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towns, would have been bombed from stations be-
hind the allied front in France.
For instance, Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the Italian
poet and aviator, succeeded in reaching Vienna
with a CGproni and in demonstrating to the Wen
nese that Italy had n plane capable Of dropping
bombs on them. D'Annunzio did not drop bombs
on his famous raid he scattered thousands of
pamphlets informing the people Of Vienna That
they were supporting the wrong government In the
great war. 1t was an object lesson whose effect
was great in breaking Austrian morale.
Vienna was not quite as far from the allied lines
rs Berlin. The flight D'Annunzio made was some
thing less than one thousand miles. But lie went
heavily loaded and returned successfully.
caproni Pledges His Future.
w have yanqulshed our common enemy" Ca
prom says, 'but our task ms aircraft makers is by
no means finished. We must not stop. A perfect
system of airplanes will be a wonderful safeguard
to any nation as a protection against new out
bursts, on the part of irresponsible powers,
against civilization and humanity.
"Personally l am going to contribute all my
strength to development Of the winged giant
which proved the most powerful and telling wea-
pom OF our inst and sacred war.
'Our plant will be maintained at full strength.
We will keep the thousands Of workmen who were
busy here under full war strain when the armls-
tice ended hostilitles. We will not go back under
any circumstances to that pre-war status, when
the workmen in our plant numbered dozens rather
than thousands
Caproni came into the air game as an engineer
ing student in that period when the Langley ina
chine was launched under unfavOrable crcum-
stances and when the Wrights were making their
wonderful flights with the first real a%irplane. The
idea Of flying fired Caproni's Imagination.
81 will never forget" he said the other day
"the profound impression created In me on read.
ing newspaper accounts OF the first Wright
flights. From that time until today l have dedl-
Gated myself to the new science Of flying"
Caproni will call his new plane the White
Eagles The name is linked to a strange prophecy
published in Rome, Italy, in 1916, which is at.
tributed to an English monk Of the seventeenth
century. The prophecy asserted that in the TWEEN.
tieth century there would be a great world war
started by the diabOlical cleverness of an emperor
of the country Of Martin Luther In alliance with
another emperor, both bearing on their military
uniforms and on their national escutcheOns two
black eagles. 1t added that civilization would de
feat and throw out the barbarlans, whose empires
would be divided into % states.
1t is inferred that the White Eagle is intended
TO typify the American bird.
The poet w. Lewis has made the event the sub
iact Of n poem which has been set to music. Tn,
whole was presented with a beautiful allegortca
dosign 70 President Wilson when he was In Munn
II was a result Of his admiration Of the poem an,
the design so artisticaIly suggestive that Capron
decided on the name Of White Eagle for his ney
and gigantic plane.
IN. trp intend to follow the route Of CoIunbu
.cross the sea. They will fly from Italy 10 CadI5
thence 20 the Azores and from the Azores 10 IN
American coast. ~alghting IN the nelghborhood o
Washington.
Hundreds Of men have lost their lives In m
dangerous business Of trying out new planes an
attempting To make new records. The list Is Ion