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Flight, May 15, 1919 First Aero Weekly in the World. Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 542 (No. 20, Vol. XI.) MAY 15, 1919 reeklv, Price M. Post Free, 7d. and The Aircraft Engineer Editorial Office, 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2 Telegrams: Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerard 18*8 Annual Subscription Rates, Post Free: United Kingdom .. 28*. %d. Abroad.. .. 33$. erf. These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under war conditions CONTENTS Editorial Comment : Tbe Air Clauses of the Peace Treaty •• The Individual Criminals Protecting the Profiteers The Control of Trusts Flight—and the Men : Mr. A. V. Roe .. 623 The Tarrant Giant Triplane .. 656 PAGE 621 622 621 624 The Royal Aero Club : Official Notices The Transatlantic Contest The U.S. Navy Flying Boat, N.C. 1 Meteorology and Transatlantic Flight. By A. Zaiman Drawing Office Data. By E. O. William* Airisms from the Four Winds Civilian Aviation Personals .. .. 63, .. 634 .. 637 .. 641 .. 643 .. 646 .. 649 .. 651 Aviation in Parliament 652 The Royal Air Force 3 Side-Winds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 655 Imports and Exports, 1918-1919 656 EDITORIAL COMMENT. I CONSIDERING the wanton misuse of aircraft of which Germany was guilty during the War, and the crimes of which she was the perpetrator, the air clauses of the Peace Treaty do not, to our way of thinking, err on the side of undue severity. Germany is not to be allowed to create or maintain any naval or military air forces. She is, however, to be allowed to maintain a maximum number of ioo unarmed seaplanes up The to October i next, to be exclusively "of th"SCS empl°yed in searching for submarine Peace Treaty mines. The entire personnel of the air forces in Germany is to be demobilised within two months, except for a total of 1,000 officers and men which may be retained up to October. The aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers are to enjoy full liberty of passage and landing over and in the territory and territorial waters of Germany until January i, 1923, unless prior to that date Germany is admitted to the League of Nations or is permitted to adhere to the International Air Convention. The manu facture of aircraft and aircraft parts is forbidden throughout Germany for a period of six months. All military and naval aircraft, including dirigibles and aeronautical material, are to be delivered to the Allied and Associated Governments within three months, with the exception of the 100 seaplanes already mentioned. Such is the outline of the terms to be exacted frorfr a beaten Germany. It means that Germany which once prided herself on being the leading nation in aerial matters, and with considerable justification, disappears from the list of aerial Powers. Her Zeppelins, which were to beat the Allied nations to their knees by the complete destruction of their capitals and their most important cities, are now to be ignominiously handed over to the enemy. She is not to be allowed to maintain even the nucleus of an air force lest she should take heart again and endea vour by sudden aerial attack to compass what she has failed to do in the world War. She is tacitly informed that so little is she to be trusted that she is not even to be allowed to build for herself aircraft for com mercial use until, after the lapse of six months, the Allies have had time to co-ordinate their plans and obtain a lead that will put it out of the question for Germany to overtake her leeway for years to come, unless we are foolish enough to rest on oars and allow her to make up on us. We cannot think so ill of our own people as to believe that anything of the kind is likely to happen, but it is just as well to recognise at once that Germany is fully aware of the future possi bilities of commercial aviation and that, once the period of probation is over, she will strain every nerve to establish herself among the leaders. Therefore, we shall do well to make use of the six months' interval to set things going in real earnest. If we do that, we have no need to fear the future competition of Germany. We are ahead of her technically and in facilities for production so far as aeroplanes are con cerned. As to the airship, in the construction and design of the smaller non-rigid craft we have nothing to learn from Germany. Indeed, we could teach the Germans a good deal about them. Only in the con struction of the large rigid airships is Germany at all
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