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OCTOBER 25, 1917. of lawn sleeves his episcopal robes. And the Government may pretend to adopt a policy of reprisals in deference to an all-powerful Press, but they do not set out with the intent to reduce German women and children to pulp either. It really is not done—by Englishmen. " Be tranquil, good Father Chasubel! Sleep softly, oh Reverend Erastus ! When the Belgian coast is ours there will be plenty of air raids on Germany. You will hail them as reprisals, but they will be definite military operations taken with no backward thought of the past, but with a resolute looking forward to the downfall of Prussianism and the attainment of that peace with victory for which your bishops are as earnest as all other true Britons." IT may be as well to make note of the fact that the Allgemeine Electricitats Gesellschaft (the great " A.E.G." General Electrical Company), Germany's largest industrial (now fully engaged on munitions) undertaking next toKrupp's, has Just raised its capital by £1,450,00.0 to ^10,000,000. It announces that on July 1st, 1917, it employed 79,293 hands— "in Germany." Most of the energies of this concern are devoted to the manufacture of parts for submarines and aeroplane engines. SPRING, beautiful Spring ! OPPORTUNITY has offered, in the presence of Lord North- cliffe in America, to present to Mr. Orville Wright the Royal Albert Medal, which has been awarded to him. Lord North- cliffe's visit to Dayton, Ohio, during his tour of inspection of munitions and other factories in'the Middle West was the occasion selected for the formal presentation. A HEALTHY sign of the times from the London Gazetteof October 21st. :—Two " Leading Aircraftsmen " have been entered as Probationary Observer Officers."2 THERE must be very few quarters now in official Germany where it is not pretty fully realised that, outside a miracle, the Central Powers are for all practical purposes already beaten. This spells bankruptcy pure and simple for the country, hence no doubt the very energetic propaganda which is now being carried out in the German army by means of great posters and leaflets setting forth the dismal alternative to a Hindenburg peace. It is categorically demonstrated therein that unless Germany conquers she is hopelessly bankrupt. PROBABLY this is but a carefully thought out plan to prepare the duped Hun mind for the complete repudiation, after peace, of all internal loans. But it will hardly stave off the reckoning by the people with those who have brought about the break- up of a hundred years' industrial accumulations, " Germany the next Republic," truly. THIS is how the Munchener Post pleads, " Please, don't kit back " : " Air attacks on open towns have proved to be the means of stiffening rather than weakening the deter- mination of people, and. this applies to all belligerents. It would be a matter of rejoicing if all the belligerents agree no longer to make this fearful world catastrophe still more horrible through the slaughter of defenceless persons." It is quaint how, in addition, quite a lot of other Germam newspapers are now seriously debating as to the wisdont and desirability of bombarding open towns from the air. A COMPLETE naval convoy's outfit should include a seaplanefor scouting purposes. A YOUNG gentleman whose name is well known throughout the aircraft industry, tells a good story against himself. He had accepted an invitation to the recent ceremony at the Whitehead Aerodrome at Hanworth Park, and started to motor there accompanied by his wife. He was not sure of the road, never having been there before, but as they drew near to Feltham he saw a number of cars and taxis, all going in the same direction, and concluded he couldnot do better than follow them. He did so for some time, but the pace being extremely slow, he decided to push on ahead. . . In front of the pro- cession was a hearse ! THE details of the new Government Aircraft Insurance Scheme are in course of settlement. MOST interesting is it to play the eavesdropper whem folk in public places come to arguments on matters aviatic. Also, so near are many of them to the truth, albeit that they mix many truths to form an untruth, that it would be hard to convince them of their error and put them right. Thus, two items overheard in the same place, and within a few minutes :— " There is one of our machines up there now, somewhere. The pilot dropped a spanner with a note tied to it saying his machine had got its tail down and couldn't get her nose down to land. I know a man who was there when the spanner dropped." This did not satisfy the second man who evidently knew something about aviation, but he was completely routed by this :— " I know it's perfectly true. Look here, you know all about aviation. How can a man get down unless he can get the nose of the machine to point down ? Did you ever see an aeroplane land except head downwards ? I tell you if he can't get her nose down he can't land. Besides I know the man who picked up the spanner with the message tied'to it." IN the second instance they were arguing about observa- tion balloons. One said they were gas balloons and the other that they were air balloons. " I tell you they are gas balloons. I've seen those Long Tom cylinder things that they fill them from. Besides they must have gas, how could they keep up and lift tw» men without ? " " They're not," says the other, " they're air balloons. 1 4 ON THE ICE.—German seaplanes outside their station. Note the twin-engine seaplane on the left. J^SV-VV:'^:-.; IU3 :"v"...;••>...;...•• "v. _/•• . .; ~ ...... ..;.•
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