The Washington times., 1924-10-31

Bateships are out Of date mere targets on which swift
fsrs would drop INT, the way to their destructive work
inland
The big cannon that we put up along our shores are nothing
but childish pop guns Their range of thirty five miles
nothing In the next they would be about as
useless the and that the Japanese had in their
hands when Perry landed among them.
The nothing in the way Of defense for this Or
any other country, unless the country attacked well sup
piled with flying machines for defense.
There was time whsn thu English felt safe because 81 the
English Channel narrow strip Of water that separates them
from France They are extremely polite to France now BE.
CAUSE FRANCE RULES THE AIR.
With her two thousand fighting flying machines IN the first
line Of defense and attack and with two thousand more
flying machines her second line France holds the whip hand
in Europe.
sha has established great flying base at Mont Saint
Michel pointed straight at the Britsh islands
England and France wiz have their tts diplomatic quar-
res But until England has built up flying fleet as i'm.
pOrant in world power her surface battle fleet USED to
be- she will good care not to have any serious quarrel
with the French people. 6s'@s.
France today could declare wal against England at
o'clock in the morning, and by the day London
Liverpool and Manchester would be destroyed AND THE
ENGLISH KNOW IT.
The Japanese have factories turning out flying
machines working night and day What they expect to
DO with those flying machines?
Tia Japanese have bought samples Of all the best flying
macplneS made IN all the European countries They ar.
copying them in Japan They have imported English in
strucsors 70 teach their own people to fly.
THEY HAVE IN JAPAN TWENTY TIMES AS MANY
SKILLED FIIERS AS WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Why do they want 50 MANY
They not only train men to fly and train them to fight
they also train them TO SWIM
You may see photograph Of five hundred Japanese sailors
swimming in regular Formation in perfectly even lines with an
o1cSr swimming ahead vt them And they swim TWENTY
That's pretty good training for the fier Il his airshiu
strikes the water he would be Able to swim around Tor tnt
miles anyway waiting TO be picked up. 81 ..7
This cartoon taken from the service Of John il Perr
newspapers Is one that ought to be A. REALITY
This nation should lead ALL THE NATIONS or THE
WORLD IN THE AIR.
The posoffice should keep thousands o. machines
fully employed carrying mail passengers, parcels post
Our flying could be trained 10 drop man baOs ana
ALSO TO DROP INT AND POISON GAS. 4
As is this country in Of would be at
Of any fleet that should come through the air e.
Fifty flying machines, coming out Of the mist Of an ea
morning. could destroy Washington or compel the Con-
gress assembled there to make terms.
All this is not imagination Powder and bullets did AWAY
with the that noblemen used wear as thew rode
through the peasants cutting them down bullet could 90
through armor. The nobleman stayed home.
TINT from the clouds has made the bateshp ridiculous
as the old suit Of armor. NM
The speed Of machines flying miles overhead has mads
coast defense guns joke You might hit fisherman
with Of those guns but you will never have any more
dangerous target than that to aim them at n.
Tell your friends WRITE to your Congressman and your
Senators that this country ought TO have the right kind
fighting air fleet
The United States invented the flying machine and de-
veloped it up to the point Of practical use
The United States should not be made the victim Of lis own