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PICKER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 628, 1917.
AEROPLANING AT THEFRONT
CARPENTIER ON THE EX
HILARATING SPORT
One of the most intimate deseriptiona that has yet beru given of geroplaning on the front le given in the correspond ence of Georges Carpentier, the French pugilist Bays Carpentier
A WORD TO LLOYD GEORGE LOOTERS AND MURDERERS.
LETTING FRANCE AND AMERICA
If we allow these Gormane to come bore again spying," intriguing, and making mono wa shall be arming them again for invasion and robbery, for incendiarism, outrare, and massacre. If we trust these unscrupulous scoundrels after the war we shall be false to the men who have died to save us from the
of their
SPEAK THE TRUTH,
[BY ROBERT BLATCHFORD. May 1 be allowed to preface this article with a solemn aflimation that I am not
you. One of my com prophet? Thank mentators (I have more commentators than Shakespeare over had) bas. Just suggested that I am not a successful firemen realise it.
and frightenace. W
the Americana realise it
Wilson
and the
life would be in the ring for the world's prophet, for, he reminds me, in 1914, What does the PrAnd
aid The Germans are beaten, and they about it. So far
know
as I am aware, he says nothing nothing at all. What has
I med to think that the light of my heavy-weight championship. Now I
will the with a Gormari aviator-for my life and for his. I did say thut, and I claim that it was become of the resolutions passed at the
The
closest call during my two years true, and I think that most of the lead Paris Conference? They have
like a shameful deed, bab and more as a military aviator occurred ing military authorities of France and during the period when I was doing Britain and America are of the same screen of official reticence.
This WALE 19 patrol doty
and observation work over opinion; that is to say, the German plan pe
*
"I was up in my Maurice Farman when I saw, several thousand metres above mo, an avintik 1 started climing, and succeeded in getting up to its level before the pilot, got brag
***His machine had speed, mine had weight Weight may count in the ring, but in the air it is decidedly a disadvaat age. Like a big, lumbering fighter I stoored my Farman to corner him. Like a nimble light weight ho darted away
frumn men
"I closed in on him, and he was not there. My right hit nothing but air he had side stepped me.
den,
:
is not
not a party was It of European domination was frustrated a Blitssh war. It is a world war. The and the German invasion defeated at the peace and the liberties, the welfare and
A nations are as battle of the Marno, suspect the security of all the Allies and neutral
stake. From Germany must be exacted such hostages
BA will deliver the world Benst
But my statement of that fact was in. no sense a prophody: it was simply an inference drawn from accomplished facts
VICTORY NEVER IN DOUBT
I have no doubt, and have never had any doubt of the ultimat, military defeat of the Central Powers.
1 have no doubt, and have never had any doubt, of the ability of the Allies to enforce upon Geramny a peace that should be permanent
But I have doubts, and I have had Then I began dodging, using my double all through the war of the will hands, my feet, my head, in working con-not the power, but the will of our own trols, wrapping planes, is an attempt to people and our own. Government to adopt bring my machine gun to bear on him and such measures as would prevent Germany to keep out of the range of his. The Ger from repenting her attempt within man's speed told
measurable distance of time,
Never in the ring had I twisted; If any reader.
reader regards me as a fanatical ducked, and side-stepped as I did in try- anti-German, prophesying alone in the ing to escape the bullets his machine-gun wilderness, he will make a very serious spit forth at me incessantly mistake. The dangers to which I have so
for var from the terror of the Blonde to the danger and agreed
Apparently our Allies are awake. upon the remedy. But we hang back. Our Minis. tora are silent.
Now Germany unchained and un- watched is as dangerous and as hostile in Perce as in war. What are we going to do about it? When is our timid, vacillot tell the country the truth and give us a ing, indeterminate Government going to lead 1-11lustrated
Sunday Herald.
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The day of thrilling air duels between ASAHI BEER.
His swift machine enabled him to repeatedly called attention are much individual aviators seems to be passing. empty over a hundred rounds at me. My better understood and more fully appresays a message from Washington). Buth Farman was hit twice. Fortunately for ciated in the Allied countries than in official and unofficial advices from Europe our own, though there are very many recently have shown the increasing use me these two bullets did nothing but cause
British citizens who take the German the machine, to shiver and rock for angefet menuce as seriously and speak of instant.
"During this fight, although it had not been at close quarters, I was fale to face with death. But I did not realize this until afterward. In an air battle you have no time nor thought for anything except to outguess your opponent, to out manteavre him.
**** Even with no enemy in sight a flyer baa to have everything under control lie never knows what is going to happen For instance was a mile up, when Vosges one day, about
my engine, which had been going beauti fully, came to a sudden stop. There was no such thing as getting out and inspect ing the motor, as the automobilist does,
*
The loss
few seconds meant an air-
is anxiously as I
M. Painleve, in his address to the French Chamber, spoke with admirable firmness and lucidity. He said: France 5ghts not for conquest of vengeance, but to defend her liberty and that of the world-demanding a peace not founded on violence, but guaranteeing the rights of all peoples, great or small; and effectively protecting the society of nations against any aggression,"
A WORD OF WARNING That is thei vitali
point of a substantial peacer effective protection of the society of nations against any aggression com mercial, diplomatic, or military.
