Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-05
Aeronlane as Dove Of Peace.

messenger of peace. 1t seems, accord
j ing to his theory, that the dove is out
lawed, and that the man-bird takes
his place as the everlasting solution
of a problem that has ~grieved the gods
since the creation. Wherever has been
man, there has trouble been also. Per-
haps it is because the man has been
of the earth, earthly, solely, more than
of the air, airy. Man is no longer con-
fined to flights of fancy-he may now
indulge in flights of the heavens, and
disposition will be more heavenly.
We have diverged. somewhat, and
will go back to tell what this far
1 sighted correspondent sees as the re-
| suit of progress in aviation. He de-
| clares that war is now impossible;
| that the announcement has trembled
on Partisan lips for some time, but at
last it is acknowledged by every gen.
| eral and student of war and politics.
| The writer brings out one point more
striking than any other, that what
| has not been accomplished by philan-
| thropists and philosophers has been
brought to pass by progressive genius.
| The world stands on the threshold of
universal peace, and not peace forced
| by the domination of superior arms
| hllf do INV
peace Of the peoples making. The
people will speak louder than their
ruler. and rulers must obey. The de-
velorment of the possibilities of the
aeroplane, in the last few weeks, has
brought the world face to face with
a new condition, which, if allowed to
run its natural course, will be as
revolutionary as it is stupendous.
This entertaining Paris writer, while
voicing his theories and deductions,
makes nse of the opportunity to give
the kaiser dig in the ribs. He says
that "the war lord of the Germans IS
now in reality considered in France as
a harmless myth, as much as is Mars
to the modern world; that his mil
lions expended for defence; his great
North Sea Notifications; his armies
and his dreadnoughts, are as futile
and useless as his reliance on his
divine right"
The writer INDUCES in the declara-
| ton that under existing conditions a
war could not be undertaken; that the
people of the country have been con-
| tent to pay for peace in the protection
they have had in their armies and
navies, and they have submitted to
heavier taxes levied to- pay for war;
| but that in one case or the other they
paid for protection for themselves and
their property. He goes on to say that
in war times, in the past. people We're
| guaranteed some sort of chance for
life and property. Today, the inven-
tive genius of man has made the stu
the worlds history a countrys people
is threatened with humiliation from
which there is no possible protection.
| He INDUCES in picture of war, by
| Germany against France, and its moral
| effect upon the communities upon the
| frontier when the French fleet of aero
planes were set in motion. He says,
"How long would people face such a
horrible condition and permit the en-
peror to delay in capitulating?'
But this entertaining writer seems
to forget in his boast of the prepared
ness of France for aerial eventualities
| that he is not aware of the progress
made in aviation by other nations
SO far as the news reports go, France
has no more than kept pace with AM
erica or Germany or England. and
while the old conditions of war may
have been done away with by the
progress in the past few months in
aviation. new problems confront the
nations in the way of preparation to
hold the other fellow in awe. So long
as there remains the inherent distrust
of other nations as being just as dis
honest and traitorous as ourselves, so
long must the peoples of the earth
maintain what they suppose to be an
effective bluff against the invasion of
other nations: Whether on foot or on
wings, human kind will still have it's
wars and it's runors of war, and only
the God-given love for humanity. in
stilled into the hearts of all peoples
will ever effectually prevent the cul-
nina ton of disputes in sanguinary
conflicts. In the meantime when we
are studying the problems of flight
we shall be not like the proverbial
farmers hog-cCnceiving deviltry.
Crops and Business