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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1919-08-15
T%pIftbibliptefet.

Bpens oHe11ttige 8bliotef inoiti'-
Ter lite fin 8irf{ombe6 paa @runD
al Barmen ener Sommerferien, mc;t
5srsser bier Manneo fin allereoe
TigbeIoiigr Boginmling. 8lan6t &c
fio5Ite inbfebte Bigger bar gganS be-
rbmfe Bog "&8e1 GEARS Near She
German 5rontier" larlig Snteresie
Tor Dnnferne 1aopel fom for @erffc
ag 5eenife. On anoes1 aftuel Boa,
fam bl1rbe I9fes / bibe &reo1e, or
Sobn 5pareos Bog "8olibeoism,
fbe gneH1p Of Bolitical ano SSnbu-
FfriaI Deruoeracb". 6or politiif IN
feres1ereoe maa so. @r5bergers 300
She 2eaene Of Stations, tie @an
10 TIE Borlos Heace" bore en- 2Rf=
fHtifen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1919-08-15
st 6orilag al Seller.

@%ongresmano Dscar G. aelle,
bor / 8%ongresien in6bragt ct BoriIal
til SOB me6 &erblif paa Neobriagel:
len al De bpie &rtier.
8orilaget goar no pho at oprette
en- &omite meo 8rqiioenten ion
6orman0, Meolemaner at aabinettet
5 Senatorer og 5 @eprq}eatanter.
&omiteen ffal babe Mpnotgbe6 til al
reg11lere Nriierne paa 2epne6smib.
Ter og NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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6ien1 til Qpnqens Qamb.

@}rs. g.. Taaborg bill ofreiie til
Danmarf meo %"SSreoerif g." Ser
.afgoar fra Seem gorf Ben 81. Slug.
Msrs. 5aaborg piI iarlig beipge Ma1-
borg % 6ens berlige Gmqibelier
lamt i1btage &affen paa 5fobbaffen
.eller Sfanien. 9uren bill itraffe iia
.rner ct lengere Giosrum.
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9empbiliIcringen.

Spor llaar bill Demobiliieringel,
bore oper? Oct er ct 5pbrgsmaal,
Inn fateresierer lite lao ganife faa
Meunelfer. Nn meobeles Ger fl,
8olbhagtop, 9. g. at &rigsminiiter
8afer 0isie Gage bar 1otalt, At
omfrilg sen 81. Dftober oil Demo-
biliierinaen bore farotg. &Dis bette
Hiper- Iilfaloet, bill 8ra1t6ent @il.
ION rimeligpis omfring oer I. Geo
rember llbiteoe Ell Or0re / laas SEN
Ieenoe, % bette oil betpoe. at arigS.
6orb,loet ber1ne6 bill bore opbabet
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Sn aftcn.

@pmrmitiflarer g 2a1tgn1acf
3117 39tb elDe. bar lpt1gere
Sis opbolbt ig | otter, bpor ban !
Set fo1nnlenoe Sfoleaar bar faaet
MnIntteliesneb Ell iterre 5fole. Mrs.
'a~anglneef bar berfor ben ietterc
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1919-08-15
S,1Hermarfebet.

Ser bar i Ben ienere Gib bGret eli
4felelig 5uffermangel / st. Naul
Gen itore 5abril Gbe Gomle Mople
Brooucts 60, iom laa inbe mel
tore Dplag al Gutter til Sabriffs-
brug. bar goopilligt labet Salpoelen
eller 10000 $50, inbgaa paa Scar
feoet.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1919-08-15
@ielie.

9en 6te Gug11it biebes / &iemmet
Dos &aitor Earbgoarb Mr. Clarence
SO. Sincf og G%li8abetb 80. Srbtng.
Otter gielien ffjerte Bru6eparret til
Ct. 8altl, :bborfra 6e foretog 6eres
@rpllupsreife til Chicago og De-
troit, Micb.
Mr. @iacf er BrGii6ent for SIZE
Ge6erate6 Tliers SlDbeffo1e Der .
@pen. Slpoeifolen er beliggen6e 116e
beo Columbia Sights. Slere 9anifc
bar facet fig en6Ipbetur 116e bos BEN
elirper6ige 2on6sman6.
8rbllupsreiien bar 90 ogiaa paa.
tnnft ! Blpbemdlfine; men pnu
@run6 al tauget Ser ,blep bette OPP
gibet.
81 g1rifer til 9pffe.
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Snab MAJ, taller mn.

