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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18424, 9 December 1921, Page 6

LATE CABLES

Pittm A»*Dci»tioß— By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, December 7. (Received Dec. 8, at 11 p.vn.) President Harding, addressing the Red Cross Society, said ; “It would be a wonderful thing "for you and me to have lived in a period in which we brought the conscience of mankind into an understanding where we have something tangible to prevent calling upon you again for war service, and I would like to say it to you because I know what I am speaking about. We are going to succeed beyond our fondest hones, it is getting to be so pleasing to be able to say that we can do it now. There is nothing impossible when the conscience of the present-day civilisation has fixed that accomplishment.”—A. and N.Z. Cable. WASHINGTON, December 8. (Received Dec. 8, at 11.30 p.m.) President Harding sent a communication to Congress asking for the creation of a Federal Bureau of Aviation to control commercial air travel. The President pointed out that the United States had hitherto neglected the. air. It should be first in the world in commercial and defensive aerial undertakings.—A. and N.Z. Cable. (From the Special Representative of the Australian Press Association.) WASHINGTON, December 8. (Received Dec. 8. at 11.45 p.m.) Mr J. W. Weeks (Secretary of War), in Ris first annual report, stated that the plans now initiated for the preparation of national defence, contemplate a more complete state of preparedness than for any previous neriod in the peace time history of the United States. He added that the framework of the plans has been completed, but it would be ineffective unless the nation would ensure success by lending financial support. Young men must b« trained to fill places in the national reserves and industries, and must prepare to co-operate in war-time nroduction. The \nienrfin people had started along this path, and could not afford to turn back. He pointed out that the National Military Academy, which trains officers, must or increased in size, and must increase its activities. Aircraft must be developed. Studies in gas and chemical warfare are generally progressing.—A. and N.Z. Cable.