The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-25

in their nature. and they lack tie
culture of the Greeks. High in the
mountains the Montenegrins exc out
an existence, They lack the culture
and refinement OF some Of the other
Balkan peoples. but they are brave
and daring and intensely loyal They
are led by King Nicholas, to my mind
the greatest man In Europe today.
In Albania there lives the scum OF
the Balkans. The people are illiterate
and half savage. Many OF them are
robbers and briga nds. They are on
the order OF the MeXicans, save for
the fact that the Albanians are much
better fighters. The greatest mistake
the European powers have made In
recent years was in making Alba MIA
distinct state. This Independent
state forms a bs rrier al the north 10
the progressive Greeks and separates
them from their allies. the Serbs.
In the wars Of the Greeks. the
American Greeks Who returned to
their colors were great factor in
the triumph OF Grecian arms. Fifty
home 10 fight the Turks, and they
constituted nearly one-fourth Of The
Creek army. The American energy
which they bad imbihed in this coun-
try. coupled with the patriotism and
dash of tac Greeks at home, made
them lnvnciblc In battle. After one
engagement I counted $50 American
Greeks dead on the field.
AerOplane a Factor.
The aeroplane was an important
ia ctor in the Turkish war. The Creek
army used i've aeroplaneS in the
field and they proved 10 be power
full engines Of destruction While we
were bombarding Turkish fortress
in the Interior, an aeroplane WAS sent
10 our assista nee. II was on Christ
mas day, and as the altitude was
high the weather was intensely cold
We we're Smelling the fort and trying
TO maintain our siege batteries
when we heard nigh above us the
noise Of the propeller Of an aero
plane.
BY common consent the guns Of our
batteries and those Of the Turkish
fort stopped iiring and everyone
watched the maneuvers of the daring
aviator. He circled about nearly
mile above the fort and then began
dropping explosives OH the terrified
Turks. probably none Of whom had
ever seen an aeroplane and few had
ever heard of ono. For about fifteen
minutes the aviator continued 10
drop his cans OF dynamite on the
fort, and with each explosion portions
OF the lortilicationS We're thrown high
In the air. We afterward learned
that the aviator had dismantled four
OF the big guns OF the fort. Finally
the Turks recovered somewhat from
their astonishment and began 10 fire
al the aeroplanc with t1elr rifles.
Troba hIy 1000 shots were fired but
the aviator kept flying above tile fort
at "A rate of sixty miles an hour and
remained above the fort Then he
sailed back over our lines. and as ne
went away from the fort all Of the
big guns opened on him. but he es-
capped uuharmed he sailed over
our lines he waved a Greek fag. and
the soldiers gave a mighty cheer T'1e
aviator tod ne sfterward that he was
almost frozen to death
The success Of aeropIancs In this
war convinced me that they would
revoiutionize modern warfare. Tn
less some method OF defense against
aeroplanes is perfected. cities attacked
by feet of hying machines wil he
powcrless and doomed TO certain de-
aiructlo"