We are to guard ourselves after peace
for
plane smashing to the ground and burial
against any aggression;; against spies, for one more military aviator intriguers, dumpers, bagmen, and other
"The instant the motor stopped I advance agents of the German war ma started gliding It seemed to take ages chine Failing such precaution, though getting down that mile to the good solid we may win the war, we shall lose the comfort of exato But it was a little
the Interior, members. of the has put the сабе He said: years since Cesar defeated the Germans in France When they came asking terms he
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Despite the dangers of mbitary avia tion, you can hunt along the tire west
frouts from the English Channel to Switzerland, and not succeed in finding an aviator who is willing to give up flying
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Go back whence you came, repair the damage you have done, and give hostages to keep the peace for the future.
It is the problem of the world to dis cover what kind of hostages Germany can give when she has been convinced that her hope of world mastery cannot come
masters
true.
heavier machines with greater arma- ment. There are indications that amond- ment already has been necessary in the Programme for creating the huge air-fleets provided for by Congress. While there will be no lack of small fighting planes, it is probable that stress is being laid new on the bombing craft and upon in. creasing the speed of the heavier machines. and giving them adequate armarient.
Already the engineers who designed the Liberty motor are at work on plans för even more powerful motors, it is under stood. At the same time the Liberty motor" is now produced at a rate that assures a sufficient supply whon American flyers are assembled in force over the fighting lines.
There have been rumours of great German aircraft soon to make their
appearance, and oficials believe that the Germana are much impressed with the desirability of substituting heavier machines in which fighting power takoz the place of high speed.
he production of training machines, it is understood, is the only element of the aircraft programme which ag behind schedule,, but new supply sources for the Laining machines are shortly to begin deliveries. Kaj
first of the year probably will see the whole programme abreast or ahead of its schedule
That will increase the output, and the
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dangerons jobj:
Bay, swim the Channel, climb St. Paul's,
or break into and zob
The Bank of England, why, you find his
wages must be higher
Than if you merely wanted him to light
the kitchen fire.
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And the maximum of danger menus the
minimum of pay.
You put some men asido a trench, and
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And make them face ten kinds of hell *** and face it cheerfully And live in holes like rats, with other
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BOSTAGE. WE MUST DEMAND. Kerala "There_are___ gratifying signs that in
and scope of the German menace are understood. If one could discern any own statesmen one need not any lon
Inger vox the public car with
But no such signs, are visible. Nor one feel confident that the British people have a clear conception of the task before them the task of exacting from the German nation the kind of hostages which
vill make
- a* permanent peace
the possible
menaco Enally from the face
OF ador in Berlin speaks of the ten mil Mr. Gerard, late United States Ambas lions killed in this war, and says: "It is because in the dark, cold northern plaina of Germany there exists an auto deceiving a great people, poison. minds from one generation another,
city and preaching the virtue and And until that auto. cracy is either wiped or. mads less there can be no peace on earth.
How is the Prussian autocracy to wiped
Not the
out or made powerless
less?
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We wen't run down the A.5.C, nor yet
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They, ration and direct us on the was
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They're very useful people, and it's pretty
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We couldn't do without em, nor get the
APC
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Four of Free Trade; not even by de- favour of feating
the armed forces of Germany.
it will be necessary to destroy the To render the Prussian autocracy power commercial and diplomatic machinery upon which that power
AWAY WITH RHIBBOLETHS
The fruita of victory in the field, won
at the cost of such terrible sacrifice must cd not be thrown back to the enemy for the
But comparing risks and wages I think and provout Germany from, ak
they all will say
3. If we ars to prevent
That the maximum of danger means the ing war we must prevent ber from pre-
minimum of pay,
paring for war. This brings me naturally to the statement made to r There are men who make munitions--and presentative of the Daily Sketch by Mr. Havelock Wilson, of the beamen's and seventy bob a week
They never see a lousy trench nor bearrenen Unioogle |
- a big shell shriek;
The
segmen
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While the maximum of danger means year.
the minimum of pay.
very rauch better than passing resolutions in favour of free trade
I wonder if it's harder to make big shells it is not enough.
at a bench,
Than to face the screaming beggars when
they re crumping op
I wonder if it's harder to
tones
Of danger than to face iBay
like Trone's
Is discipline ekilled labour, or
children playin
Hhould the maximum of danger mean
minimum of pay
not enough
But
that the seamen should cott German trade and Germans. Tho ne placed upon the Herman and commercial branches of war machine should be official ́and, the men most entiti u Don the kind of hostages to
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