International Rules

European air transport lines cross national frontiers almost as frequently as U. S. planes traverse State boundaries. But there is no uniformity of rules or ground facilities, except between countries which have entered into special treaties. Although highly adaptable to international transit, aviation is proceeding along markedly nationalistic lines. For this reason the League of Nations transit organization at Geneva has asked eminent airmen for helpful suggestions. The message of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, published last week: "A uniform [world] system of markings and signals should be decided upon, and a comprehensive meteorological and radio reporting system established. Aviation must be considered from an international standpoint." Dr. Hugo Eckener and General Italo Balbo, Italian Air Minister, likewise pleaded for close international co-operation to develop air navigation. A proposal of the Swiss delegates: that European nations divert part of the government subsidies which they now receive for aviation, to a pool for the development of international airlines.

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