London, Feb. 9.
The Secretary for Air was asked in the House of Commons to-day whether he would give a definite date for the launching of the airships R-100 and R-101. He said he hoped that both these airships would be flying before the end of the year. The K-100 would be flying before the end of the summer.
Replying to another question, Sir Samuel Hoare said that the experiments in the United States with the Neon gas beacon for the purpose of emitting rays which penetrate fog for the guidance of aircraft, were being closely watched by the Air Ministry.
Washington, Feb, 9.
Definite steps towards nogotiation of arbitration treaties between Great Britain and the United States, and Japan and the United States Ihave been taken by the State Department, which has forwarded to London and Tokyo copies of the original proposed draft of the treaty between France and the United States as the basis of discussion, Copies have also been despatched to other Governments which have asked for them, including Germany, but merely as a matter of inform: tion, as the negotiations with Britain and Japan are the most important at present owing to the early expiry of the Root Arbitration, Treaties with these two countries.
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