The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-21
PLAN AIR
OF
GERMANY
French Flyer Tells How
Allies Can Carry
War To Kaiser
AMERICA MUST
BUILD MACHINES
Way Then Open To
Berlin, Declares
Officer
b. J. P YODER.
AZ Coresponfent Unttea Prrs'

I
WASHINGTON June 2I-Inva.
sion OF Germany -carryiug Of ths
agh into the kaisers TERRITORY thru
Tho air -aith success deemed Ger
Tain. Is the plan OF the Allies.
Chieit8ins OF visiting WAT commits
s.ons insist that The plan will bring
complete victory nearer hy many
months-pr provided the National De.
tense Councils aircraft production
board program goes thru That pro.
gram calls FOR 5000 American air
machines for the lighting front by
April md for 10000 by August
/ Lieut. Aiuaury ne ia GRANGE noted
I French air fighter today made this
declaration In an Interview given the
United Press He emphasized with
what Importance the allied general
STATS regard Americas capabilities
In furnishing The air preponder.
ince" thar he Is convinced viii
make possible SCATTERING Of the Teu.
Ton battle lines.
Nothing Is impossible r We Allies
get and hold mastery or the air" De
I "a Grange said Berlin is even
open 70 as Let America contribute
az her biggest share toward reestsb-
ushmenf ~ democracy the air pre-
ponderance. as she can do and then
indeed viii German Divine Rlght
rulers call FOR real peace instead
20 a pseudo peace
Put thru this proposed program
and YOU Americans will have done
! more 10 end the war With less cost
In money and lives than you could
90 in any 9ne or al OF dozen
pays
"Pu, thru this campaign and we
can destroy The great German NUM-
ton works. the great mobilization
depois. their great factories for pro
I auctions OF motor transport and hy-
ing machines
Put y thru and YOU Americans
viii maE possible the destruction Of
those bases from which steal the
nurderous submarines Furnish. in
4emocracys cause. the great air
squacrons and ne hghting men will
make scrap heaps OF The great Ger.
man naval bases The KieI canal
VII ~ made useless = We have
sufficient machines
"Germany has declared 'Verboten
certain sea zones With complete
air supremacy We will declare for
hidden zones In German territory
say zone 100 miles behind the
lines We viii give civilians ample
time 20 move away Then with our
numerically superior air fighters We
can conduct superfaids behind the
lines. over munitions plants. on
troop mobilization points and on ar
tnlery stations that vill make II Inn
possible for the Germans 10 with
rtand any series Of attacks
Put We must have four 20 one
German machines 70 90 this. Amer
lea can do u.
There are three major styles OF
machines training machine, the
observation and the battle plane.
The hrst Is The style machine Amer
Tea first made and Is now making II
is cheapest
The observers machine. without
which effective srtiIlerying or any
sort % ground fighting Is useless.
carries only a small machine gun
I ia helpless before a battle plane.
rs - seek Cit enemy bat
teries. keep tab on enemy troop
movements. direct artillery fire. Dur
ing attacks il "a only thru the oh.
servafion machine that the star be
hind our lines can tell how An at
tack is progressing We need thou.
sands more ~ them They do their
talking % the ground by wireless
they receive Instructions via sort
OF wig wag system
But observation work is impos-
sible without battle planes.
1T would be the battle planes
with which We would invade Ger
many We must have thousands and
thousands more % them 20 do II By
using two battle planes 70 protect
each observation plane We can save
tho reconnoissances planes. bat this
won't give us air supremacy
ITO get this supremacy We must
put together great bombing squad
rons and send them Far into German
territory
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