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THE BEE i OMAHA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER
S.
Fly
ing in France
Safe as Motoring,
: Statistics Show
Million Miles Flown With
1' Only Four Killed and Four
y Injured Giant Strides
Are Made.
-" Pari, Dec. 2. Afttr the little car,
'titer the airplane for all
; Models shown at the air talon at
the Grand Pataii indicate a tre
mendouj effort on the part of de
t'Kners in two directions:
,' 1. To build monster machine
capable of crossing oceans with as
many as 100 passengers.
. 2. To build tyuy, self-stabilized
"(lytIanes" as simple of operation
as a jitney, capable of 'landing al
most anywhere, and with prices de
signed to suit the purse of any man
who can afford an automobile.
Other developments include: An
Vir taximeter; a helicopter capable
of ascending aid descending verti
callv without wings: a muffler de
vice, which it is claimed will allow
'air passengers rto converse freely
folding airplane, measuring 17
''feet bv 22 feet, which can be pack
'cd away in three ordinary sized
trunks and reassembled in one hour.
" The tremendous strides air devel-
'opnient has made, sine? the war are
demonstrated everywhere at the
.:ilon. .
"If we were at war now there
would be practically no use for
armies and navfes,", commented AI
varo Pescara, inventor of a heilcop
ter and one of Spain's leading aero
nauts. ' :
France Leads.
The exposition reveals that the
leading country in airplane develop
ment is France if Germany is. ex
cepted, and , Germany is not repre
sented.
'.' Following France liomes Italy and
ihen Great Britain. Judged by the
meager exhibits ''expected from the
'..United states, America is far down
on the list of naticins who have
taken the lessons of the war and
applied them to commercial use.
T The extraordinary eve!opment of
'French air work may, be attributed
' first to the liberal subsidies granted
by the government anil secondly to
the pa:nstaking researches of
Jgroup of French airplane designers,
;who have never ceased their labors
;(d make flying a universally safe
, business and pastime. . i.a .
While to Italy belongs. .the credit
of creating the first super-airplane,
capable of transporting , 80 to . 100
. persons exclusive of crew, rrance
"r's the home of the most4, important
invention touching air development
' since the Wright brothers first dem
onstrated, at Le Man) tha possibili
t -s of controlled flight. , c, . :
Stabiliier In, Use.. ; '
v I his is the stabilizer, bv which a
v.fcavily loaded passenger alrvHane re
eently flew from -Paris to Rotterdam
and return a distance of 500 miles
-"-Without the pilot once touching
the controls except to takei off and
' land. By means of this invention
rhe dangers of flying in clouds and
T are largely dispelled. 1 ' .
Ti.Jt is, in fact, possible to ascend
i - a thick foe. reach a . certain
1ieight above the fog, and by means
of compass, altimeter, windometer
and other directive instruments,
aided by the stabilizer, guaranteeing
constant height and direction, land
again in a fog. The signal for land
ing is given by wireless, the. oper
ator on the ground, by shortening
ana icngtnemng nis waves, ueing
able to inform the pilot vhis exact
location over the field. , ,i -
The problem of fog-flying is not
entirely tlone away with, but the
,wiieless telephone and the stabilizer
have gone a long way .toward its
solution. " . '..'''
, Motorless Planes,
t Apparently the Germans are
ahead in motorless trials, but French
experts such as Rene Fonck, the
ace of ates, observe that the idea of
living without motors is as though
giant oil-burning liners on the ocean
were deprived of their engines and
set to running with sails. . ,
""The French have been among the
ficst to realize the practical bene
fits of Parker R. Bradley's invention
for making airplanes non-inflammable.
Fire, it is recognized, is still
fk greatest danger of the air. , Mul-
tiple engines can reduce to zero the
danger of collapse through engine
failure; dual pilotage and control
can abolish to a large degree the
uncertainty attaching to the human
element; stabilizers and other de
vices can render the ' airplane in
mune from storms in the air, but the
danger from overheating or from
electric discharge remains as great
as ever.
Many Air Taxi Lines.
1 Bradely's invention, explained be
fore the Areo Club of America, is
therefore hailed as of tremendous
importance by French experts and
already test machines have been con
structed along Bradley's specifica
tion . '
One of the chief reasons France is
holding its lead in aviation is that
Laurent-Eynac, under secretary of
.icronautics, is himself a pilot and
saw active service over the German
Mies diiring the war. Shy of pub
licity, he is working day and night
. tn provide France with the greatest
commercial air fleet of the world.
' Under his direction French air
t.-iies now exploit approximately
5.000 miles of territory, covering a
sreat part of Europe. Among these
, hfles are:
Paris-London.
r Tans-Brussels-Amsterdam.
' Paris-Strasbourg-Prague-AVarsau4
Toulouse (France-Capablanco)
Morocco. - ' f,
-" Bayonne-Bilbao-Santander.
"r Bo"rdeaux-Tonlouse!ontpelicr.
Paris-Lyons. "
Paris-Marseilles. . ' . --.
Faris-St. Nazaire. '
Large Mileage.
