South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-19
AMERICA GIVES
IMPETUS To WAR
u. S. Entry Into Struggle
Makes Vast Difference
Say British.
News service

international News Service.
LONDON England. OCT. 10.
-"America VIII make "a bigger diff
ference than most people. optimists
included. think" says "a writer m
the Manchester Observer. The
voting Of $500, 100000 for aerial
warfare IS mere financial prelim-
lnary % administration that neither
Nides nor reveals the scale OF Amer
ics's plans Our new ally is bring
lat- Into this vital part OF the war
th1t persuasive energy that makes
her so Rreat IN commerce. Vast as
The sum voted Is as compared with
the hve figure total parsimoniousIy
dOleC out In peace time, Il probably
wOulE not seem extravagant IL we
couIH compare IL with our own out
lay on aerial warfare on the big
scale in which we have at last real
ICED that Il has got 20 be conducted.
America Is going 10 lay this
money out wisely. To an extent
undreamed OF by those who are too
apt to judge from the more sensa-
tional and technically absurd news
paper cuttings that reach this coun-
Try. the very closest possible CO.
operation between the American air
service and our own best technical
and military authorities Is now in
full swing. and has indeed existed
from the day the United States de-
clared war. Necessary though they
are, one regrets the restrictions on
the free discussion Of the intensely
interesting details OF the system
and OF the big plans that are rapid
~ IN the making. That they con-
Germ aerial offensive on a huge scale
g. however, notorious
Aircraft Plentiful.
I'm flying craft the United States
starts where we are today, quick TO
learn both from our successes and
.Gr mistakes, far less hide-bOund
nan we have been. Her manufac-
tureSs having access to our best
types viii improve on them. I'M
hampere5 Dy technical shibboleths.
And there Is not doubt that the
influence OF the best Of American
designers and inventors will rein
vigOTste our own methods. official
and manufscturing-tha is. If the
air board viii act up 20 its office
and ensure that our best brains have
full scope Among American ma
chimes are features and details de-
serving particular attention from
the Royal Experimental Air factory.
THE only limits are those set by
the more or less restricted supplies
OF certain woods Of labor OF aero
drou.e space. and the human ma
teriaI OF which pilots are made
That there must be diversion Of ma
terial and men from other activities
goes without saying. and it is for
our military leaders to decide 10
what extent the part 10 be played
by aircraft justides the diversion
80 energy from other military needs
Let them not again make the mis-
|take-as they certainly have almost
10 this very hour--of failing 20 see
|fhe possibilities There - plenty Of
evidence OF myopia if one refers
back either TO government of pub
>iic Treatment Of aeronautics i'm
Britain. France and America both
before and after the war began Our
present enemies saw clearer i'm some
ways. They saw the need for high
powered aero engines and ia Ger
i nary there was no official emphasis
zn "a particular design of modest
] sower (air cooled to the discour-
= cement OF Jhe others: their imag-
4nation ran 90 ZeupeHns
Engine Important.
This matter OF the engine IS ire