The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-07
PRESENT
AEROHANES TO
FRENCH SOLDIERS
Wave Of Patriotism Causes Conlr.'
buttons Toward Building Giant
Aerial Navy

Paris. April 6,-The extraordinary
j0utburst OF patriotism that is sweep
ing over France has reached such
proportions that ii is now the chief
subject of discussion among Paris
ians and foreign residents Since
the crisis with Germany on the sub
/! ject of Morocco last summer a re-
vival of the military spirit and a
wave of patriotism have set IN
throughout the country. An oppor-
tunity for the expression of this ser
timent was presented when. promi-
nent Paris newspapers started q
fund for the gift of aeroplanes for
military purposes to the government.
| France has reached the definite
conclusion that the aeroplane will be
| her great weapon in time of war.
and the patriotic movement, there
fore. has centered on the practical
scheme of furnishing the nation
with sufficient aeroplanes to make
France a formidable leader in aerial
navigation.
The movement has passed like an
electric spark all over France, and in
almost every city, town and hamle5
| public subscriptions have been oper-
ed for the presentation of aeroplanes
TO the army. Men. women and chill
dren. north and south. east and west,
are contributing their mite TO the
furtherance OF the cause, and ii isl
believed that when the national fund
is completed the citizens aeroplane
tlotila will astound the world with
its numerical strength.
Americans Give Aid.
Americans in Paris. joining in the
spirit of the movement, have started
in on their own account and have
opened "a subscription to which u
large number of them have already
contributed The organizers. in a
public letter. state that Frenchmen
helped the American revolutionary
army, and it would now be very f.
ting and graceful for Americans to
aid in the building up of a great
French aerial fleet. The letter CON
tinues: The measure OF this ser
vice may be small in comparison
with that of the original; but the
sentiment is big and noble, and such
action we think would harmonic
very well with the fact that Ameri-
can genius first made aviation prac-
ticable," The American residents
of France hope to collect about
IS 200. which will be handed over
to the government for the purchase
OF an aeroplane.
There is still another way in
which French patriotism is being
reawakened When French soldiers
return TO their barracks at nightfall
in Paris they are accompanied BY
military bands, and often they carry
lighted torches. This has come to be
known as the "torch-light tattoo, '
and it is no uncommon sight now to
see hundreds of civilians, their mar
tial and patriotic spirit aroused by
the swinging march of the soldiers.
| fall into line from the, sidewalk ami
follow the infantrymen to their
quarters, while crowds looking on
cheer repeatedly and enthusiastic
afiy for the French army.
To the innumerable other distiuc-
tions with which he has been honor
ed Louis Lepine, the ever-popular
Partisan Project of Police, now adds
that OF membership of the Institute
NJ France, he having been elected :
fellow OF the Academy of Moral and
Political Sciences This, with tbs
French Academy and the Academic.
VI Inscriptions and Bellies Lettres, OF
Fine Arts and OF Sciences, together
form the Inctitute which has it
home in the fine building on th,
south bank OF the Seine erected BY
| Cardinal Mazarin for the College o
Four Nations.
The academy TO which NJ. Lepin.
has been elected also numbers in II
ranks Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
The Academy OF Moral and Politica
Sciences is divided into five sections
philosophy, morals, legislation, po
litical economy and general history
Outside these five sections Ia anothe
for unattached section comprisini
ten members. and among these N
Lepine will take his seat.