AIR HONOUR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 184, 4 July 1928, Page 2

AIR HONOUR.

| JEALOUSY IN WAY. J LONDON, June 1 Wtoe warmly appreciating the behind the suggestion made by Mr A. Wfatt, that an mte tionali honour should be instituted international air achievements, authorities who have been consi see considerable difficulty in carr out the plan. League circles in London point that She League Council is the : probable body to deal with the c tion, vl>ut it is difficult to see a spectv of anything being adopted. “It- would be a very delicate blem,” said one official, “and n mountable, perhaps, because of n national jealousies. Even the j impartial committee’s award woulj likely- to arouse dissatisfaction, j example, if an Australian or any j Dominion airman made a great if which was recognised by the Lei while some other nation’s airma* not recognised, the crv might b«j ed that Britain and the Dominiof used their influence in honour® brother partner in the Empire. ® “Similarly, charges might be : H of nations which are bound by.fflf' agreements pushing the claim allies. It would certainly not bj 1 for the League to make awards®;