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APHIL 12, 1917. and 8.30 from September 1st to 16th, after which if the war isstill going on, comes a big jump backwards. CONSIDERABLE new interest is growing in the House con-cerning the Air Services. The seriousness of the situation is being grasped by a good many of the rank and file, all ofwhich can have but a beneficial effect upon ensuring complete efficiency. So as to get figures in regard to casualties in theR.N.A.S. sorted out a little bit, when Parliament re-assembles, Mr. Joynson-Hicks, M.P., is asking the First Lord to state thenumber killed, wounded and missing in each of the last six - months in the R.N.A.S. The crux of the thing is, however,the make of machine and engine. ACCORDING to rumour, so as to afford the general Germanpublic an opportunity of knowing the why and the wherefore of the joining up with the Allies of the United States, in activehostilities, a German translation of President Wilson's speech declaring war on Prussian Militarism, is to be distributedwholesale in adjacent enemy towns by a number of aeroplanes. Peaceful penetration, with a vengeance. It sounds veryWilsonified, but emanates from Mr. Joseph Knapp, of New York, who, through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, offers £200towards the translation and printing of the papnphlet. IN the country of the Hun they, like here, also have theirPress Bureau, only more so—and it serves them right. Ger- many without doubt must have the command of the air, astheir Press Bureau says they have. This is how the official communique to the Hun newspapers runs :— " German supremacy in-the air, which is primarily that ofpilots and observers, is manifested not only by the number of machines recently shot down, but also by the successfulcarrying out of our own aerial reconnaissance and the breaking up of that of the enemy. Thus our airmen discoveredBritish infantry in strength in the valleys near Savy and Roupy, and enabled us to subject them to destructive fire.Along the whole front between Arras and Soissons English and French reconnaissance sorties, made at times by strongsquadrons of machines, were bloodily repulsed. Before being compelled to retreat they suffered heavy losses both fromartillery fire and close fighting by our machines. " Attempts made during the early evening hours and thenight proved no more successful than the enemy's daylight efforts. Attacks on both sides of the Bapaume-Cambrai roadand near Neuville failed in the same way as a thrice-attempted attack north of Epehy. The same fate befell an attack onRonssoy, as well as attacks near Le Verquier, which began after strong artillery preparation." EVEN in war times, it's a bit disconcerting to an accusedperson to be kept in durance vile, awaiting his trial for a matter of 44 months. Such has been the portion, liowever,of M. Armand Deperdussin, in France, his trial, a few particu- lars of which are recorded elsewhere in this issue, having onlyjust taken place, although he was incarcerated for his then alleged frauds on August 5th, 1913. This is, at any rate, Drawing by Muirhead Bone in "From the Western Front." AN AEROPLANE ON THE STOCKS Another view of the same shop. Close to, the propeller seems a great thing, wonderfully subtle In its graceful curves. one of the things they do not do better in France. It has atleast the merit- of ensuring a fairly dispassionate trial. LADY DROGHEDA'S " Grosvenor Gallery " historical ex-hibition of matters aeronautical and the Zeppelin relics 1; Erecting Aeroplanes. A great contrast to the : scenes in the gun shop.Here everything is light and delicate, the : bright varnished woodcurved to delicate shapes like violins, thewomen flitting with their needlecraftaround the wide, dazzling planes and thebrilliant pigmy engines shining like jewels—allseem gay and ex- hilarating after thesombre company of the guns. There is even alightsome airiness about the thought thatthese delicate creations fly away from theirmakers' hands when completed, and do notburden any railway with their transit.Drawing by Muirhead Bone in " From theWestern Front."*" m m m m m m m m w J3, 34 S
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