SUPREMACY IN THE AIR.
RACE BY THE POWERS.
BRITAIN AND JAPAN LEAD.
AMERICAN GENERAL'S VIEWS.
By Telecraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 8.35 p.m.) Router. WASHINGTON. Dec. li Britain And Japan are most probably the greatest air Powers in the world, and America is about level with Italy, according to the evidence of the assistant Chief of the Army Air Service, General Mitchell, given before the Investigating Committee of the House of Etepiesentatives.
General Mitchell said that Biitain was trying to lay the foundation for her supremacy in the air. as she had done in connection with her navy. Japan owed her excellent air service to her efforts to consolidate her flying activities.
The United States could control the seas by air within two years it' the services were given yearly appropriations equivalent to the cost of half a battleship, said General Mitchell. He advocated separating the air services from the Army and Navy, and establishing a single flying organisation with the view of developing a national air policy.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18896, 19 December 1924, Page 11
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