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Earl Roberts presided at a mowded meeting held at the Royal United Service Institution on the 8th mit when Majer B. Baden-Powell read a paper entitled "How Airships are Likely to
Affect War."
Colonel Capper said that the lecturer seemed to take an exaggerated view of the difficulty of serial navigation when weather conditions were unfavourable. Airships were undoubtedly more hampered by foge than land trafle, but fogs Tere often local and sometimes very thin. The great thing was practice in night work. As to and lens taking the place dotted with troops aeroplanes of they would have little chance of getting back locate himself like a man on the ground. He Further, the scout on an aeroplane could not entirely agreed with the conclusions reached by
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from the Far East till the newspapers and this between Russia and Japan: Disquieting reporte more interesting except, perhaps, the coming! Goooral Election (Hoar, hear.) He believed
feeling is penetrating in that the aerial machine had come to stay.
a regrettable manner to wider circles. Whether the seroplane or the dirigible was to
According to present re- GERMANY'S AERIAL FLECT
ports, the effect of these rumours is making prove the more practical and useful could not. Ceptsia Talloch said even if this country territory in the Far East, where, under the in- itself especially strongly felt in our frontier with certainty be yet saosrtained, but both had purchased a ready-made fleet of airships it made their mark, and there was no doubt that would have no places to house or repair thominence of a conviction of the inevitableness of an great improvements would soon be effected, and so crows to man them. We could not bay approaching war with Japan, which is becoming aeroplanes getting higher and higher in ready-made experience. (Hear, hour) It was deeply rooted in the minds of the community.oven the herons and dirigibles musking longer no good glossing over facts that stured us in fong portatives of the administration, and longer distances. Something would the face. What are was Germany going
of anxiety is assuming such a strained undoubtedly come out of all the trials wake of the 15 ships it already pose to character that it reacts directly apon privats and exporiments, and would astonish those who the 25 or 26 ships it would postess next year, came after us as the present dirigibles and
obliging business man to apply to neroplanes had astonished us. (Hear, hour) yeas time? It was possible for one airship, commercial and industrial undertakings of CALLING AT NAPLES, GENOA ALGIERS; GIBRALTAR AND SOUTHAMPTON
and of the 70 it would probably possess in two far the rumours current are correct, and whether. oferament organs for informaation as to bow They were all interested in the afforts of the given reasonably fair weather, to prevent the Wright Bro hors and the
progress of tho
British Fleet from replenishing its mag peace. The interests of the
Far East may rely Zeppelin air ships, and they were startled-if, zinos with cordite and
upon the preservation indeed, not awakened-by M. Blériot's achieve additional supplies manufactured for nearly in this disturbing state of affairs and
from getting
Government to abstain from intervention people forbid the ment. He believed few people thought that a year. Incidentally such a ship could in twenty-ohlige it to declare categorically that all the Channel could have been crossed in that four hours sot alight the whole of the shipping ramanrs manner. Probably their present machines would and dock yard accommodation is the Thames and Japan at the
of complications between Russia be a great a curiosity in 80 years time as the without dropping a single bomb or hovering old locomotive at Darlington Railway Stationerer a single spot, After referring to the
The has node-use-f
time are absolutely What Englishmen had to do now was necessity of obtaining high-angle gaus, Captain to set to work themselves. (Cheers.) Hitherto Tulloch said that the true form of defence they had not done much, but rather wore waiting
on true British principles could take the
do ones be dodged round a cloud and got away what a young commander of an airship might from his admiral (Laughter.) He intended to ask every Parliamentary candidate whether or not he would take steps for the establishment of's proper serial fleet. (Cheers.)
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FIGHTING IN THE AIR,
Major Baden-Powell said that on the whole the only use of serial machines that had been actually tested and proved of use in manoeuvres was for reconnaissance. Whether they might prove useful for other purposes was a matter of conjecture, but, as soldiers well know, it was far more important for a general to receive detailed information about all that was going on in the enemy's lines thau to be able to destroy a few hundred men or to devastate a store. Compara scouting by an serial machine with the Cavalry scout. To receive reports from all along the line that the scouts had been fired upon gave clittle real information. There was the curtain--what was behind it? Tlust curtain could seldom bepene. txated, but with any form of apparatas capable of travelling in the upper regions for even a few miles complote, reliable, and fall interna- tion could be obtained of the enemy's position, movements, armaments, and oven numbers. Apart from reconnaissance there were in war other possibilities to which aerial machines might be applied. Thus, as regards the tran- sport of troops, if aeroplanes continued to develop as they had done, it was quite probable that they would soon be used in hundreds, if not thousands, carrying three or four men in addition to the driver. Eventually they might become a means of invading a country. The lecturer then briefly discussed the value of air craft in discharging explosives, raids, des patch carrying, and in savage warfare. As enbstitute for Cavalry an aeroplane would prob. ably be less valustable than a horse; and would not offer a very much bigger target. As
THE ORDINARY AEROPLANE AND WAR.
