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1918 - 0748.PDF
JULY 4, 1918. "AlR'/S/fj* FR.QM THE FOUR. WINDS, IT is all to the credit of Parisians the way in which theyare keeping their heads over the double strafing which they are having to endure—-of Big Bertha and the almost nightlyvisitations of bombing, Gothas. There is no more outcry there than there has been in London. Without much doubtthough, by now, that feeling of jealousy of London has been modified, which was some months ago expressed in theFrench Press by reason of the Huns' bombing raid neglect of Paris in favour of London. Possibly the gentle germs,with the knowledge of the coming of Big Bertha up their sleeves, deemed that prospective strafing sufficient. Butthey had not then sampled the increasingly up-to-date anti- aircraft methods employed on these shores. No doubt asudden switch over to London again, as an element of sur- prise, may be shortly anticipated, but we fancy most ofthose very bloated eggs in keeping for strafing the Metropolis will have to be layed astray, as it is easier to make a runfor it on the home track by wasting ammunition than taking over much risk with 20 cwt. or so still aboard. THE good thing the bombing of Paris is bringing about isthe sharpening of the French palate for reprisals in kind. According to the Petit Journal the aviation group of theChamber, under the presidency of M. Painleve, is already moving in this direction. The group will shortly interview M. Clemenceau, and discuss with the premier the question ofchasing the Gothas which come to bombard the capital, the establishment of a distinct zone of action for guns and foraeroplanes, the creation of a zone of small balloons several kilometres in extend, and, finally, the question oi the estab-lishment of a luminous zone. ON their part several of the newspapers open out thequestion of reprisals against German towns. Lieut.-Col. Rousset vehemently insists that these reprisals shouldimmediately be organised against Treves, Cologne, Coblenz, and Frankfort, which especially, he thinks, oxight to betreated as hostages. That's the sort of spirit to receive these attentions in.With the ever-increasing British expeditions, backed by systematic French retaliation, to be added to presently frywholesale American co-operation in the same direction— well, we should say the German Higher Command will pro-bably be inclined to take an even more benevolent view than before of any officially-backed request by the Alliesthat bombing outside the war zone may be discontinued forthwith. We don't think I • .*•_ • :.:,j^. -, v • -• STUNTING over the House of Lords was, according to thedaily Press, a feature of the flight by a couple of pilots on AT THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE FAIR AND INSPECTION DAY IN HYDE PARK.—At top : the »Zepp." model over the Fair entrance. Below, left: a group of aeroplane workers from Twickenham Training Centre, Buckman Training College and Woolwich Arsenal, in Hyde Park. Bottom right-hand photo. : the "Wrens " on the march to Buckingham Palace. . 746
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