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DECEMBER 5, 1918 SPEED ! Speed !! Speed !!! v- , ; • '' - NEWS by telegram of the doings at the Peace Conferencein Paris is apparently considered by the authorities altogether too slow. Therefore, a regular aeroplane servicefrom Paris, which will be available for newspaper correspondents' dispatches twice daily, is under considera-tion. ANOTHER instance of acceleration is that of a kinema film100,000 ft. long, taken recently in London in the morning, which was conveyed to Paris by aeroplane and motor car, andthe same evening shown there to an audience of American soldiers. A regular service of film delivery by aeroplane isnow made three times a week, and a daily service is shortly to be instituted. As last week we shrewdly surmised, there is to be anotherAero Show in 1919, other than the indefinite one referred to, under the auspices of the S.M.M.T. The Aero Show of^1919 which promises to be of very vital importance is that* which will be organised by the Society of British AircraftConstructors, Ltd. We queried as to the holding of this and asked for an authoritative intimation upon the point. Thiswe are glad to announce we have received from Mr. Charles V. Allen, the Secretary, writing from the offices of the S.B.A.C,1 Albemarle Street. The aircraft industry is now of such hugely vast importance, both as an industry and as helpingto govern the future of the British Empire, that it would certainly he invidious that such an important section ot the Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, R.A.F., 'theadopted Parliamentary candidate for Rochester at the forthcoming election. world's industry should be run as a " side show " of semesociety other than an associated body of the industry itself. For the moment we cannot give details of what the generalscheme -of the S.B.A.C. Show will be, but the unlimited possi- bilities can readily be imagined for a. popular and at the sametime highly instructive exhibition run under the auspices of a combination of the constructors themselves, at some ad-vantageous spot within easy reach of not only Londoners, but all enthusiasts from all parts of the country, and for thatmatter the world. We look forward with very great interest to the further announcements emanating from the S.B.A.C.regarding their exhibition, which it is a foregone conclusion is likely to have more vogue during 1919 than any other showof the year. BY degrees the official figures are leaking out in regardto enemy air raids, one of the latest pieces of information issued being the number of air raids and bombardments fromthe sea by the Huns, upon the Isle of Thanet. From 1915 to 1918 (last Whitsuntide) this much " favoured " districtunderwent no less than 119 enemy attacks. Sooner or later no doubt we shall have a complete summary of the happen-ings in this respect, and the sooner official announcement can be made, if ever so brief a summary, of all the districtscovered by each air raid, the better. It is certainly due, if only out of justice to those localities which innocently hadto suffer for the rest of the country. WHATEVER our own authorities may think of Zeppelinairships, judging by there being no mention of them in the terms of the armistice, America appears to regard the gas-bagwith considerably more favour, as from America comes the news that Admiral Taylor, the naval constructor, and Capt.Steel, of the Naval Aviation, told the House that the Naval Committee had planned for the erection of 21 permanentcoastal air stations, the building of war-planes, including a new powerful triplane, and the purchase of hundreds ofdirigibles and other aircraft for the Navy. Capt Steel claimed that the invention of non-inflammable gas now madethe use of the dirigible practicable. With that reservation there can be no question that the lighter-than-air craft musthave a very high value in regard to military work, leaving out of the question altogether the importance, under certainlimiting conditions, of the dirigible for commercial under- takings. FROM the Washington War Departments comes anotheritem of interesting news, in the announcement that several hundred aeroplanes have been released for the use of the mailservice, which it "is rather optimistically stated is to be ex- tended to all cities in the country. Per Gontra it has beenpublicly stated that in this country no application has yet been received from the authorities that be, for permissionto conduct an aerial post. Frankly we don't believe it. WTe should not be surprised to see definite denial of the state-ment. IT is not always necessarily a source for congratulationto see oneself through the eyes of another person. And so with nations. Mr. Roosevelt is one of those who have anugly way of putting truths into straight language, and-ia his most recent comments upon the peace points of the U.S.,he lays down some fairly startling figures which should make some folk think when assembled round the peace table.This is how Mr. Roosevelt views the war situation as it stood when the Armistice started its first lap ;— " America played in the closing months of the war a gallantpart, but not in any way the leading part, and she played this part only by acting in the strictest agreement with ourAllies, and under the joint High Command. She should take precisely the same attitude at the Peace Conference.Wehavelost in this war about 236,000 men killed and wounded. England and France have lost about 7,000,000. Italy andBelgium and the other Allies have doubtless lost 3,000,000 more. Of the terrible sacrifice which has enabled the Allies 1386
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