'During ' the first six tnonthts of
1921. approximately a million miles
. had been corered by French com
mercial airplanes, transporting 5,000
passengers, 140 tons of freight, five
tons of mail, with a net casualty re
volt as follows: . - '
Pilots killed.. . 2
rissengers killed.. ....... 2
ilots wounded.... ..3
Passengers injured 1
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Philippines Not Yet
Fit for Independence
-Washington,.; Pee. 2. -Despite et.
traordinary progrct 1 the past 2.1
vrari. the Firi people have a
long road to travel before they will
be ready to take over their own
. ... '.nnlmir to the .report
made by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
governor general oi me isianu, "i
W. Cameron Forbes, former govern
or general. ,
Need of further national improve
ment it pointed out by the report,
which, declareshowever, that the ad
mmictraf til stakes of the Filipinos
have not been sufficient to counter
balance the, steadily rising progress
barometer. . " ' ' -"r..,,.,nii,r
inmLnir" the renort
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says, "administrative departments of
the government are top-neavy m
ncrtnnnol and mmeshcd in red tape.
Ttinri. ic 9 tacf anmiint of paper
work, i The methods of the adminis
tration are purely automatic. nere
is a lark of supervision and personal
contact." . " ' .
sengers were killed in the same ac
cident.
The actual percentage of travel in
France shows that the number ol
fatal accidents from commercial air
flying is actually less than those
ftom railway or automobile travel
ing, forcing the conclusion that at
last flying has become safer than
motoring or traveling joy train.-
Officials Deny Japan
Demands Bigger Navy
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
Washington, Dec. 2. Official de
nials came yesterday from the high
est American and Japanese sources
that Japan had made a formal de
mand in the arms conference here for
naval ratio of 10-10-7 instead of
the 5-5-3 ratio proposed in the Amer
ican delegation. '.
Admiral Baron Kato, the Tapanene
delegate, most vitally concerned
with the limitation program,. 4lso
denied published Yeports that he had
laid the 10-10-7 demand before Sec
retary Hughes and Arthur J. Bal
four, representing the United States
and Great Britain. 1
Admiral Baron Kato went further
and declared that he never received
instructions .from Tokio to dem-.nd
the 10-10-7, ratio from the conference.
The Japanese deleeate also volun-
leerea tne statement tnat he was
deliberating the question of ratio in,
his mind and would announce his
decision at the proper time and that
he was thinking over the limita
tion of armament prosposal inde
pendently of the question of naval
bases and Pacific fortifications. '
Talk of a deadlock on the naval
ratio is not regarded seriously by
the conference leaders who were
more emphatic than ever today of
ntiai agreement on the 5-5-3 basis. ;
Mrs. Harding Presented
With Fine Saddle Horse
Washington. Dec. 2. President
Harding has been taking horseback
riding as a morning exercise of late.
and a Washington friend decided to
arrange facilities for Mrs. Harding
to accompany him. She was pre
sented with a thoroughbred horse
yesterday. . .
Moratorium on
Debts of Germany
Rumored in Berlin
Action Reported Assured as
ResuU of Visit of Dr.
Ratlienau to"
i , ' London.' ,,
'Berlin, Dec. '2, Reports are being
spread in Benin that a "moratorium
on the payment of German repara
tions has been assured as a result of
action ' taken in London, vwherc Dr.
Rathenau, former , minister , of. re
construction; ' has been; carrying on
conversations with British officials
and financial leaders. ..'.. .'''." ,-
One report says that -a moratorium
of two years has been .secured and
another that it will be ,for three
years.. Alsoit is stated, the mora
torium is to begin immediately kfter
the January reparations payment is
made. '. - . ' . ' , ; .'
Panicky conditions, existed on the
stock exchange yesterday t when
marks went up to 180 for the dollar.
Stocks" fell until some' were 600 per
cent below their Monday value. As
a result many fortunes were ' wiped
out. . - , ,- ' . v , . ,
Conferences Continue.' '
London, Dec. 2. Dr.; Walther
Rathenau yesterday continued his
conferences . with the British, finan
ciers and business ' men; discussing
plans for' rehabilitation Of Germany
and the eventual payment of the
debt. It is stated 'that there is every
reason to believe that the British
hankers , do not look, with1' favor on
the moratorium idea,- but they are
willin to helb Germany bv means
of short loans in paying, the January
and February .installments and then
later to" work out' a comprehensive
scheme for restoring German firnce
and trade. , ' ' . '
'All 'of this.- however is conditional
on German home reorganization and
the scrapping of the mark printing
presses. It involves also the reor
ganization of Russia, in -which it is
hoped that vFrance, , Great .Britain
and Germany and even the United
States will participate.
French Consent Necessary. .
The bankers desire to have a defir
nite plan ready viliich Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George can discuss with
President Harding when he goes to
Washington, it will be necessary,
to secure French consent and for
this purpose every effort will be
made to induce Premier Briand to
consent to a meeting with - Mr.
Lloyd George early next week.
There was no formal cabinet
meeting yesterday, but there was a
conference attended by nearly all the
members, at which the German sit
uation was exhaustively discussed. , '
M. Krassin, the Russian trade en
voy, has not yet been summoned to
Downing street, but it is expected
that he will ,go there tomorrow,
after which it is said that the prime
minister will receive Dr. Rathenau
prior to his departure for Berlin. ;
. There has been a remarkable rise
in the value of the mark on the Lon
don . market. Yesterday the rate
dropped from 1,050 to the pound to
930 and today it dropped to 710. ';'
Lawyer Gets Fees
Auburn, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.)
John S. McCarty,' democratic poli
tician and attorney of Lincoln,' was
awarded $340 by a jury in district
court here against John Lampc, jr.
He, sued for $1,000 attorney ices..
Jacques Reaches Brussels
Brussels, Dec. 2. Lieutenant
General 'Jacques, who recently vis
ited - the ' United States, returned
home yesterday.-
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