Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-21
WARNER DISCOUNTS
TERRORS OF AIR IN
FORECASTS OF WAR
Declares SpeCuIationS on
Possible FrightfuIness in
Future 0vereStimated.
FUNDAMENTALS OF 1918
I REMAIN SAME, HE SAYS
Former Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Addresses Institute
of Politics.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSBURG, Mass, August 21.
e-The terrors of aircraft activities in
predictions of future wars are some
times overestimated, Edward P. Warner,
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Aeronautics. told the Institute Of
Politics today.
The record of experience, 30 far as
experience exists. sis Of more value than
Speculations on the frightfulness OF
culture aerial warfare" he said. He
SCALED that Greaat Britain had been
warned Of disastrous air attacks two
pears before the last war and that her
tsefenses proved more effective than had
been anticipated. cit is possible" he
bald, "that present prophecies may also
tHershoot reality"
He pointed out that while aircraft
Fave been improved since 1918 they
haven't changed in essential nature and
that fundamental principles of bomb
ing attack and repulse remain the
sAYne.
Gas Ugly Possibility.
VnC RdS DQkI1U, IlG 6FslAg 10 dA4 dBAS
possibility of the next war, but the
bower of gas is sometimes overeStimated.
He declared competent scientists have
estimated that 10000 tons of bombs
would be required to gas city OF the
size of New York, and said "anticipa-
tions that entire capitals can be wiped
out in q few minutes in a single raid
appear considerably to exceed the
facts"
the League of Nations to limit aerla!
armament, he said poSslolntles OF OF
agreement on reasonable limitation OF
aircraft or their employment in war
sremair somewhat in the realm OF
theory" He expressed the belief that
respect for fundamental decenc1eS OF
human relations would prevail against
barbaric use Of air forces in time OF war
Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, chief OF
staff of the United States Fleet, said
he saw no possibility OF utinzing the
naval limitation principle to limitation
of aircraft. There remains, ne SAID,
onIy some extension of international
rules of war to regulate the use OF air.
craft in war He believed such rules
would be respected, and pointed out
that "frightfulnesS in war Is a CUES
ton of civil morality, not OF military
morality" The difficulty OF Limitation
of war aircraft, he said, Is that OF
classification, because aircraft are TOO
easy to construct and TO convert from
commercial to war purposes.
Discussing the relation OF air forces
TO the Navy, Admiral Hepburn said
that aircraft are factors OF tremen-
dous Importance, but they are strictly
In auxiliary service to the Navy as
whole"
Discuss Chinese Famine.
Chinese famine conditions and re-
lief possibilities were discussed at the
round table conference on the Far
Eastern situation" by Walter H. NAL
lory of New York, former executive
secretary of the China international
Famine Relief Commission, and Grover
Clark, New York consultant on Far
Eastern affairs and also former mem
Der of the commission.
Mr.. Mallory said he doubted ii AM
permanent improvement OF conditions
IN China Is now possible and pointed
out that bumper crops tend to tncreas'
xopulation rather than to improve thu
standard of living" He said the popu'
Iation saturation point has been reached
and at seems that only by some artl
ficial control of the birth rate car
Cina's food problem be solved" Brit
control, he said, would De difncult o
attainment, in view of Chinese socia
precepts.
Mr.. Clark laid the primary cause o
famine to the drought and said tn
Klnaladministration, civil wars ant
banditry contributed to its severity
Millions of people are without re
sources, undernouriShed and will per
ish unless they get help from outside,
he said.