The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-03-12
war TOODANGER-
Gus TOENGAGE in.
Modern Inventions Would
Make it Terrible.
Airships Would no Doubt Play an
Important Part in a
Combat.

I. Is only a few years ago since
those who were devOting tbeir siren
uons a. ension 90 sowing. once and
for an the conaues- q toe air, were
regarded somewhat In tne lignc OF
''harmless lunaricz."
But within the pas. IS months such
important discoveries have been made
in the arr Of flying tElat there Is
now no manner Of doubt az all tnar
before very long aerial fight over bOoh
long and shor, distances viii be Of
the most common occurrence.
There are scieutis 3 however, WAC
consider that tie ae-opiane viii never
be Of much practical use -exceps for
sporting and adventurous purposes.
but such is not my opinion-indeed.
hold TO tally oppOsi = views.
The cleverest d7siug L-smen and
sciensists in tire world are now devos-
ing their attention 20 the inyen ION
OF a machine thac will Be able 70 do
50 miles an hour-at this high speed the
machine could be reduced in size. and
as such machines are now possible, and
as there are men in existence who
can make them am strongly Of the
opinion that, within the next II months
we shah have tneIn.
In fact you viii see that ! am cor
rect in predicting that this year We
shall have a machine larger than rnat
Of the WTights.
The new aeroplane, In fact will
travel faster than THAI OF the Wright
machine, II will have perfectly made
moor Of from 80 % 100 horse power
f. will be able 20 carry half ton,
4; will be able 10 remain up for three
hours at a time, and viii travel at
the rate Of quite 80 miles an hour,
while in power. IT will cost no more
than two thirds as much as motor
car.
What will be rue effect Of this dis
covery?
Well, ia the frs. place, the effect
on the nations will he that war will
be made 20 terrible, 50 deadly, 50
ghas-ly in is results Ia We shall
have no more war, wiz flying machi-
mes no matter how great and powerful
your nation may h., II will always
be open TO at ack
Thus, under cover Of darkness and
clouds. an enemy will be able 20 des-
troy a city, no mat CT how carefully
Il may be pTOJec ed, for az ack from
the air will never be able 10 be resist
ed.
True the fact, that while the enem.
IS destroying your ci les at tie same
time MAYBE, you are deg uoyinlg mis-.
Is an unargueable one, but 1t does
not make any counlry's position in
any way pleasanter or more secure.
What about prOjectiles? Well 20
all intents and purposes, they do
not enter very largely into the mat
ter as although pnojectiles they are
far more likely % do damage to them
selves than 10 the enemy and thus
in 10 years time, ! have the greatest
confidence in prcdic ing tnlc tie
great European Powers Will be able
TO say beyond all manner of doub.,
"There shall be no more war"
The flying machine, It must be
understood, however, viii never be
able to carry passengers and freigh,
in large quantities for It is essentially
military ms rument, though TO b.
sure, 1t will very shortly be largely
used for sport and discovery while,
when the weather IS bad, before long.
you will see that crosS-channel mails
will BE- carried by aeroplane; an in
strument which, by and by will be
Of extraordinary value as a rescuer
OF shipwrecked mariner.
We mus; now prepare ourselves TO
recognize that what electricity was
70 the last century aerial navigation
will be 10 this.
And on that account / repeat again
that in 10 years time, there will be
no war.
II Is not long to look forward 10
and wnen war is ended once and for
all perhaps those VINO now read these
lines will recall my confidence pro-
phecy.