The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-08-11

I coast. Carlstroms in one of his
shorter fights, went from Washing
ton to, New York. and after landing
with his passenger at Sheepshead
Bay, he said he could have gone. a
much greater distance.
An attack from England, on Ber-
lin, would be much more difficult
task. Flyers have covered that dis
tance, however, and since far great
er interest has been developed in
airplanes- within the past few
months, 1t is likely that more power.
full engines can be put in use than
the one used by, Ruth Law in her
fight from Chicago to New York.
The distance from a point on the
English coast east OF the fishing viii
lage of Spalding to Berlin is about
that from New York to Cleveland
$50 miles. Miss Law covered $50
miles in her flight from Chicago to,
Hornell, N. Y, without stopping.
II Map Makes IL Clear.
If you run your eye down the Eng
lish coast opposite neutral Holland,
across which the allies, of course, do
not send their air fighters-being,
unlike the Germans, respecters of
neutrality-it will be- seen that it
should be easy to send airplanes
from Ipswich to Zeebrugge, the
principal base in the captured terri
tory of Belgium for U-boats. 1t is
like taking a run from Philadelphia
to New York to fly from Ipswich to
Zeebrugge. British aviators have
made several raids upon Zeebrugge,
and reports have come to hand of
many U-boats destroyed. If the
British army fails to push northWard
and force German retirement from
the Belgian coast 1t is very likely,
military men say, that airplanes will
soon drop bombs by the thousands
upon that and other nearby harbors.
Nestled behind Holland, however,
are three military bases which the
allies would risk much to smash.
These are Essen, Mulheim and Dues
seldorf. Great gun works and mu-
milton plants are maintained in
those three cities. Raids have been
made by French and British airmen,
but never in such force as to do
great damage so far as reported. To
get at the little nest of munition
plants from London the aviators
would have to travel 500 miles-the
distance from Norfolk. Va, to AL
bany, N. Y.
The shortest route to be followed
by such a fleet of airplanes would be
over Ostend, Brussels and Liege,
possibly, thence northeast over AK
La Chapelle. Carlstrom's flight from
Chicago to Erie, Pa, on Nov. 2, 1916,
was nearly the distance that must
be covered-452 miles. A. Seguin, in
a duration fight in France on Oct.
13, 1913, covered 646 miles. And
BoeAm, the German aviator, and
other flyers have remained in the air
long enough to convince experts that
the fight can be made. The aviators,
after releasing their bombs, may es-
cape capture by flying into Holland.
Can Easily Get to Essen.
If British aviators in the Arras
sector of the battle line in France
are assigned to the task of getting
to Essen they will have a much less
distance to cover. From that city,
across Belgium and thence into Ger
many and to Essen and the other
two important points is only 290
miIes-the distance from Trenton,
N. j., to Boston. A round trip could
be made If sufficient gasoline and
lubricating oil was carried.
A little further down on the map
is shown the distance between Com
piegne and Berlin-520 miles. If
British or American aviators start
from that point, while French air.
men make faint attacks from Nancy,
military men say, bombs can be
dropped on the government buildings
in Berlin. Miss Law, in her flight,
covered a greater distance.