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1918 - 0119.PDF
I918. have seen articles in the German newspapers, written by " distinguished neutrals " purporting to describe the terrible scenes caused by the panic-stricken fear of the populace of London during German air-raids. These stories were simple fabrications—probably concocted in the offices of the journals themselves— having not the slightest foundation in fact, so that one is given to suspect the bona-fides of ah1 such stories. However, in the present case the tales are not those of neutrals, " distinguished " or otherwise. They ap- pear to have been gathered from those who actually experienced a dose of their own medicine—and did not like it. As a matter of fact, the Hun is a squealing coward who loves " frightfulness " when the other side is the victim, but hates it when applied to him- self. That much we know, and it is on this trait of his character that we are reckoning in this matter of reprisals. We cannot gloat over the panic of the burghers of Mannheim. The spectacle of even German civilians rushing about half-clad about the streets on a winter night, panic-stricken by the fear of death from the skies is not a pretty thing to dwell upon, and the only thing that makes the idea at all i - i * 1 it 1 If J ^S •H1^ ••••> •\«/- •fc: %^---^'' •••.- - • >t.• * , , f "4^%#%:::\^£ .^ • ^ v ' a* "- SK ^8 .-.if •t-•••,, "** .•••: •& • ™ yl IFJHT*^ , R ' From " The Work and Training o the R.N.A.S." BOMB-DROPPING FROM SEAPLANES.—* he explo-Sl <m of a bomb dropped from a height of 1,500 feet; making a crater 43 feet in diameter. tolerable is the fact that we did not begin or ask for the policy which causes it. We hate it, but the Hun left us no alternative, and the kindest thing in the end will be to carry on with reprisals, frequently and ruthlessly, until we get an undertaking that there will be no more raids on our open towns. While we are on this subject of the psychology of air-raids, what is to be said of the sensation-mongering of a section of the Yellow Press which has been in- dulging in an orgy of horrors over the raid on London of Monday night. Because a few hundred aliens in the East End are terror-struck at the bare idea of a raid and the actual occurrence sends them into that species of unreasoning panic which causes women and children to be trampled to death the impression is being conveyed to the enemy that London is in a state of mortal terror. As a matter of fact, London is nothing of the sort. The people accept these raids as the inevitable price of war with a brutally savage enemy like the Hun, and while no one would be so foolish as to pretend that Londoners like being bombed the general attitude is one of phlegmatic indifference. That such reports as those we refer to should be published broadcast is " encouraging the enemy " if anything could encourage them. Even though they are true, the offence is no less grave, because they present an altogether wrong idea of London's mental attitude. Is there no Censor to deal with such things, and is there no power of prose- cution behind the Censorship, after all ? If there is it most certainly ought to be set in motion before more harm is done. New Member of the Air Council. IT was announced on January 28th that the Secretary ofState for the Air Force has appointed the Right Hon. Sir Henry Norman, Bt., M.P., to be an additional member of the AirCouncil." Medal for Brave Nurse. IT was announced on Jan. 30th that the King has been pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal to the following lady for bravery and devotion to duty on the occa- sion of a hostile air raid on a casualty clearing station. Although wounded, she continued to give directions for the care of the wounded :— Sister Eileen King, Q.A.I.M.N.S. (R.). Another Aeroplane from Malaya. AN additional sum of £2,250 has been collected in the Malay Peninsula for the purchase of an aeroplane to be pre- sented, through the Colonial Office, to the R.F.C., Which will be named " Malaya 35, the Chinese Loyalty." The Bombing of Zierikzee. THE Dutch Foreign Office announces that Great Britain has paid to the Netherlands 92,976 guilders (^7,748) as partial compensation for the damage done at Zierikzee on the night of April 29th by bombs dropped from a British aero plane. This sum covers the material damage. A further communication is expected from the British Government respecting the indirect damage, which is estimated by Dutch experts at £2,252. American Honour for Captain Bishop. THE Foreign Service Committee of the Aero Club of America has awarded its special war medal to Capt. William A very Bishop, of the Canadian Army and the R.F.C., who is credited with bringing down 43 enemy machines. To Readers—One and All. THE Editor of " FLIGHT " will at all times be pleased to consider original articles (illustrated or otherwise) on subjects directly or indirectly allied with aviation. All articles accepted will be paid for ; a high literary standard of writing is not essential; it is the facts which matter. Practical explanatory articles are most acceptable. Diagrams and similar illustrations need only be rough sketches if necessary.
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