The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-08
AVIATION AND
WIRELESS Will
PLAY BIG PART
Will Prove Most Destructive Agen-
cles Declares Gen.Miles

lf'ltAl a. l4N anu t'i'AA'NNAANS 80 49,
tined to prove the most destructive
agencies i'm the present European cri-
sis and may entirely do away with
the modern battleship, il not also the
massing together Of great armed
forces Of men on land, is the opinion
Of General Nelson A. Miles, L. $. A.
retired
General Miles, who is visiting at the
sumer home of Nathan Straus at Ma
maroneck has followed the events
leading up to the war OF the nations
with the keenest interest. \ year ago
he was in Bulgaria, and at the time
predicted that unless the great pow
ers of Europe should cease their prep
aratiuns for war, the greatest conflict
Of arms in the worlds history would
inevitably result.
Daring Fighters Developed.
"The use Of wireless telegraphy"
declared General Miles, lis a new ele-
ment I'm warfare, and undoubtedly viii
be used most effectively by all the
great nations involved in the present
struggle for supremacy among the
powers. What il will do in the way
Of changing warfare cannot be antici-
pated at this time.
THE genius Of man has solved the
problem Of the navigation Of the air
"a problem. by the way. tina; has veXed
mankind for thousands Of years The
airship is now in use by all the coun-
tries engaged in the present conflict
The result cannot be anticipated, as
The test has not been made. But the
crisis is on.
The science Of aviation undoubted-
IS has developed the most daring oody
II men ever engaged in any enterprise.
This has been clearly demonstrated in
every civilized country Of the earth.
Assuming then that the courage and
skill OF the aviators of the contending
nations NAV he equal tha results VIII
be determined the same as was the
case in the use OF the breech-loading
rife. the machine guns, the high
power guns. the steel -aImoreh ships
and dreadnougn.s.
Predicts Great Battles in Air
Great battles in the air will soon
be recorded. and such heroes as Car
ros. the French aviator, who is report |
10 90 have given his life that he might
bright 20 earth giant Zeppelin dirt |
cihle which threatened destruction to !
French life and property, will be i'm
m0rtaiized
"If that report is correct-and !
don't believe there has been anything
tn the contrary undoubtedly will
stand ont as one Of the most daring
achievements of the war and one
which prefaces a certain change in
warfare for all time TO come.
L read with great deal Of inter-
est that the navies Of the respective |
countries engaged in the war are all |
we'll supplied with aeroplanes, which |
they propose to set in motion as their
fleets Of dreadnoughts come together. |
To venture prophecy on the result |
is more ghan I can do. but I viii say |
that the science and skill Of aviation, |
as well as the control Of submarine
batteries by wireless, may revolution
lie the art ~ warfare.
or do not know how long this war
will last. hut al an events T am salts
cd from close study of the improved
implements i'm use, that the result will
stagger the widest imagination Of
mankind. In the old days, when it
was q question of lighting on land or
on the water conditions were entire
lv different. But the wireless and the
aeropIaue and the diriglblc have now
brought into play new clements, whose
Importance cannot Doe estimated AT
this time.
Invasion Of Russia Difficult.
"The French. the English. the Rus
SLAMS the Austriaus and the Germans
have become proficient ln acronautes,
when I was abroad last believe the
French army alone had a thousand or
more aerOplanes of the most improved
type. and they were building all the
time. How many the Germans had at
that time nobody know The English
the Russians and the Ausrians kept
pace. Thus far the war has not adj
vauccd far enough 90 determine just
how effective these new implements
Of warfare will become. But II the
war is prolonged for great period Of
time. il will not he due 10 the land |
.orces or the dreadnoughts, but 20 IN,
'orccs OF the air and the wireless.
by air, and by no other way will
{ be possible to effectively carry on AN
INVASION Of Germany on the one hand,
,r Russia on the other. OF the two
Countries, Russia Is perhaps in a bet
err position to resist invasion than
;crmauy. The railroads Of Russia are
70 constructed as to practically bar an
lvading force. and this Is true also Of
ermany Candidly, ! believe an at
,mpted invasion Of either country
ouId prove very disastrous. especial
so I'm the case Of Russia. owing to
= vast territory. 90
Atrocities May Be Repeated. .
Modern warfare is not the war n
re ~ decade or more ago. While
Bulgaria. during the Balkan war a {,
ar ago. I heard of atrocities such (,
we never dreamed Of even among d
q most savage Indian tribes on the r,
aims here twenty years or more ago. 81
neither these atrocities will be re- Il