of the war to conclude a whole series of international
four
years that have elapsed since the last agreements, designed to wipe out all traces of the peaceful development of the political and
Treaty and the Fisheries Conreation, particular this point of view, next to the Commercial importance attaches to the politics! Agreement of 1907, concluded with the object of mutually gran aing the integrity of the territorial possessions and treaty rights of the two Fowers in the Far East. These sets undoubtedly contri- situation the coasts of the Pacific, and bute to the stability of the general political particularly to Russo-Japanese relations, which newspapers endeavour to invest them. As re completely lack the character wherewith certain gards these relations, there has been at friction any misunderstandings arisen. of any kind since the Treaty of 1907, nor have
Communica tions-which have reached the Minister of For- eign Affairs direct, as also the impressions which the Minister of Finance gained during bis recent journey in the Far East. contain nothing disquieting. On the contrary, they Colonel F. Stone referred to the diffeult emphatically confirm that in our relations with problem of how we could protect ourselves from Japaar complete mutual goodwill is to be per hostile dirigibles at night. He suggested elee-coved and a readiness to settle in pesceful trio lights such as were used for harbour friendly manner all questions which may arise. protection, while the lecturer suggested aerial pan Matt. mines, but both these suggestions were open to objection,
of aeroplane manufactured by civilians was to a Mr. J. W. Danne held that the present kind great extent useless for military purposes. For without collapse, panatures by ballets, but that one thing the wing should be able to stand, would from the civilian point of view make as different from the ordinary aeroplane as the sgainst efficiency. The military aeroplane was torpedo-boat was from the pleasure yacht. Buch craft should be designed and made by the War Offee, (Cheers.) On the whole he was inclined to think that the aeroplane would not be much
ase at sea.
Admiral Sir G. Noel held that dirigibles would have to net at night if they wanted to do real damage. Yet nach navigation must be difficult, for how conid they fell one town from Another at night? That was a matter of years of experience, and it would be years before serial navigation would be thoroughly understood. We in England were apt to fall behind, bat he always considered that the English in the end came out on top.
Among others present were Lieutenant- General H. D. Hatobinson, Admiral the Hon. Sir E. Fremantle, Admiral Sir N. Bowden. Smith, Major-General Sir A. Williams, Lieut.- General Sir E. Baden-Powell, General Sir J. Danne, Major-General C. G. Donald, Colonel F. Massy, Colonel E. S. Childers, Colonel F. B. Elmslie, Major E. W. Scott, and Captain R. Cava-Brown-Care
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a coign of vantage for the commandera-in-chief daring an action a good airahip would be unsur- passed, but here all depended upon the ability of the hostile artillery or air flest. As to recon noitring at sea a feet could be clearly seen thirty miles off, whereas at this distance practi- cally no useful information could be obtained of colleges now claims for the season just onded American football as played between riyal land forces, and, therefore, an airship floating thirty dead, a good many maimed for life, and high above its flent would be able to give most timely information about the enemy. Then
great many more slightly injured there was the important question of fight-miring whether such a butcher's bill in particularly parents, ore naturally ing in the air. If one nation possessed a type justified by the alleged sport, and whether the of machine which from the fighting point of present airosions game, which has been evolved view was superior to that of the enemy it might from Rugby, should not be supplanted by the soon onst the hostile airship and leave that Association game, in which there is an absence nation supreme in the air-s most spriable of mass play and consequently less chance and position. A fight between an aeroplane and
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elaborate inferences from a return issued during Observers of social changes have been drawing the past few days by the London County Council on the games played on the public parks. According to this return lawn tennis sad quoits hare declined considerably during the past year, popular." while bowls and hockey have become more
Games played. Lawn tennis Queits
Bowls...
Hockey
1909. 84,448
1908.
97,305
5,031
27,267 2,704
7,689 18,948 2,222
Lacrosse is not at all popular, eighty-six watches having been played us against ninety- six last year. It is possible to place too much importance upon these figures The decline in lawn tenpia is mainly due to the very bad Weather we have been experiencing, which made it quite impossible during a grast part of the summer to play with any comfort whatever. So far from declining, tennis is, if anything, enlarging its popularity among all classes. especially among girls, and in many opan Undoubtedly, Lockey is increasing its hold.
sturdy young women playing vigorously, places one can see each Saturday teams of
century womanhood. Rowing and boating tine types of our coming twentieth
Borut empty houses hore out what I was told seem losing favour. I was at Maidenhead during the past week-end, and there large num
of the Upper Thomes. on all sides about the decline in the popularity When I asked, the reason, I was told that the motor car has made the change. People who formerly spent one or two months a year resting in cottages in the
| dirigible might be compared to that of a bau temptation in the excitement of the game to Upper Thames valley now come down there for
acts of bratality.
and a heron The dirigible could rise to a greater height, could carry a better armament, huse long been connected with the management Mr. F. W. Moore, a Harvard graduate, who but on the other hand it offered a larger target, of Harvard teame, admite frankly enough that and was very, vulnerable. The aeroplane with players are now coached always to "strike its greater speed, better manoeuvring rower, and opponent in the face or head with the open hand less liability to damage, had an immense when defending the ball. This blow landed on
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