Evening star., 1940-07-16
BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON,
Star Aviation Editor.

BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON,
Star Aviation Editor.
AFRICA, Chile (By AirmaiD -
There are many straws in the wind
pointing to a smashing German
economic drive for domination of
South American markets as soon
as the Nazis gain q clear hand in
Europe. South Americans who are
watching the shadows of coming
events with anxious eyes fear that
the Nazi campaign in South Ameri-
can republics will begin within two
months, particularly along the At
lantic coast.
Nazi attempts at penetration in
South America, it Is anticipated.
will begin, particularly on the west
coast, with q determined effort to
increase the grasp of the subsidized
German air transport companies on
trade and transportation.
These efforts even now are be-
ginning; the Germans have applied
for permission to bridge one Of their
most serious west coast air line gaps,
from africa to Santiago, down the
Chilean coast, and the arrival Of q
German Junkers 81 three-engined
air liner from La Paz, Bolivia, was
expected here as this was written.
Although this airplane carries .
cargo of cocaine, which was i'm
pounded at La Paz and prevented
from going through Bolivia to
Buenos Aires for transshipment to
Germany, 1t also carries passengers
for the primary purpose of . prac-
tical trial of the Arica-Santiago
route.
I'VE do not know what our gov
ernment will do about 1t, but do
not think the average Chilean is in
favor of letting the Germans get
any stronger foothold than they
already have" a prominent Chilean
businessman declared during the
fight here from Lima, Peru, aboard
a United States air liner Of the
"Panagra" division of Pan-Ameri.
can Airways.
Businessmen Are Apprehensive.
Businessmen on the South Ameri-
can west coast regard with serious
apprehension the anticipated Ger.
man effort to gain domination OF
transportation and trade. But they
anticipate difhculty in heading Oh
the penetration of German all
transportation because heavy Nazl
subsidies will permit the German
air line companies In South America
to offer service at q lower rate than
is possible for the immensely pop
ular and very widely used United
States foreign airmail lines.
The fact that Pan-American Air
ways now Is able to do at least IL
times the volume Of business that
all the European airlines in South
America handle today Is due to the
fact that the American system l,
operated on sound economic prin-
ciples and offers fast, convenient
schedules on q basis Of real trame
needs, 1t was explained In africa.
What may be the effect Of q large.
scale NaI operation on the uneco-
nomic basis made possible by heavy
subsidization, with . sole view t<
economic domination Of the country
and its trade and business, West
Coast leaders hesitate to predict.
Colombia Creates Own System.
There is q strong feeling below
the Equator that other South Amer.
ican republics well might follow thu
lead of Colombia, which only thi:
month created its own national air.
line system and nationalized the ole
Scadta Air Lines, resulting In thu
retirement of all German personne
from the flying picture In Colombia
The new national company, Aero
Was Nacionales de Colombia com.
pressed into "AviaAoa" for the sakl
of brevity-is operating In the closest
possible harmony with Pan-Amer.
ican Airways, which is furnishing
instructors and mechanics. Unitet
States airliners form the backbone
of the new Colombian fieet.
Scadta-the old German pioneer
airline. Sociedad Colombo Alemani