Qam1pen mellem ct. SAUL og S.,
oinuapoIis 8oloflr,b ont Spreritillin
gen inbenfor q. q. 8.
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st. Paul.
9th Office:
62S Gnbie1tt Building.

Sch aisb eIler Separation af
ukre befps ben belfienbte Snpeler
Eimpa Mclipn, 200 s. 7tb Street.
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8ibraa til spnberihberne.

8ibrag til Sbnberibberne.
81 bar en6bibere til "9en i'm.
oeriD1fe Soa6" mo6taget:
q. Neterfen, @eit 8olm
Beach, yIa., $3.50
me6be1t 47.OO
Giliammen $3.50
8ibrog mo6tages frembeles. 81
bar fIere @ange opfor6ret bore 2R-
fere ON at gibe lit 8ibrag til ben
%{snoeripife Snoiamling. Set er en-
Sag, iom FOREIGNER St6tte at alle
6anffe Man6 og 5apin6er. Suit poo,
at mango 8pffffe lmoa 116gigr Ell itos
Ga. Set iamme er Gilf9l6et Der.
mange imaa &iorag bill tiliamme1:
u6gidre ct neffeltgt 8elgb, Ser Ton
.bielpe til at lprebe @I96e og &pgge
j oe ma1ge fattige idt16cripife Stem.
Sill SnillingbDernes Sangere.
5pnoag Ben Bite Mugu1t lfal hi
babe Sen iiel6ne Sorneie1ie at babe
let Snngerbeieg Der / Tpillingbper,
|i~het91ormas1na 5angforening al Dn-
|lutb pao oen 5gnoag @ftermio0ag
|pil gibe EN- &oncert / Gait Gioe 5igG
School Ml1bitorium i Mimeapolis
|iammen meb Sen ;1orife @lee Glib
ii 9:,1.11enpplis.
Ofiicielt bill Horma11na blipe BEN
|norife @lee Clubs @iplter, men ocs-
l1ogtet bpr BET bore e1tbper Spil=
lingbDz5angers Spgape al alle
arefter at gjere fit til, at Morman
no @utternes forte Opbo1h Ter BIT
Der iao ~iateresiant % bebageligt 1onl
nrtligt. Mormanna bar ne6 ,flere
|Gilfnl6er p9ret 89rter for Epilling.
Dperres sangere, baaoe pe6 iloibi.
ouelle 8eigg label lom oeo aonperr.
|tioaer % gangerfeiter, og niger
lSanger, ct leg foriifret ON, bal
forluot 3orma1rs1a % Dulntb, noer
at ban i lit title Sinb bar gjort oe1
26fte, at ON Mnleonistgen 11oger
@ang ifuloe fomme, bil6e ban gipr'
oft | fin Magt for at giengiplb:
Spmprfiombeben. ght, 5angerbre
6re, bar hi M:1lebntngen til at in6
frie bore 2gfter. Oct fer It's fo1
mig, at oen beoite Maaoe, ri fl111o,
bilie bore 5anaerbrgore pelfommel
paa og paa famine Et6 bile bent, a
Ri fptter 3ris ,paa 6eres geigg, er
at enbper al % 5angere i Milr1lea
Anol1s % st. Saul gJfer Oct til 4;
9pgape at ie til, at enbper 8labs
Gaif Side Sigb School Muoitoriun
er optagH ben g%ftermiboag, ON +
gjgr oct, Sangere, iaa SIR ri lit
mere END Dor iimplc Bligt: 5frlo
ri life ff1rne mootage bore @iaite
!, meo ct fltlot Sa,g peo be11,1e glslle>
ming, biloe BET bore en- Sfan1ple
paa % saneere, lom ieg e. iiiiffffe
paa, Ri fife piloe Ibe at tage meo .
/ til Sotrgerfeiten npiR sommer.
, Sab os % tage fat tneb gntliiios
me, Sangerbrgore, OF at gigre set
sangerbeigg, ION Nortrtat1na beare
t os me6, til Ell esteitaoeroe sltfce
! baaoe iocialt % di1taneielt.
snngerbrooerligif
MIfrpn E 0nhI
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6ar Sc hprt.

