Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-04 | Page 1 | Great Powers Evenly Divided on Air Method

REAT POWERS i EVENLY VENlY DIVIDED ON AlA METHOD Erance and Japan Ilance I Have Branches ENGLAND UNIFIED m i italy I aly taly Also Mso Employs British Style I IBy By I y FREDERIC FREDER WILLIAM WILE Copyright 1925 I I ASHINGTON Oct 3 Amen Ameri Ameri- Ameri partners among the great pow- pow the rs-the the four that are signatories to I ii Washington armament treaty treaty- 1 ire ire evenly divided on the question treatY treatY-I iffe Jf unIted unified air force France and adhere to the system in ext ex- ex I ex-I stence t nce In the United States where- where army and n navy vy maintain aviation branches Great and Italy have unified unWed services es in which all aU aviation i ie ore are administered by a cabinet known either as the secret secretary sec- sec ret ry or minister of ot air Italy's minister Is Premier Mussolini Cool- Cool 1 l Fascist dictator As the dge air board continues its inquiry t tb aviation conditions those prevailing pre pre- v abroad will presently be bel l with The advocates of a aI I ted air force and the supporters f army and navy serVIces ser ser- VIces Ices ic s are expected to draw heavily Ir n such uch foreign experiences as will up their respective conten- conten lons he anti antl anti plan to counter effectively against the MIt- MIt hl l plan by showing that Gr Great at B ain which now has a united Wice under an air minister is do done do- do ne her best to get rid of that tem Opposition to it t is led ed by the Y The latter's e experience has proved toot that a united service tails fails t meet the requirements ments of the fleet In the air Until April 1 i. 1918 tJi the thi air services of Great Britain w were re organized on lines similar to toh those h se In effect In this country The immediate cause of ot the change to a a. suited stilted air force torce Wi was s th critical situation sit sit- t on the western front In France and the need of concentrating concen ratIng every available airplane to neet the German men menace ce Alth Although ugh th the he German fleet wa was practically practically- a a. broken Instrument confined d to its flaval bases the German GermanS army was w sweeping forward In F France S So th British navy gave up up its naval to the army to meet a war emergency f RAfter After the armistice the British navy Davy sought to regain reain control ot of Its alS arm The struggle to do so nas continued until this h hour hur ur Rep Repeated Re Re- p ted con concessions have been forced rom from the united air ministry until thC present time per cent of ot 1111 observers and 70 per cent or of all mation pilots are arc Royal naval per- per onnel In addition the airmen of th tria thi Royal air force on on onboard board airplane air air- pa plane e carriers are now being beins sub- sub Pi-a Pi tl ted for by Royal navy ratings It s believed only a question of time before complete separation t takes place between the fleet air aira a irm arm and anti the Royal air force SNot Not lot long ago Rear Admiral Luke l I McNamee amee American naval a at ondon expressed the view to th navy navy department U that lt the Britis Brit Brit- Is united air service would Brit I not survive r ive for twenty four hoars hours if the Br British Ush empire were Involved In thing but a European L l ar Admiral McNamee said ts s it is now it is becoming more nil nd more realized that the united service engaged as it is with civil aviation military aviation naV na- na V l. l home defense with all its missions Influenced and modified modi modi- r fied ed d Io by polities politics s local Industries and jealousies has no clear iY of the strategy Involved In Inny ny of Its special missions llE ance which ranks as the supreme supreme su preme air power has never placed faith in a united air service r. r Drench aviation activities are divId- divId d. d four government depart- depart the the war ministry the naval ministry he colonial ministry and lI of state for forien fors ien s in the ministry of pub- pub In this grouping the un- un of ot state for ti ics acts as the technical guide and I IIri I Iri provider to the other mm- mm s jes concerned He is assisted min min-j p naval and c civilian per per- innel onnel The French army main main- pains Ins an air arm similar simBar In matters promotion f and general lon ion to the other branches of the imy such as the Infantry artilY artil- artil ry Y and cavalry In the French avy aviation is administered by byliS liS naval aeronautical department Is part of t th naval minis- minis y y The central service of naval Is under the direction of a aar ar He consults the aval ival general staff In in matters of tactics and forces Relie Reli- Reli ReIl I nee ufe e is placed on the fy rY ry of at f state for aeronautics in alters of technical research ex- ex and j u hase of The Fr French navy has charge of ot coast defense r d id d naval aviation plays an imperil imper n il n J part In It Italy established a united air all r e by royal decree in 1923 creat- creat Royal air force Recently appointed himself the too suL sume su- su L me ne head of it His title is High and the t try tary ry of ot the interior Is vice com com- comI I The air force has charge ll aviation activities including nIly y navy anti and commercial serea serce ser- ser ce ea The Is under ministry and deals directly with Her government departments on a independent basis A divI- divI on cn in known as general h a TS rs military air service is in e ge ar-ge of all ail organized air service its 8