The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
BY LORD NoRTHcLIFFE


,f.sure ~ the sort 81 work Anierlc an
svDators are dolng and tells What ne
American soldier thinks Of hls wof X ,
BY LORD NoRTHcLiFFE
feep,rssh,, 1917. ~ TIE United Pressp
fCspyrisht-d In Crest britsi"1
q HEADQUARTERS OF THE "a
MADAM ARMY ~ FRANCE Jan.
" There N little bitterness again >.
IRE enemy among the Canadian
American and British soldiers They
admire him in mass hghinF and for
HIS machine-like discipline but ihey
have no use for him in The kind vi
warfare now going On
you will find the Canadians and
Americans thinking independent
army" remarked distinguished
British general Who had given me
permission 10 spend this very inter
..stlng day-and so ! found them 90
Be They had brought 10 the stock
Of vitality and knowledge embraced
IN the wonderful citizen armies Of
France and England the qualities
inherited by generations which have
spsnned the North American CONT
nent with It's railroads. chained Mag
ara. linked up the worlds cities and
armies by the telephone ~lii dugouts
with incandesceni lamps cheerea
them with canned music ana
Z brought thousand other mechanical
I ideas TO perfection.
~ YOU take map Of the United
States and go up and down the
American lines in France, you viii
7 find no city great or small which
has not sent flying man. BON Der,
+ an artilleryman, a SHIPPER, or a dis
patch rider 10 help destroy PrussiAn
(, degpotism. In the United states
YOU have probably heard more "a
the spectacular part OF the Amer.
can work hat which cnthralls the
whole world 1.-The new art OF fight
ing in the skies.
confess. indeed that aliho /
have spent many weeks AZ Mar. the
spectacle OF winged lighters high in
tho sunlight Is one that holds my at.
fention as nothing in the world ever
has in peace times. When one was
younger one has been thrilled BY a
close baseball or football match
but when sheltered, perhaps IN
Wrench. one sees two specks ap-
preaching each other and with 4
pair OF strong glasses gradually real
ixes that one OF the specks Is an
American, who has given up every.
thing-home, prosperity and prooa'
bly, life--to throw himself into for
sign army, and that the other Is a
brave German. doing what he con.
ceives 10 be his duty--one realizes
that here are two combstants worth
watching.
Very rarely do the Germans ven
ture over our lines and one has 20
be very forward nov DAYS 10 get a
view Of fight between the Allies
and the enemy ia the air. ! have
had that good fortune several times.
The air fighting OF 1914 bears as
much resemblance 20 the air fighting
OF 1917 a. an old steam automobile
10 tho six.cylinder % today. There
Is a perpetual match in speeding W
between the, enemy and the Allies
-Four or FIVE miles an hour extra
pace means everything It's not sn
increase OF engine power 10 over
huT af
the change so much as the wonder.
full progress in the art Of flying itself
and II Is just here that the Anglo
Saxon and the Frenchman beat the
slower-minded German II Is just
this reason why German soldiers
letters are now so full OF complaint
about oyercautious German avia.
tors.
When Pegoud invented looping
the-loop the people asked why
What's the use OF III" Pegoud wa.
very considerable inventor as vel
as Eyer. is the answer Looping
the-loop Is useful maneuver and
II has been succeeded by that extra
ordinary development, the nose
I dive" in which an airman seems u
fall like "A stone for thousand oI
, feet till the spectators hair rises
from his head IN horror--then the
F, machine isttens out and scoot,
away and you find il only trick AZ
. Ter all
| talked with one OF our wounded
boys--he Was just ls-who bad tall
+. en- 5000 feet owing 10 bis ruddel
+ wire connection being shot thru b.
J miracle his machine strmFhfene,