that certain aeronautlcal
authorities in other lands believe to be an event
uality throughout the world. The leaders OF
aviation in Moscow have stated that for very
small part of the expenditures necessary 10
build railroad facilities and highways theN can
cover Russia and Siberia with network OF
air lines.
This is one of the interesting programs con
rerning aerona utcal development in the world
It's success or failure will have An Immense
hearing on the utilization of aviation for com
mercial purposes everywhere o,.
From the armistice until Midsummer OF i9Z"
German aviation was all but annhiated with
ing the boundaries of the German republic lhe
provisions of the Versailles treaty virtually
stopped development except In toy planes ana
,eronautical research. Germanys contributions
to the advance Of practical flight had been I'M
mense prior to and during the World war and
nasmuch as cannot regulate or STOP
through governmental proclamation the activity
of human brains, the scientists IN Germany
who have been devoting their talents TO
aeropautics barred from development In de-
sirn and manufacture, redoubled their ef-