The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

to nifty such torpedo boats as these wers
! lined up in a sea fight with a single
battleship, II would be dificult for the
battleship to stop any one OF them, and
II every one Of them were capable OF
approaching the battleship in face Of her
fire and OF launching five tons Of high
explosive against her, IL does seem that
fifty OF them would be a better invest
ment for S15.0Oo.0oO than the single battle
ship.
Weapons of Aerial Warfare.
One OF the difficulties in destroying fly
ing machines, either dirigibIe or aero
plane. with guns fired directly at them
from the earth is the trouble in hitting
them, owing to the difficulty Of knowing
their exact distance. I have invented and
patented a multi-barrel gun. which, when
poin'ed at an aeroplane or balloon. auto
matiCally finds its own range Also, I
: have invented a fuse for a high explosive
prcjeCtile so delicate in the adjustment
that II will explode the shell on the thin
canvas Of an aeroplane. or upon the gas
bag Of balloon. and insure lis destruc-
ton.
My nephew. Hiram Percy Maxim. in
ventor Of the silencer. has also invented
a silencer for the exhaust of internal
combustion engines. An aeroplans
equipped with one Of these would be
nearly silent in its fight except fox the
whir Of its propeller. This is a very i'm
portant desideratum for a scouting aero
plane.
How the Battles Of the Future VIII
Re Fought.
In future war. ARTILLERY will play .
much more important part than it-has
ever vet played. One Of the chief lessons
Of the German advance through Belgium
and into Franc. has been the paramount
value Of heavy artillery fire. Of sufficient
weight and Intensity TO demoHsh and
d'moraliZe the ranks OF an enemy. in ad-
vance of coming into range with i7fan-
t-v fre
IN the battles or the future. skv-1fna
will not only boThard opposing skyline.
hIt ais" battles VIII duel with one an
other from bc' URd the eyes reach. while
there will he simultaneous encounters be-
tween fleets NJ fighting airships sweeping
the sky in all directions
In campaigns Of the future. a much
!arg"r number Of aerOPlanes will b,
empi"N'd than in the present Euro
pean war. There will he enormous
nects Of them Of the raiding type.
caT1ble Of carrying half a dozen men
each. with arms and aCcoUternents II
world be impossible. even with an
equal or superior equipment Of aerial
t"."es. to prevent IN enemy in thick
fog. OF m the darkness Of night, frym
rfssi7E unseen on the frontiers. bear
l1E large numbers Of raiders and work
Ing enormous destruction.
Flv!n= machines place the whole COM
try in jeopardy. for no frontier fortifca-
uons can keep them out and no lookout
can have ewes enough or keen enough 70
detect them when passing high in the air
under cover Of night or fog 1t will not
Boz" necessary for the aerial raiders 70
protect line Of communication. for they
Will have no line Of communication =
attacked by superior numbers they will
take fight like "A flock OF birds. and
away.
The Greatest Battle of the Future
/ The greatest hatJle which the future
has To fight is to conquer the political
ramparts Of avarice. greed. hypocrisy.
and dishonesty by sane and scientifos
methods OF government. II some sys-s
tenn can be devised whereby men can be.
inspired with such self-sacrificing patri-,
0tisw in politics as We find in war We
would have an exchange Of our present
demon alizinE and degrading demaEoEy IN
politics for wise and unselfsh states
manskip. Then peace and prosperitvf
would truly he rendered comparatively
permanent for all