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But they can also go the same time it has been shown POR the first time the full from the sun and then they do so.
modern technique of bomb- would be turning and twisting through most vertical currents by Great Britain on the North dropping from the air has been in a "dog-fight" many thousands with safety so that so far as can West Frontier and elsewhere. put into operation by the Italian of feet above the ground, with be seen there is nothing to pre- that the aeroplane in its present air force. Italian acroplanes the chances of making the home vent Italy's aeroplanes flying highly developed form can be are as advanced in design and aerodrome ever becoming more exactly where they like over used successfully, where the con-
Abyssinia.
ditions are more primitive. construction as any in the world remote. and Italian pilots are among the
The movements of tribesmen Bombs are not now released Thoir real problem will be to best trained and most daring, by wire controls. They are discover targets suitable for can be watched and a check kopt The effects of their attacks will either released by electrical bombing attack. Railway sta- upon the movements of their form of tions, bridges, factories and am- cattle. Their villages are open to some extent be a measure of means, with some the powers of modern aerial solenoid pin-withdrawal mechan- munition dumps are the stock to any form of attack the nero- bombing, which is far removed ism or else by a cartridge, elec- bomber targets and nearly all plane may wish to launch. And, from the elementary methods trically ignited, which shoots the bombs that fell on towns in finally, it may be noted that the SP
•PECIAL arrangements extend-employed in the war of 1914-18 out. the pin and enables the the war of 1914-18 were intend- feeling that attack by aerial
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and which is many times more largest bomb to be dropped ed for such "military objec- bomb is more horrible than at- without perceptible time lag, tives." The fact that often the tack by shell fire is illogical. home furlough for delivery in
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bomb was one of the largest ing and dropping have been and something else hit could is a container filled with high subsequent re-delivery in Hong- used, the release of a bomb or vastly altered. The bomb sight kong at above landed prices...
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to do so, no doubt they would near the target. Pattern bomb. have considered the ethics of ing is done by formations of offensive bombing; but they had bombers and has an effect some- not the time.
what similar to the gunner's "bracket."
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NOTES OF THE DAY tion.
ITALIAN AEROPLANES DE ING SHIPPED AT NAPLES.
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They were constantly under. Not long ago the conditions the menace of sudden death. in Abyssinia would have been a At any moment enemy fighters bar to effective bombing attacks. might swoop down upon them The height in many places is jover 6,000ft., and the country in many ways unsuitable for avin-
But to-day the Jtalinn air have been due
A hundred explosive or other destructive force is able to find and to attack causes; not the least being the elements. But it is sent to its a limited number of targets. netivities of defending guns and target by means of a petrol- IS THIS FIDDLING? North China is again in the
Day bombers can fly at over aeroplanes,
driven machine instead of by a
throes of a crisis, with clear
We suppose it is necessary that 20,000ft. with full load without One form of aerial attack gun. The only difference lles in in Nanking at the present moment any difficulty, and their speed which is being used by the the method of conveyance, evidence of Japan playing a a battle of wits should be proceed and rate of climb are such that Italians is that known 15 Bombing from the air is hated leading part therein. The ing with respect to the apparently they can afford even in the pre- "ground strafing." It came in mainly because it is more de- autonomy novement, which vital question of the proper num-
ber of members to be elected to the sence of enemy aircraft, to to existence on a large scale dur- moralising than shell fire; but aims at the separation of Shan- Central Executive Committee of sacrifice height at the moment ing the last few months of the why it is more demoralising hus
Kuomintang. tung. Shansi. Suiyuan, Hopei | the
Whether
the of attack in order to discover war of 1914-18 and consists of never, so far as I am aware, and Charhar from Nanking con-
low-flying attacks with machine- been satisfactorily explained. Committee should have 160 mem- their objective. bers, as at present, or less or more, The only real protection guns and, small bombs upon It seems certain, however, that trol, obviously represents 11 is engaging the attention of many against bombing, no matter how scattered targets selected by the so long as there are wars, there repetition of the tactics of the lenders of the Chinese peo-well concealed the target, is pilot. This form of attack from will be aerial bombing and that which Japan employed In ple. In the ordinary course of fighting acroplanes together with the air was found, to be extra- the use of this method of attack Manchuria. There will doubt- events we can understand a fair an effective system for pointing ordinarily effective. It is ex- will probably increase in the
proportion of people being in out to their pilots the position ceedingly demoralising to future.. less be the same explanation ad.terested in such a matter; but just and course of the bombing ground troops. vanced by Tokyo to account for now, with the country facing the machines. Without fighting It is curious that the Abys- the origin and growth of the probable dismembering of its plan-that it represents a
northern territory in the move to-neroplanes to contend with the sinians, although they are vir- forwards autonomy by five provinces, bombing aeroplane pilot has a tually without aeroplanes and! spontaneous movement
their anti-aircraft independence on the part of a it might be expected that the na-relatively easy time. He can go although
tion's leaders would concentrate so high that anti-aircraft guns guns seem to be few in number, place anxious la secede from
The activities of the latest pattern, manned by are armed with one weapori the Central Government. Act-upon this problem.
of Kuomintang give the impression the most skilful crews, would which is more feared by the ex- ually the scheme is Japanese that a number of men are idling not be likely to bother him un-perienced fighting att pilot than HOP!-HOP! HOORAY!- inspired, and it may be expected while something in the nature of is duly, and his gunner, instead of any other, the rifle. The range to follow the Manchukuo conflagration is rising. precedent in its inajor details, enough to scorch them. with free use made of local
Considerable pro-
The Very Idea!
another.
this
Colony yet.
