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LABRADOR COAST LEFT DESOLATE
The Rev. W. W. Perrett, super- The following views, which
A supposed secret document, intendent of the Moravian Mis- bave the support of many of the senior officers of the RAF, were prepared by some of the newsion in Labrador, who has returned first propounded by Lieut-Colonel economists of Berlin, has been from that country to his home at A. B. Burdett, D.S.O, the origi- revealed by Il Sole, of Milan, and Malmesbury, tells a moving story nator of the Contact Patrol, and is circulated by & Government of harrowing experiences during the infiuanza epidemic on the one of the leading authorities department in Britain.
The fundamental principle is Labrador coast. corps work of every des-
that "the foreiga commerce of cription. He is not, however, the nations will be the first object responsible for certain statements made in the latter part of this of world-politica" article writes Major W. T. Blake in the Daily News.
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Hence, say the Berlin recon- structors. the necessity of
At Hebron, the northernmost village, out of a population of 220 there are but 70 survivors. At Okak, 50 miles south, only $59 were left out of 266. All these
Throughout the war we have recruiting future diplomatists dealths were due to influenza,
among the men who have pass the vital necessity of having ed their lives in foreign com unity of control; yet, in and out merce, who have lived abroad, measles accounted for 48 more.
more
of the Houses of Parliament, the particularly since armistice, the dominant argument in respect of the RA.F. has been that it must be a separate force from the Navy and Army, that it must have its own Air Ministry, and that it must possess it own distinctive staff.
studied the peoples, who know their methods, and have well understood how their commerce is developed and protected."
The new German diplomat must possess a perfect knowledge of foreign languages. He must puffed up with pride not be and must not give himself up to ostantatious military and scientific pretensions which ir- ritated foreigners so much in the past."
Whilst agreeing with these who consider that the expansion of our aerial forces has in the past been unduly hampered by
Methods of propaganda are competition between the R.NAS. and R.F.C., our contention is that advocated: the most important to have true unity of control the is to have recourse to the Press,
"both national and foreign. Navy and Army must each be There must be also, "with inten- responsible for its own aviation, sive method, propaganda by and not be entirely dependent on
Perrett's station, smallpox, and
The influenza was brought to Labrador by a sailor on board the mission steamer Harmony, which left about the middle of October. Later the Rev. 8. M. Stewart, of the Colonial and Cori- northward by dog-sledge; and on tinental Mission, was travelling arriving at a sealing place near Okak was surprised at seeing no
He looked signs of human life. through the window of a house.
and was horrified to see it full of
dead Eskimos. The next day he
ent on to Okak, and found prac- tically the same thing nearly all the inhabitants dead. The mortuary was filled with bodies, and then Eskimo houses were
an Air Ministry which is neither means of schools, missions, chur i used in which to put the dead.
ches, cinematographs, and of all
naval nor military, nór, apparent- ly, bas entire command over all the other means suitable to
extend German culture." branches of aircraft.
Wireless telegraphy is to have Flying is only one of the many organisations or elements which a very large part in this exploita- in combination go to form the tion of the world's business, Navy and the Army. It is as essential to both these services
as artillery, and like artillery, its for employment in either service. progress and development must Owing to the comparatively few proceed along separate naval and staff and ground officers required, military lines. Though barely sufficient vacancies will not beyond their infancy, the war occur in these branches to supply sufficiently proved that neither all the demands. Under central the Navy nor the Army could do War Board, flying officers, who without its complement of during the course of their train- aeroplanes, but great as were the ing would have imbibed a general services of the R.A.F, there is no knowledge of all branches of doubt that its future is capable their profession, would when of still greater achievements. In their flying days were over be this respect General Seely made drafted into other branches of a very apt remark when be intrc-the service in which they could duced the Air Force estimates perfect their knowledge of this year. He said; I am not strategy and tactics, and would at all sure that within a few form a trained body of men to years air power may not make whom the flying branches might flects and armies, as we see them look for the supply of staff senior to-day, obsolete."