at Minneiota 5tate 6air aab1e1
2erone BEN 30te Muguit2 % a
Bre}terne protelterer moo at bolo:
1lb5tillingen aaben ON 5pnbagel 8
Bite Mugu1t?
al "Eborpalolen" 2ogen / Wtil1ne
npo1is bar fat 6immel og Soro
Bepngelle for at fire 8. g. g
Rps1pentionem / 1928?
at Minne1ota 2egiSlatnr lanlles >
Bbe September til cit efstraoroinpr
Snmlntg?
at Briierne begpn6er at faloe, oo
at moi, for Ei6ea nnoerigger Maria:
ger Ill BEN beie @ns1eie / ct. 8altla
at Damiferne / Mmerifa bar inb
lnmIet iubtil MI ober $4,000 I'll
-DG 1snberiDife Sono"?
ut Ser aIeae i EaDler, Mim., ino.
ln1aleoes lieepeo $1,000 at openitaa:
Eu1e Gum?
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Gtur Gpnntb fyair.

Bbite Bear f%orbereoer Jig til ben
htrfte "55air" %nogeniinoe ,bolot /
RamIep gountp. Sen afboloes !
Gose1e 81, %. % 90. Muguit. 1000
Bollnrs i Rontanter er 1olat iom
Bren1ier. Observation-Disclosures hi!
tie blibe Sen min6it un6erboloenoe
~ febRroiae. ...
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itor Gel ifpl0es, at en- al 2oge1,s
Meolem1ner, ST.. gbriit Nelion, bar
1opet at gipre alt, bpa6 ban formaar,
for at bielpe 5agen. Oct er ieloz
felgelig oglaa en- faitiIaaet &jenos-
.giernis1g, at enbber al 2ogens Me6s
1eml1er bill biglpe efter beolte- Cine
til at leie 6enne Dpgupe, men raar
be6, at Scr. Mel1olt ogiaa bill
gigre bette, betragter ma1 pet ngite11
Joni en- gipen Cling, at 2ogeas r1pc
8Dg1ing allereoe er fifret.
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8ibrag til Sbnoeriboerne.
81 bar en6pi6ere til "Den i'm
oerib1fe Goa6" mo6taget:
81. Neterfen, 8eit 8alm
Beach, 5la., $3.50
gi6ligere meooelt 400
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-06-21

" ttI 4ON4CLAA4O
Per ovviare a questa dificoIta II
Italian Bureau prega i connazionaIi
che ritenessero di. aver diritto ALA
restituzione della somma pagata in
eccedenza, di riempire il Questiona-
rio che Qui appresso pubblichiamo.
Appena riempito, il QUESTIONABLE de-
We essere inviato all'Italian Bureau
Governmental Service, West 48th
St., 4 tn Floor, New York City. Que
sto ufficiO riempira poscia aItri spe-
ciali moduli, in ingua ingIese, ed in
Viera il reclamo complete Washing
ton.
LIE somme che risu1tasserO real
mente pagate in -anche
un solo saranno in seguito re-
stituite al reclamante direttamente
dal Dipartimento del Commissioner
of Internal Revenue.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-06-21
PER COLORO CHE HANNO PAGA
TO L'INCOAlE TAN IN ECCE-
DENZA

L'Italian Bureau del Foreign Lam
guage Governmental Service CONT
nua a ricevere da centri grandi pic
coli degli Stati Until recIami da parte
di coIoro che asseriscono di aver pa
cato IIncome Tax (tassa suIIe entra-
te) in eccedenza a quanto legaImen-
te erano tenuti a pagare.
I reclami sono stati regoIarmente
inoltrati a Washington, al Commits
sioner of internal Revenue; ma que
sto funziOnario, in motif casi, ha ri
tenutO incomplete lie infOrmazioni
fornite-pel tremite del Bureau Ita-
iano-dai nostri connaziOnai. E
quando le information sono incom-
pIete non 81 puo provvedere in meri-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
German Note S
BY William c. Dreher

