| Show PILOTS OFFER TO FIGHT FOR CHINA americans americana and canadians seek foreign service ottawa out ont american and canadian air fighters some of them with twenty and thirty machines to their credit in the great war may soon be zooming through asiatic skies helping the chinese to throw back the japanese forces since eighty experienced royal koyal canadian air force pilots offered their services in a body through chinese consul general for cicada casada tchula LI a number of american air pilots have expressed desires to join them one of the american even offers to pay his bis own way to china recently mr LI received from the chinese nationalist government at a cab cablegram legrain indicating that there Is a probability of their enlistment offers being accepted the cablegram received by the chinese consul general Is in response to ills cabled report of 0 the enlistment offer of the experienced canadian flyers it says that the chinese governments aviation department finds the proposal interesting and welcomes the idea of having experienced aviators from the occident fight under the chinese nationalist tion alist flag it will be necessary however the cablegram states for tha chinese aviation department to give full consideration to the detailed report of the pro now in the malls mails on its way to china before definite answer can be rhen given according to the canadian air force spokesman who because of canadian government opposition to the move cannot reveal his identity the canadian proposals should reach about the middle of march we are planning our organization ile he said so that we can start immediately upon receipt of favorable definite reply from the chinese government 11 the canadians say they are prepared to equip and man two squadrons one pursuit and one bombing at a cost to the chinese government for the first year of nine million dollars including maintenance and salaries each succeeding year would cost but four millions it if necessary the airmen say they can equip two or more squadrons of eighteen machines each there are about pilots and mechanics affected by the royal canadian air force layoff |
