Arizona republican., 1916-12-17
INSIDE LIGHT
 ON TIE WAR

'lntcrNiew with Captain John Hay
 BeitA)
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 1He wIueiy nCralded british tanks have served treir plrlO5c. aad doubt very much whether they win play any further important rvie II the war. ueciares Captain Bsith. who was one oltne ma-hIne gun OlfioeIs having charge of training the gun crews for the tanks.
 "The tanks are essentially a wea- pon Of surprise They made then s,aten1 on ts.e firing hne at the su- preme psychological moment. Odi troops had virtually real he'd an i'm passe in the Thiepval Woods. Whicl the Germans Lad fortified and re- fortified until it seemed humanIv i'm Possible to make any further head. way. Then came the tanks. secretly made. piece by piece. all over Eng land and shipped 70 a Toiut Of 1s- sembly on the Sorumc front. No. even the mon whom ] Was trlnin. as q gun crew for one of these pond
 
 dealets knew fic Sind of a iu7geT naut in which they were 10 cporatt until they were ready for the tC.rpr- ypeadng assaUit Tfc suDrisc tO th' Germans was complete and ThiepVa was ours. But now that the limita- tons of the tank are known to the enemy its usefulness is no longer ex- cepti0nal.
 While there must s.iU be a vast amount of important fighting on tn, west front. it is the general belief of m"ny of our officers that the wa will he won from the southeast. Firm in this belief the British French m Italians are making phenomenal preD. aratiors at Salonikl and in the spring inc world will To amazed by thr gigantic stroke which will be delivered from this quarter. Of course. Ruma nia's situ9tion were to bc-om. genuinely critical the allies pns' through the Balkan would be hasten ed. for everything possible will be done to preserve the national integritv of our latest ally.
 Tt is interesting to note that win our tanks spread terror among sea Soned soldiers. the 'Zeps,' upon whicl the Germans so confidently relied ~ means of overwhelming England civilian population with uncontrOl bl h1E he 1ofe failure. except that their comparative ly incOnseuential raids have reacted against the would-be terrorists anc have been the most effective recruit ing agents that the English arnpv ha had. Indeed. if would have been q profitable venture if England had constructed Zep' and sent it. flynn enemy colors on tour of our is lands, for wherever the airships have appeared, dropping their comparative " ineffective bombs, there has fol lowed Q remarkable influx Of raw material fro mwhich fighting mer could be made 10 avenge these raid upon our helpless civilian classea.
 "It was my good fortune to witnes inc destruction of q Yep on the occasion Of the first elaborately or ganized but. az it proved absortive air raid on London severai month go. The airship was attacked b an aeroplano a 'vae' cf f'e ~1' which darted past the cumbersome bulk. and, at the moment when thf two were side by side. made 2 th-ne' with it's deadly sting-an explosive missile With drll. distant repo~ the jmpotent cloud craft was spi' asunder with flomes and sank rapid ly frOma height of several thonsanf feet. 10th noses pointing downward
 "Half of ondon son the rooftcp~ watching this battle between ar aerial cyolops and flying Ulysses