1t is much too early to try to answer
the question, how women voted in the re-
cent German elections, but some statistics
for the city Of Spandau have Just been
printed. These show the interesting fact
that women there took to Socialism loco
readily than men; and Spandau is verit
able hotbed Of Socialism. The strong pre-
dominance of the Socialists is indicated bv
the votes in the three elections, national
state and municipal, held there this wear. IN
which that vote 65-6, G36 and 64.6 per
cent, respectively, Of the total vote cast.
Now it is q noteworthy fact that while
the Socialists received 696, 697. and 70o
per cent respectively, Of the mems votes.
they got only 634, Glib and GLIB per cent
of the womens votes
Tho relation Of the women's votes tn tho
mems in the different parties Is also re-
markabe. For every 100 men tho Maioritv
Socialists received only 81 women's votes.
the German Democrats Gold Liberals) 81
the German Peoples Party (the rurn Of
the old National Liberal party) 1875. the
Christian Peoples party (Catholics) 100,
and the German National Peoples PARTY
(Conservativcs) III.
Thus in this town the tendency is
clearly marked, with women, to be less
radical than their husbands and brothers.
Is that because of the aforesaid hotbcd
character Of the town?
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Cultural and Ethical

The German people, Herr Ebert as
sures US, "still has a cultural mission
TO perform and ethical treasures to be-
stow" He undoubtedly says this in all
seriousness, not as any one not p Ger
man would say it, with his tongue in
his cheek. The loathing of the world
for culture of the German kind has
taught him nothing. Its disdain for
ethical treasures such as were lavished
on Belgium he perhaps hardly under
stands. He pleads for an easy peace,
just a. IL Germany had not forfeited her
right TO high place in civilization. She
has "given the world 70 much in science.
learning and industry" that she "rnnst
not go down to oblivion"
All this would have sounded very well
before the war. Indeed, we had q rath-
~ exaggerated idea Of the value Of Ger
man sciencs, learning and industry.
Germans had besn az efficient in adver-
Using their virtues as in other tbinva
They claimed the full credit for fbe
vrcsress that had been begun by others.
ana none said them nay. Every Ger
man military man was a Won Moltke
svcxy German professor Virchow
And when the war came We realized how
vol thsy had utilized very mediocre
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Flour, so Gents a Pound

American -four has at last reached Ger
many, to the Joy Of those who are able
to buy it. But not everybody is in no.
sition to do so, even though the govern
mcnt is selling it at big sacrifice. Hero
is how a financial writer figures: A hum
drcdwei2ht 110 pounds) of American
wheat including all charges of shipment
into Germany, costs ITO marks in tho
present deprecated currency whereas tho
maximum price Of home grown wheat IL
only is marks. Tho government, there
fore, Ia losing 1876 marks on every hundred
weight, and IL 1t should import 5000 900
tons a year, the quantity now needed. It
would have to mako up deficit of
l3boC,ooo,0oo marks on the operation. Tho
price at which tho American -four is Of
forod Is nearly 80 conts pound, taking
the normal rate Of exchange, or about 18
cents actually. Tho quantity that each
person is entitled to buy is onc-half pound
weekly.
Not much relief for hunger in thorc
hgurcsi
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Big Business

