AMERICA'S PART

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17038, 23 June 1917, Page 9

AMERICA'S PART

manufacture of aeroplanes. RELIEVING THE AT.r.TRq Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. . WASHINGTON, June 21. The Aircraft .Board 'hopes soon to relieve the Allies of the manufacture of all aeroplanes except the speediest type. America plans to manufacture 1000 battleplane engines monthly, also thousands of training aeroplanes for use in Europe and America. Battleplanes capable of doing 110 miles an hour will be used for .bombing and observation purposes on the west front. Mr Wilson supports the request for an aeronautics appropriation l of 600,000.000 dollars. It is proposed to use automobile and •-newriter factories for the manufacture of battleplanes, the parts of "which are to be standardised'. AIR INVASION OF GERMANY. WHAT THE ALLIES OOULD DO WASHINGTON,. June 21. 5s la Grange, a member of the. French aircraft mission, states that the Allies' plan of an air invasion of Germany with victory is certain if America carries out her aircraft programme. The Allies could wipe out submarine bases, munition factories and mobilisation denots, and render Heligoland impotent before an AngloAmerican naval attack. Even Berlin will b" "t tho merry of the A ilia? if America Btfovides a sufficiency of planes nirrl man

MEXICO'S STAND. IX) JOIN WITH AMERICA, Renter's Telegrams. VANCOUVER, June 22. (Kecehred Jtrne 23, at 1.5 a.m.) President Carranza's envoy ia en route. Washington reports announce that Mexico is ready to enter the "war against Germany, and that France has aJready nsada a Iniin to Mexico.