Washington, Aug. 11.
Col, Patri J. Hurley, Secretary of War, to-day-referred to President Hoover' a 10- over the question of whether the Army or the Navy for the aerial side of coast defence, This problem first arose during] the passage of the appropriation Dill of 1920, at which time it was stated that the army is responsible for the maintenance of all forces operating from land bases.
The matter resulted duplications in Hawaii and_ the Canal Zone, and was mittens source of vexation.
Mr. William D. Mitchell, the! Attorney-General, declined to give fy vain, when it can pat him recently, and Tlurley decided to-go to the Presi-"thus Clo dent direct United Press, ing toward war.
'This war, he said, he expects to see develop' between' 1935 and 1940. He added that all the Governments in Europe were planning to spend for military purports amounts equalling their expenditure of 1909, although nobody really wanted such preparations to proceed.
In chemical laboratories at Cam. bridge University, according to Professor Buras, many students were working on new poison gases which were to be utilized by England in the next, Simultaneously, however, many countries were increasing their cooperative methods. The tendency toward peace was stronger but it would have to increase its pace within the next five years if war as to be prevented, in the opinion of the speaker—United Press.
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