Last week the War Department issued
formal report to disprove-quoting
The Associated Press dispatch"
charges made last year that the aerial
production programme had failed be-
cause of inefficiency and Irregularities"
Well enough, but very tardy.
1t is impossible not to recall that the
ceremony Of lynching the civilian air
crafters began with the publication in
The World of confidential report OBJ
tanned by that newspaper from the War
Department on the personal order, it is
said, of Mr.. Tumulty. 1t was apparent
ly the government that first suspected
the engineers and manufacturers who
were creating Liberty motors and Lib
erty planes out of their sheer magma
ton. Likewise it was the government
that lynched the Hog Island shipyard
builders, who long afterward got clean
bill Of health. In general the govern
ment's suspicion Of big business greatly
retarded the industrial part of the war
programme. The first suggestion that
Charles M. Schwab be asked to build
ships was treated with horror. The fuel
saving programme went almost on the
rocks because it was thought that the
coal men could not be trusted.
One could go on and make a long list.
But the point does not require it. The
facts are notorious. When the indus
trial side of the war was taken out of
the hands of bureau heads who couldn't
manage it and turned over to the men
who had made big business in America
momentum went into it.
Big business responded, as every one
might have known it would Tens of
billions were spent by men responsible
only to their country-spent without let
or hindrance, very often in great guam
titles without any form of legal au-
thority, and there was no scandal. 1t
was great, clean job. Never had
money been spent in such haste, in such
prodlgious amounts, with so little red
tape, and never was war ledger so free.
we think, of corruption and graft That
is what The Tribune believed would be
the outcome when it argued steadily for
making the industrial leaders Of the
country responsible for the material
means to victory, on the ground that if
they couldn't do it nobody could and
that if they couldn't be trusted to do it
we might as we'll shut up the shop and
all perish together in q sea of common
distrust.
Necessity brought about this amazing
adventure in unlimited cooperation be-
tween government and business. The
consequence was victory. Shall that ex-
perienca be dernohilized2
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Italy Shows Magnanirnity

Anti-ltalian propaganda has influenced
many Americans to think that Italy's
aims are "imperialistic" beyond those of
any other power represented in the
peace conference. This impression does
Italy great injustice. Her territorial
aspirations have been limited, in the
main, to attaining complcter military
security and broader nationalism.
Paris dispatches report that Italy has
just given a striking evidence Of her
breadth and fairness Of spirit by sur
rendering her claim to the Dodecanesus
These islands, lying off the coast of
Asia Minor, had long been under Turk
ish sovereignty. When Italy went to
war with Turkey in 1911 her navy
seized them. BY the terms Of the
Treaty Of Lausanne she was to retain
possession of them until Turkey had
fulfilled certain other engagements con-
tanned in the treaty The Balkan wars
and the World War interviewed and
Turkey failed to secure restoration.
The Treaty of London, entered into bv
Italy and the Entente powers on April
26, 1915, promised the former full
possession of all the islands of the Dode-
canesus at present occupied by her"
The population of the islands is, how
ever, almost exclusively Greek by blood
and language-abou 143, 900 Greeks to
41,500 Turks and $500 Jews. The ma
tives arc eager for annexation to the
Kingdom Of Greece. They have passed
resolutions and presented petitions urg-
ing union with the Greek state. They
have also complained of the efforts of
the government Of occupation to Ital-
ianiZe them.
Italy could have stood on the letter
Of the Treaty Of London and demanded
the cession Of the Dodecanesus, thus
defeating the operation of tho princi-
pie Of self-determination. But she has
wisely recognized that such a solution
Of the problem would bo inequitable
and oppressive. She is willing to let the
islands 90 to Greece.
This waiver ought to mako 1t easier
for Italy to obtain the satisfaction of
other claims which tho peace conference
has been haggling over. Fiume is Ital-
ian and has expressed desire to be
united TO Italy. The community is not
Croatian in blood or sentiment and was
not, before the war, politically a part
Of Croatia, being an independent crown
city. The Dodecancsus precedent there
fore applies to Fiume.
italy has another grievance against
the peace conference. Tho Treaty Of
London provided that should either
france or Great Britain extend her
colonial possessions in Africa at Ger.
many's expense. both powers would
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

