National Affairs: Mitchell Trial

The past week in the court martial of Colonel William Mitchell (TIME, Nov 9 et seq.) was spent in taking the prosecution's rebuttal testimony. Several naval officers were called as witnesses to answer the testimony of Colonel Mitchell's witnesses who had supported the charges for the making of which the Colonel is on trial.

Commander John Rodgers, Commander of the PN9 No. 1, which made the attempted flight to Hawaii, declared that the arrangements for the flight were satisfactory, and blamed an error in bearings or a possible error in navigation as the cause...

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