PANAMA CANAL DEFENCES
REPORTED INADEQUACY. SEQUEL TO AN AERIAL TOUR. (By Telegrnph —Press Association.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, 10th July. Mr. Field, editor of the San Fi'ancisco Magazine, Mr. Fowler, an aviator., and two others were arrested on a charge of disclosing, military secrets. Fowler aeroplaned over the Panama Canal forts and wrote an article pointing out the inadequacy of the defences against air attack, which Mr. Field published. The Department of War ordered the arrests. It is the first prosecution of the kind ever heard of.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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85PANAMA CANAL DEFENCES Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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