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SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. H H a m "Wireless."— Operators at a German station receiving mes- sages from a machine in the air. The man on the right indicates to the aviator that the message is understood, by firing a signal pistol. m m B m m m n n a H B H H H H m any ? They have none, eh ? Right, I'll ring up the Stores Park and try to get a move on." " Sergeant, have the proceedings of that Court of Enquiry come in ? You know, when the lorry ran into a lamp-post outside the railway station. What, they didn't make the driver give evidence ? Duffers! They can't make de- ductions from his pay if he didn't give evidence. We must send that back. Just draft out a stiff letter." The telephone rings. " Who's that ? Oh, Brigade. Good morning, Sir. You are going to take three machines from us for the North Wing ! Oh, but you know, Sir, we are short of machines already. How can we keep up our record if you take our machines away like that Sir ? I see, Sir. Well, of course, if it's an order the North Wing will send pilots to fly the machines over ? Thank you very much, Sir. Good morning." " Give me engine shop at Y . That you, King ? You know you've got far too many machines unserviceable in your shop. Five should have been finished yesterday, and your report shows that none were actually finished. Why ? What ! Ten fitters went to hospital ? What's the matter ? Flu, did you say ? Spanish influenza ? Oh, hang ! But, mind you, flu or no flu, the work of the Air Force can't stop. The Boche won't wait our convenience. So get a move on, King." A moment later he turns to the Sergeant. __ " You might see if you can keep people ofi for half an hour, Sergeant. The .urgent part of this correspondence simply must be cleared off before I start for W ." SWITZERLAND is to be the main " jumping-ofi " ground for the post-war Peaceful Penetration Hun, camouflaged under Swiss nationality. The Tribune de Gtnh)e notes that from 1803, the date of the birth of the Canton of Vaud, up to the end of August, 1918, the totalof naturalisations there was 2,413. The newspapers have recently stated that since the beginning of the present war the single Canton of Zurich has granted more than 15,000 naturalisations, mostly Germans (the italics are ours). The Swiss-German has for many years been a well-known blot upon the landscape, a bit more virulent even than the hyphenated variety of the past in Yankee-land. But it looks as if .his activities from the land of the Yodler are to be increased many fold in the future, and we commend this source of "leakage" in post-war commercial relationship as one worthy of very high " watch- ing brief " rank by those who are to see to it that German goods shall not masquerade as British or any other make than what they really are. To Pay Income Tax. A NUMBER of employees at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, stated to be earning an average of from £& to J£IO weekly, were ordered at Aldershot on September 12th to pay their income tax by instalments. Germany Shifting Gotha Aerodromes. FROM a correspondent at Dunkirk the Journal learns that large quantities of material, especially from the arsenal at Douai, have been methodically removed by the Germans during the last fortnight. They have also removed to the rear the material from the aerodrome at Brayelle. The material at the aerodrome of Leceiles, near St. Amand, from which most of the Gothas which visited Channel towns started, has also been taken further to the rear. Germany's Fright of Aerial Propaganda. FROM a frontier correspondent the Amsterdam Telegraaj learns that the German commander at Ghent, Major von Blucher, has issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, threatening them with a fine of /150 or one year's imprison- ment, or both, if they fail to hand over immediately any literature dropped by airmen in Belgium. The correspondent adds :— " I have seen a copy of a newspaper printed in London and entitled Le Courrier de I'Air. With a small piece of lead attached, it was thrown out of some flying machine, as the inscription ' By balloon ' indicated. The newspaper con- tained war news, a review of the French offensives, and of the situation in Germany. " The Belgian population is of course eager to take up, read, and spread such literature dropped from the air. But the Germans want to keep all uncensored news out of the occupied territory. Hence the proclamation of the German com- mander. " Leaflets destined for German soldiers are also thrown out of aeroplanes. One I saw, for instance, consisted of letters from German prisoners of war, telling of their good treatment in British and French prisoner of war camps." IO65
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