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JULY II, 1918. tions, in helping to bring about the complete disintegrationof the British Empire ! A few more such facts, as given last Saturday by Major J. L. Baird, Parliamentary Secretary tothe R.A.F., cannot help but have an enlightening eSect upon the German nation as to what must be the ultimate end of thegreat orgy of selfish slaughter precipitated upon civilisation in 1914 by Prussian militarism. WHAT an awakening for hereafter—on this earth when peacebreaks out—has the running amok of the Hun brought about. Just think of it. Before the war, according to Lord Morris,one-time Prime Minister of Newfoundland, we had a thousand Consuls spread around the world, and of these no less than 900were Germans! For such shocking shortsightedness we certainly deserved a severe lesson, but hardly so drasticas the present world conflagration has brought about. But if that be so, what of the Huns themselves, who then had. practically, the industrial world at their peaceful penetration mercy ? And now ? Truly the result of the war, howevercrushing the .Sflies' victory may eventuate, cannot prove to have been too severe a lesson for such ill-balanced andavaricious ambitions. Anything short of complete annihila- tion as a people could be deerriM'other than just retributionfor the Hun. MR. RYAN'S plan for the creation of one or more corporationsfor the purchase, production, manufacture, and sale of air- craft and. aircraft equipment and material has been adoptedby the U.S. Military Affairs Committee. The appropriation of £20,000,000 proposed for the establishment of a centralaeroplane factory is therefore an accomplished fact. _ METZ' civil population has, it is authoritatively stated, beenevacuated to Luxemburg. This is with little question a direct result of the persistent attentions of the Allies' aircraft.Yet the air-drama has as yet hardly got beyond the opening CHATHAM Unionists have selected as their prospectiveParliamentary Candidate, Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, R.A.F., one of the pioneers of practical aviation. FOR the other side Col. Cecil L'Estrange Malone, D.S.O., of the R.A.F., is the prospective Liberal candidate. for East Leyton. - " WAS ist das fur ein ding ? " " Das ist ein rotations-tiampfmaschine I " We have been spending a happy half hour with one of those polyglot technical dictionaries, andthe sesquipedalian verbiage- which we have set out with pride above is the result of our labours. Rendered intoformal English, it reads :—" What's that ? " " That's a rotary." Our dictionary"" is not accented, but any A.M. could tell you that the stress should come on the middlesyllable. A fine adhesive word, to be used in appealing to the betterfeelings of taxi-drivers, is " Spitzenblitzableiter " ! Repeat slowly after me, please, dwelling on the onomatopoeic beautiesthereof: " Spitzen-" (a good spirited opening to attract attention) " blitza-" (the denunciatory or fulminating style),and then to drive all home, " bleiter I " The spelling is exotic, but you will find that you are understood. By the way, it really means " lightening arrestor withpoints," though perhaps better calculated to •product disturb- ances. _ : , _ ,....•-_, AN RiF.C. MECHANIC'S DIARY. By Corporal Vra. 1.2.18.—Promotion list appears in Orders. Candid criti-cisms from mechanics prove that a man's capabilities vary inversely as he moves to higher rank. My capabilities are invariable !) 2.2.18.—Ten recruits arrived from the dep6t. One, named" Willy," said, " Excuse me," and is consequently doomed to be the camp entertainer for at least three months. 3.2.18.—A D.H. 6 was reported by the police for loiteringover a village near the aerodrome. The pilot is taking action for slander, as he swears the machine was moving all thetime. 4.2.18.—Saw the Pay Sergeant about 8s. gd. owing to mesince last year. He paid me 8s. and said I could keep the gd. for myself. Willie was sent to the stores for a rubber spanner !5.2.18.—Have been reading John Bull, and have developed the watching habit. Watch Dixieland ! Willy has been looking for a silencer on a 100 h.p. mono. 6.2.18.—Been on a smash to-day. All the villagers gatheredround, and one sympathetic lady asked if anyone was in the machine when'it crashed. The answer was in the negative ! On my return to the aerodrome I found Willy a bit upsetas the stores people would not issue a box of sparks to start a R.A.F. (I believe Moses invented this joke when he wasrunning away from the Egyptians.) 7.2.18.—Lieut. X "zoomed" while the tail of his machine was still on the ground. The CO. borrowed a few words from the Sergt.-Major, and Lieut. X is Orderly Officer for " duration." 8.2.18.—Helped the Q.M.S. to count the sausages thismorning. Tried to slip one in my pocket, but it distinctly said " Neigh ! " and galloped back to the stable—I meantable. Watch Trinidad! 9.2.18.—A number of R.E9A. men visited^the aerodrometo-day. An artillery officer gave instructions to his men as A Ukranian (formerly Russian) biplane of the Spad biplane type, with the airscrew in the middle of the body. Note should be taken of the special skids for running on snow. 775 •
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