At least, we haven't noticed It, Dinty, our kitten,' is a talpan in his awn right where Heas are concerned. Then there has been the time whet flea research work has kept us up all night.
We have put our finger on more places where the flea Isn't than any investigator in the world.
near being continuously on the watch of the rifle is very limited, but
for enemy machines,' can keep its accuracy is great and the In Which The Writer Has track of the navigation and, pilot of the low-flying aeroplanej Started From-Seraich War Lords in the setting | HUNTING FOR JOBS
muke ready for the actual bomb learns to fear it. A good rifle up of another puppet, regime. The development comes as no
The not-to-be-forgotten problem dropping.
shot is probably the best coun- of unemployment is constaully be- It has been said that the Abys- ter to a ground strafing aero-
By Ed. Kelly, Big Bug. surprise, for it represents the fore the administrators of the sinians believe that the strong plane. culmination of long-planned affairs of Great Britain, and it is vertical afr currents caused by Another point to be taken into TF it's not ΟΠΟ thing it's Japanese efforts to secure politi- largely due to painstaking experi- the mountains will form an effec- consideration when the effects cal and economic control of ment In this matter that the tive barrier to air action by of bombing in the present con- North China provinces. It is nation's progress towards a normal
Now there's shortage of Berlin suggested that Chiang Kai-shek employment level has been so im-taly. So far as bombing is flict are being considered is that flens in Europe. The
concerned their belief is a delu- hombs are probably most effec- has tacitly accepted the Fedora-pressive of Inte. tion plan, provided that Chinese Kress has been achieved with two sion. Bombing aeroplanes do tive when tised against indus-University wants some for re As one who, search purposes. "subsistence production" schemes not stagger about with their trialised areas and at their least territorial integrity is not in- which were established in Great load now as they used to do: effective when used against on various occasions in Hong- fringed. But, apart even Britain during the spring of this they have an ample margin of agricultural areas. The more
kong, have searched and re- from the .fact that the
year to provide useful occupation power and can keep above the complex and the more artificial searched for hours for ours, we scheme very patently would for unemployed men. The centres vertical currents formed by the system of life, the
can oblige them. more The world-wide depression in the interfere with China's sovereign- of the two schemes lie in the ground contours if they want to deadly will aerial attack be. At nen industry basn't struck ty, there cannot be the Eastern Valley of Monmouthshire slightest ground for believing and in the Wigan neighbourhood that the Generalissimo would for in Lancashire. In both these dis- one moment condone this latest tricts there are many unemployed, piece of Japanese intrigue, He, and, although the schemes do not in common with everyone else, provide employment in the ordin wili realise the full implications ary sense of the word, they do en- able n limited number of men to of the developments now occur supplement unemployment assist- ring. That the scheme, will meet ance by the fruits of their own with resistance there cannot be labour, while at the same time leav- much doubt. Thus once againing them available for employment we are likely to see world atten- through the inbour exchanges, į tion focussed on Japan's efforts According to the original plan the to secure the domination of membership in each area is to com- North China. Another testing prise five hundred. The main pur- time for China's leaders has ar-pose of these subsistence produc-| rived, and indications are that tion societies is to organise groups on this occasion there will be no in which unemployed men can work co-operatively to provide such pro- disposition tamely to submit to ductions as foodstuffs and clothing Japan's designs on the territor- for exchange among themselves. ial, political and economic in- and so raise, their standard of tegrity of the country. With living. Everything that is pro-i the major Powers greatly pre-duced is used) or consumed by occupied in other issues, Japan nembara of the group and their has carefully chosen the moment households. The men are not sub- Ject to the common restrictions of for the carrying out of her pro- employment, but work under a gramme. China now realises purely co-operative' system. They that she will be forced to fight are expected to work in groups for her own battles, but, in the event about 16 hours 'n week on land cul- of Japanese penetration making tivation, dairy-farming, horticul serious inroads on the country's ture, poultry farming and other sovereignty, It is quite conceiv- pursuits. Progress has been com able' that an appeal might be paratively rapid: ench society al- made for League of Nations in-ready being in possession of a dairy farm whereby it is ensured tervention. A piquant situa- of supply of milk and other tion would then develop, should dairy products, Some may call this the League Powers be asked to Socialism;`others common-sense, apply the same principles as they
are
now doing in the Italo-the meantime, the portents are Ethiopian dispute. Whichever that a fresh war will break out way the situation is viewed, its the North in the very near www.ravity cannot be doubted. In future,
"Say, what do you think we discovered? A delicatessen!"
And we always started from scratch, The den has invariably. WUIL
We once knew a ticklish contortion- ist who had a flea. It wasn't his own flea; somebody, gave it to him. It took two coolies three-quarters of un hour to undo, him. He becamo hys torical towards the end.
if we had a fea and someone sald to us, "What kind?" we'd say, "No, NDYBKO."
There are no kind can
GLASGOW LOCKOUT.
OWNER'S PROTEST AGAINST STRIKES
London, Nov. 19. A complete lockout has beer declared at Gasgow Döcks -08 2 protest by the employers against recurring strikes and unofficial stoppages.
It is stated that such interrup- tions, have caused much incon-- vonlanco in the past year and have- culminated in a number of stop- pages over week-enda.
Over 3,500 men are affected and a number of ships have been hold upIndefinitely at the Glasgow Docks-Reuter Special..