officers as vacancies arose. It is therefore desirable that
THE WEAKNESS OF THE R.A.F. simultaneous transformation
At present, one of the greatest should take place in the Navy curses of the R.A.F. is the fact and Army as time progresses. that comparatively few senior
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Dogs half wolves, savage brotes when hungry-ran wild, their owners being incapacitated, and began to tear down doors to get in the houses of the dead For a time they were kept off, but the missionaries, were unable to cope with the starving animals. The corpses were mutilated and eaten by the dogs. The Rev. Mr. Asbee and Mr. Ward (the store- keeper) took, rifles and shot the dogs as fast as they could
Eskimo Now and again an catae from the sealing stations to tell of awful happenings-whole families out there had died with none near to help. The collection of bodies at the sealing stations was a terrible experience, many of the bodies had been consumed by dogs. All that was left in some places was a skull or a leg bone of a buman being.
On a small island, cut-off by storms, a family of five was known. to be stricken with the influenza. When the island was reached a terrible sight was found in the house. Ravenous dogs were clawing at and chewing the corpses. The missionaries began when
a humda cry was heard. It then was found that a little girl aged eight years was alive. In the intense cold, the warmth of the dogs had, no doubt, kept her alive. At Hebron Bishop Martin heroically braved the plague, and it was due to him and Mrs. Martin that the remnant of 70 survived.
Eventually the whole of the places were cleaned up, but the coast of Labrador is lef desolate; so many of its fine, hard-working men having been lost in the terrible scourge.
The problems of war, which can officers with aeronautical train-the shoot the . doge only be studied and effected in ing are available for the staff and their right perspective by men for the higher commands. The who have. full control and result has been that, during the knowledge of every branch of war, officers, often those for whom their service, demand that all our the Navy and the Army had no fighting services should be placed further use, were drafted into the under the control of one central R.A.F. and given high rank and War Board.
position for which they have A further argument in support neither qualifications nor the of the abolition of a separate Air necessary technical equipment. Force is that the number of senior At present, the weakness of the officers, staff and ground officers RAF. undoubtedly lies in the required for the Royal Air Force staff, and much bitterness is felt is quite small compared with the by officers, young in years but number of flying officers who are old in flying experience, who are essential.
It is generally ad-placed under the control of men mitted that we had an advantage who are ignorant of the funda over our Allies and over the mental points of aviation." enemy in that the majority of Should a central War Board our pilots and observers held not come into existence, it is at each station, with sufficient commissioned rank. Apart from desirable that some means of mechanics to see, to the well-be- the necessity of the flying officef maintaining supply of trained ing of machines used Continual coming into contact with the pilots should be devised. Sug-relays of reserve flying officers staff and senior officers, the fact gestions have been put forward could use the station; there would that he holds a commission in several quarters advocating the be no reason for the annual engenders a greater feeling of formation of a territorial and training of the whole body to be responsibility than if he held special reserve for the R.A.F. performed at the same time, but lower rank
Thousands of flying officers, every pilot could attend for his War fiying requires the nerve demobilised and not required for annual course of two or three and dash of youth. This limits the permanent RAF,, are at once weeks during some period of the the career of a flying officer to available for this reserve, which year, and would be obliged to put a yery short period. Older men would also appeal to thousands of in a certain number of hours' fly. can certainly By amidat peaceful men who, unable to afford the ing during the twelve months. arroundings, but comparatively expenses of living in the regular Newly joined officers would be faw can stand the stain or service, would welcome the put through a thorough course at possess the alertness required opportunity of learning to fly training with a regular unit be in war flying. Wirt, then, is under Government supervision, fore being passed into the reserve going to be done with the flying and performing a certain number category, but such come seed officer when be harpassed the of dayal training per year. There not exceed six months, while age for war flying? In a few appears no reason why certain three months would." prol years & very conside body aerodromes throughout the Prove ample
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