planes, equipped with muffcrs, so that the
approach cannot be seen or heard by the
enemy until the torpedopane has arrived
within striking distance
CD Having an experienced crew. well
trained and experienced in the work.
CD Having torpedoes powerful enough to
be effective against the ships to be at
tackled
(4) Dropping the torpedo from suitable
height to prevent its being put out of order
by too great impact or of It's rebounding
and striking the tail Of the torpedoplane
(5) Holding the torpedo in position and
dropping it while the torpedoplane is Ay-
ing toward the ship so that the gyroscope,
being started while the torpedoplane is
heading for the ship, will direct the tor
pedo in the direction of the ship. The
plane may, OF course, change it's direction
Immediately after dropping the torpedo and
make its escape.
future TorpedopIanes
The naval seaplane NC-1 could easily
carry two full-size torpedoes. This flying
boat has wing spread Of 1875 feet and Is
equipped with three low-compression Lib
erty motors Of $50 horsepower each 1t has
cruising speed of eighty miles an hour.
weighs 1900 pounds unloaded and $4,000
pounds fully loaded.
The British flying boat constructed BY
Colonel Porte of the Royal Air Force is
larger. 1t is triplane, equipped with five
Rolls Royce motors
Larger seaplanes are under construction
and it is expected that aeroplanes capable
of lifting twenty-five tons will be produced
this year and over double that size next
year. Larger still will follow.
Some of the Transatlantic fiers being
Planned are to be capable of covering three
thousand miles without stopping.
These machines can be converted into
torpedoplanes by merely attaching the tor
pedoes under their planes or at some other
convenient place
And then they become flying torpedo
boats, capable of cruising at a speed of
ABOUT one hundred miles an hour and of
crossing the Atlantic within thirty hours.
A crew of half a dozen men will be suffi-
cient to operate such torpedoplane
What marvellous combination of speed,
potentiality and mobility!
nat better weapon can we find for the
defence Of our coasts and island posses-
sions?
An enemy feet bent on attack or carry
ing an invading force would have to con-
'enc with large torpedoplancs before il
could come within 1000 miles of our shores,
and with smaller torpedoplanes launched
from aerodrome ships, such as are recon-
mended by Admiral Rodman.
Our island possessions will be most pow
erfuI as torpedoplane bases, almost invul-
nerable.
Is this not truly revolutionary in its
prospective developed stage?
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

ability. The fruit of their science was
poison gas. of their learning lying prop
uganda, Of their industry Big Berthas.
The ethical treasures Herr Ebert
would generously share with those poor
creatures who are not Germans are
equally remote from the customary
moral standards. 1t will take a long
while to convince the rest Of us that
theft pllage, arson, rape and murder
form a code worth adopting. But we
know of no other ethical treasures
peculiar to Germany that the last four
years and more have revealed.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
The Sidetracked Torpedo plane

Just before the armistice was signed
the British navy had developed "mys-
terry airplane" which was to be used in
attacking the German High Sea Fleet in
its home bases. This plane was to carry
and launch a torpedo Admiral Rodman,
commander of the American squadron at
tached to the British Grand Fleet at
Scapa Flow, was in the secret of this
new instrument Of offence, which, ac-
cording to some British commentators,
was expected to develop "even greater
potential value than the submarine"
The admiral recently said in a state
ment to the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee:
"The British have developed plane
to carry torpedo. If we had in our
fleet ships equipped to carry fifteen
planes fitted with torpedoes there is no
question that if could get in close
proximity to the cnemy's fleet we could
operate very successfully, especially
against battleships."
The admiral might have added that
our Navy Department alone was to
blame for the fact that Great Britain
built torpedo planes before the United
States did. We print elsewhere on this
page extracts from an article written by
Mr.. Henry Woodhouse for the magazine
of the United States Naval Institute
which shows that an American naval Of
Eo1J
promising invention. In the winter of
19l1-'12 Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske
suggested the construction Of a torpedo
carrying airplane for coast defence pur-
poses. In July, 1912, he took out a pat
ent on torpedo attachment and a de-
vice to discharge the torpedo It was
not until March, 1914, that CAPTAIN
Sueter and Lieutenant Hyde Thomson,
Of the British navy, applied for patent
on their torpedo seaplane
A Turkish troopship was sunk in the
Sea of Marmora in 1915 by torpedo
discharged from a British airplane. The
Germans also experimental with the
idea. On May 2, 1917, one Of their sea-
planes sank the British steamer Gena
off the mouth of the Thames. But,
though Admiral Fiske's plans were
available, our Navy Department failed
to make any use of them, either before
or after our entry into the war. We
might have had dozens Of torpedo
planes ready for use in 1917, instead of
now talking about authorizing their con-
struction in 1920.
The ending of hostilities prevented a
test on a large scale of the value of this
new instrument of naval warfare. But
every first class navy will soon be build
ing torpedo planes. The United States
navy threw away the chance to be a
pioneer in such construction. 1t can
now profit by the superior foresight of
the British and Germans.