The Detroit times., 1917-01-26

can Roidiers In the British ana ,,p,.,s
armies live. The secotd ,,.an
sytators are doing and tells whht N
American soidlsr thinks of his w"fNl
ey LORD NoRTHcllFFE
fc~,,,ssss. isi7,sy TIE rnited Press)
sc~uxytshteS 10 1rest Brftsta-l
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CA
MADAM ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan.
2s.-- There n little bitterness against
the enemy among the CANADIAN
American and British soldiers They
admire him in mass hghting and for
his macbine-Iike discipline. but they
have no use for him in the kind OF
warfare aow 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
eating day and so found them to
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
spanncd the North American conti.
nent with its railroads. chained Mag
ara. linked up the worlds cities and
armies By the telephone. IN dugouis
with incandescen; lamps. cheered
them With canned music" and
brought thousand other mechanical
ideas 10 perfection
II you take map Of the unil,ed
States and go Up and down the
tiAmerican lines in France, you Vlit
End no city great or small which
has not sent a flying man. bomber.
an artilleryman. a sniper. OF a dis
patch rider 10 help destroy Prussian
despotism. In the United states
you have probably heard more 81
the spectacular part Of the Ameri'
can work that which enthralis 'he
whole world --the new arr OF fight
ing In the skies.
confess. indeed. that altho !
have spent many weeks al War. the
spectacle OF winged lighters high IN
sshe sunlight is one that holds my az.
tention as nothing in the world ever
has In peace times. When one vas
younger one has been thrilled By 4
close baseball or football match
but when sheltered. perhaps IN
trench one sees Two specks ap
preaching each other and with a
pair OF strong glasses gradually real.
izes 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
'eisn army. and that the other is a
brave German, doing what he con.
ceives to be his duty--one realizes
that here are two comoatants worth
watching.
! Very rarely do the Germans ven
ture over our lines and one has &c
be very forward now days 10 get a
view OF fight between the Allies
and the enemy in the air ] have
had that good fortune several times
i The air lighting OF 1914 bears as
much resemblance TO the air fighting
of 1917 as an old steam automobile
10 the six-cyllnder OF today. There
Is perpetual match in speeding uI
between the enemy and the Allies
-Four or Ave miles an hour extra
pace means everything. It's not an
increase OF engine power 10 over
roo horsepower that brought about
the change so much as the wonder
ful progress In the art Of flying itself,
and II is just here that the Anglo
Saxon and the Frenchmsn beat the
slower.minded German. II Is just
this reason Why German soldiers
sctters are nov so full OF complaint
ebout overcautious German ava
tore.
When Pegoud invented looping
the-loop the people asked why
What's the use Of H." Pegoud was
y very considerable inventor as we'll
as a fyer. Is the answer. Looping
sheloop is a useful maneuver and
u has been succeeded by that extra.
ordinary development. the nose
dive" In which an sirman seems 10
fall like stone for q thousand %
feet TIL the spectators hair rises
from his head in horror then the
machine 1attens out and scoots
away and YOU find il only a trick az.
fer all.
talked with one OF our wounded
boys-he was just ie-who had fall
on 5000 feet owing 10 bis rudder
wire connection being shot thru. BY
miracle his machine straightensd