The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
France Has Hundreds of Aviators
Prepared to Gross Border if
Germany Wants War.
LEADS ALL OTHER NATIONS
Can Construct Twenty Planes
Daily and Instruct Aviators in
q Weeks Time.
BY PAUL VILLIERJ.

| Special Cable to The Tribune.
PARIS. Sept. "a factor which makes
| France lndisposed to concede extreme
German demands In Morocco is the feel
| ing that after ali an armed conflict be-
| tween France and Germany would not be
SO one-sded as the Germans and per-
haps others believe. Not only is the
French army In better shape than IT has
| been since the days of the first Ma
poleon. but France is far in the lead in
military aviation.
The feeling as TO the aerop.ane in war
Is expressed !n recent interview with
M. Fedrlnes the noted airman.
| In France we have over 1000 airmen
who have their certificates. ] cannot say
that these are all qualified today for
special military duty, but we have-if a
call were made-ffty schools Of aviation
In France, ten OF which are of the high
est order and can turn out aviators with
weeks training II required. With tho
present facilities of construction twenty
aeroplanes day could be produced II
they were needed. These can be carried
transportation amounts to nothing.
1T is just here that the generally un-
appreciated power OF the aeroplane ex-
ists' II Is In that psychic effect upon
munitles that the greatest peace com
pelEns power OF the aeroplane is to be
deund; 10 selr-preservation is a sound law
tIo 4L mature e, and the miscellaneous destruc-
sl0n OF all ones family and hard learned
oeioneings Is not thought that can be
overcome by an appeal TO patriotism.
AS Tor our destructive possibilities we
reasonable height 200 pounds of high ex
piosives, destroy railroads, bridges. ships
tsIn ana cities They talk of bringing aero
as 1 am concerned 1 would much patbar
take my chances in the air during a
battle than on the ground" For these
pSoner saSe nIsee ine idea is growinE that the
is IN an international conference
Boys Plot for Pennies.
The French strike fever. with ite ac-
compartment Of sabotage deliberate
waeGIkaSe eek sSe Of Of property): has led to re
nsrkaole ma plot BY syndicate Of boys be-
For some time past the repeated acts
state owned Western railway have led
oy police. While passing the tunnel of
noticed that two signals had been tam
oourg TO Paris. carrying British and
American transatlantic passengers, was
due to pass the spot, and one OF the
policemen was hurried of TO notify the
railway authorities Of the discovery
Another policeman lay down by a way
side bank HIS patience was soon re
"dlucu, just rs LNS eS-
press came In sight it slowed down ow-
Ing to the danger signals. and a party
OF six boys varying in age from 9 70 49,
appeared. Rushing UP to the flrst-cless
carriages, the boys began to whine out:
penny. Arb yesv'
Generous Americans began to throw
out small change, and the lads were en-
gaged In vigorous scramble when the
policeman In waiting. who had been re-
being marched or to the police station
the boys confessed that they had formed
a syndicate to stop boat trains In order
TO beg for pennies.
will be lesson to the syndicate not TO
Interfere with trains even when they
convey wealthy and generous foreigners.
New Motor Signals.
Sirens, exhaust-whistles and fog
horns will be regretted when the "Arch-
angels Trumpet" has superseded them.
This is new invention for motor cars.
rather diabolical than angelic Some
motor horns already play fragment OF
a tune. usually from the Trumpet March
in Verdi's AIDA" and few notes heard
every few seconds are ~ maddening
By a. simple device" Moreover, "aole
compilers'' have arranged several
scores" of many themes. which chauf-
feur Of ordinary musical !ntelligence will
ecute with effect, These themes are ac-
tuaily taken from well-known music The
prospect OF the possible desecTation is
1 III he Sns by the be Est our to
Of the Minor Symphony. by Slegfried's IS
own special motif. or by the three
notes" which stand for Fate In the Ring
operas2