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AUGUST 30, 1917. with which he will tour South Africa in the exercise of his duties, giving exhibitions at various centres. Already over 500 South Africans are engaged in the R.F.C., and they have in many cases established records. Major Miller hopes to obtain at least 1,000 cadets as a result of his second visit THERE is not much question as to the kind of work being carried out for the nation by the Dover Patrol. The members have earned the thanks of the entire Empire, by their un- tiring efforts against the crafty Hun. As Vice-Admiral Bacon put it the other day when presenting Distinguished Service Medals and Military Medals to over fifty of the members, including the R.N.A.S. at Dover, the Dover Patrol - " has its teeth well into their flanks." And it should be noted the R.N.A.S. have not the least share in the strenuous work which the Patrol is called upon to perform against the Huns' wilyness. It was very cheering to listen to Vice-Admiral Bacon's views upon our present promising opportunities of strafing the arch enemy of the world's civilisation. DEALING with the latest exposition of Hun " Kultuf "— the deliberate bombing by German airmen of British and French hospitals—the Daily Mail sums the result of this atrocity up by pointing out that ""such acts explain why practically the whole world is in arms against Germany to-day. Dr. Crippen was a mild and humane man compared . with Mr. Ramsay Macdonald's ' German friends.' " GUARDS OF HONOUR at weddings, high and low, are now quite the vogue. _ A novelty in this connection was noted at Weybridge last week, when postwomen were the guard of honour at the marriage of a post-woman with a member of theR.F.C* . _ " KULTUR " spreads to other sections of the animal world. " A raid by flying ants was made upon the Metropolis on Wednesday evening, when many people were returning home from business and others enjoying strolls through the parks. The insects descended like clouds, and much inconvenience was caused by their bites."—[Daily paper.) SOONER or later the " Freedom of the Air " is likely to be brought into prominence, and it may be as well to have at hand opinions upon this subject which may help towards a well-considered thought upon what promises to be a serious bone of contention, not only from national and international points of view, but also from the platform of the individual member of the public. A plea from Queen Elizabeth in favour of its freedom has just been drawn attention to by Mr. J. G. Swift MacNeill, who points out that our virgin queen claimed such freedom by coupling it with a definition of the Freedom of the Sea, as recorded by Camden and quoted with high approval by Dr. Hannis Taylor, the distinguished United States jurist and diplomatist. The following is the extract, which should be noted for any discussion as a good precedent : " When Mendoza, the envoy of Spain to the English Court, complained to Elizabeth of the intrusion of English vessels into the waters of the Indies, she admonished him that the use of the sea and air is common to all, neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permitted any SOME BRITISH FLYERS IN GERMAN HANDS.— 1. 2nd Lieut. C. D. Grierson, shot down in an air fight on June 5th. 2. Lieut. A. S. Bouwin, shot down on June 3rd. 3.2nd Lieut. Stewes, landed on June 4th. 4. Lieut. Rogerson, shot down on June 14th. 5. Lieut. Gront. 6. Sergt. Tyrell, shot down on May 10th. possession thereof." (Camden's " History of Elizabeth,"year 1580 ; Hannis Taylor's " Treatise on Public International Law," p. 291.) TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto." (" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sister Journal) of August, 1907. "FLIGHT" was founded in 1908. BLERIOT AEROPLANE FLIGHTS. " - On Friday, July 27, M. Bleriot took his machine cut once more at Issy-les-Moulineaux, and was successful in attaining several satisfactory flights. One extended-tor about 125 metres, and another for nearly 150 metres, the latter having been measured by M. Archdeacon, President cf Courtesy "Aerial The Grinnell tractor biplane, an American machine some- what reminis- cent of the Flanders bi- plane in Brook- lands ' days of old. m m M- * m x at S95
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