Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-24
PREDICTS WAR IN SKIES.
Fleet Of Aircrafts Armed With Guns to
Act as Scouts

|
Hudson Maxim the famous inven-
tor, has just worked out the plans for
a new submarine motor boat, says the
| New York American, which will act.
itself, as a monstrous torpedo and, af-
ter blowing up the warship it has chas-
ed, safely escape on the wave caused
by the explosion. 1t will be driven by
only couple Of men, travel at terrific
speed, have a 'steaming radius" of
several hours, be practically invulner-
| able and carry in it's deadly nose a. ton
of high explosives, which it can place
with surety wherever the other fellow
least wants to have it.
Pressed for details of this remark
able new engine of destruction, which,
1t is believed, will create new era in
naval warfare, Mr.. Maxim refused to
talk. Il am saving them for my lee
ture tomorrow evening before the
sorry that anything about it has leak
ed out beforehand. l had hoped to
have kept it secret altogether"
The representative of the American
asked if he did not think these deadly
instruments would put an end to war
by making it impossible.
quite the reverse" Mr.. Maxim re-
piled. 80 far from war in the world
being anywhere near its end, 1t Is, as
war, only just commencing its scientif-
| ic period
THE idea about the zone Of DEATH
that two armies would reach a point
where neither could attempt to cross
the interval without facing certain an
Inhalation, is a fallacy. 1t is all right
in theory. But in practice 1t only dis
closes a need which science at once
sets about providing for. have now
many ways for enabling an army to
cross that zone of death The sim
plest buries the enemy in a cloud Of
dense smoke. Another, still better, is
used at night, and so lights them up
that, while they can be plainly seen,
they are too dazzled to see anything
| themselves.
I'm the warfare of the future, arm
les will line up on opposing skylines
and fire at each other over the enor-
nous arena in between them. They
will have their scouts and riflemen
armed with silent guns, and the sky
will be clouded with fleets Of scout
| ing aircraft. There will be many a
tilt between aerial pickets, and
shrapnel and canister will be directed
toward the sky as we'll as towards the
enemys firing line.
But is 1t a mistake to suppose that
flying machines will play havoc by
dropping high explosives. Explosives
so used would do very little damage
in the horizontal plane, and kill very
few men in an army.
by that time army generals will
be expert scientific engineers, and ex-
plosives will be used in machines that
will annihilate thousands Of men in a
few minutes.
But as a political factor, war may
be kept out Of account If one keeps
prepared. In war dollars fly more
quickly than bullets. The only way
to keep war off is to let the promoters
Of war see that the plunder won't re-
pay them for the money outlay.
What Russia may do in the pres
ent war cloud in Europe, at the back
Of which she no doubt is, cannot be
H.,
should not be surprised IL this time she
obtained her long-sought goal-Con-
stantinople, and a water outlet by way
Of the Dardanelles. England will
hardly face another war. If France
Joined her, Germany would rush in
and in the end all Europe would be
at the mercy Of her yellow peril"