The Pensacola journal., 1917-07-10

for the children and invalids, and three
months later, even these were driven away.
The Germans felled and carted off the
walnut trees; they sheared the sheep and
sent away the wool The subjected popu-
lation were forced to work the fields from
1 i'll the morning until at night-children
too; and the Germans took the crops. The
mill was demolished to prevent illicit
grinding. OF course all copper articles, in
Guiding church and school bells, were
taken.
The diary gives some sickening accounts
Of how old men were driven-how men Of
so when they wilted beneath the work,
were dubbed by their guards,
lust before Christmas last year-the
time, by the way, when the kaiser was
making his hypocritical bid for peace-the
destruction of the fruit trees began. The
villagers knew it not, but the Germans
were making ready to retreat Later the
Germans destroyed their camp huts The
last entry in tie diary reads, "There is
runor current that we are to be evacuated
from our homes They were-concen-
trated in certain districts while the Ger
mans began in earnest their work OF laying
waste the land.
Savy is today merely a dust heap and a
litter of bricks-one of the hundreds of
happy and peaceful villages DESTROYED by
| German thoroughn6ss, greed, and cruelty
AIRPLANE FACTORY FOR SOUTH
Peary for years preached preparedness,
and for years he was considered a crank.
| Now, however, it is seen that after all he
was right that strange as it NAV seem. he
really was the only man in the entire COM
pany in step, And what Peary says on the
subject of preparedness henccforth will be
given especial weight. He is still preach
in@-and speaking on the preparedness OF
airpl2nes, he SAYS:
line as 6ae ug3 ge % vs. 5' n 1s9{tnhs @ %
2tao Tacos o or oPa pn T Gma'e s US o TO s@ @qe s o
could be transoortea on the decsz Of 6ostie aee
tnem9 t69S efI9S 6n3,d Us in the possession OF our " and the
But must he ready before the There. will
be no time get ready when the attack
city in the Count NAV 5 he T the our rs If his r 2 so5
New York Paiadeiphi9 Ban9re or Tssbinston i
frghtfu shower Of falling bombs would cause 1ora
damage in an hour than our entire service would
We have. at the verv Minimum not less than
and s5 ans nn6er on % t5s q Ps9@ @ @oo o1 eacS o3S
road be better ." ''7 '''0 '' S4' '''S
Airplane development is being tremend-
ously speeded in this country but IT is
doubtful II the necessary progress can be
made and maintained until a separate de
partment of aeronauticS is created and the
secretary is given a place in the president
cabinet Few people there are in this coun
try who realize the supreme importance
Of airplanes to an army, and few will, a:
long as the service is treated as T. mere
adjunct; and there will be little chance 0
Pcary realizing his dream Of a great cen
tral aeronautic manufacturing plant, 10
Gated in the interior, where it can be pro
tected.
Commenting on which the Nanufactur
: ers Record wisely suggests that no par
Of the country is so suitable for such al
= aerial krupp's as the South, Here woulc
be available the metals, wood, and clotl
necessary in the manufacture Of airplanes
together with its proximity to fuels 70
f their operation Then OF course the eli
I matte advantages. enabling all-the-yea
testing under the most favorable condi
S tions
i 1t is indeed an industry which the Sout
D ! should 60 after.