The Washington times., 1927-06-22
It's a Good JOke---in EUROPE
You have seen the famous old painting BY Leo Hermann

have the famous old painting by Leo Hermann
called "A Good Story Two clergymen sitting at din
table leaning back roaring with laughter the other
telling him story, which both evidently enjoy
In the cartoon this page place Of cegymen you
France and old John Bull Of Great Britain and
the Empire And above their heads you what the
laughter. is 1.-THE in Washington that the United
States Government thinks PERHAPS flying machines should
be taken seriously
Lndbergh has crossed the ocean in thtyree and oneha
hours That that EUROPE could the and
visit u.s. NOT on pleasure trip but on war trip in good
deal LESS thar thirtyt hours.
Lindbergh only ha6 small plane. Europe could visit
with pursuit planes going 200 miles hour and more and
heavy bombers And what Europe could do TODAY, Asia
will be able to do in little while.
A German filler, Hoennecke will begin nonstop
flight from Berlin San Francisco and expects make
sixty hours
France has the most powerful fighting air fleet in the
world today Britain possibly Japan has the second fight
ing air fleet The Germans unquestionab ahead all
nations in arplane building and reliable aipan construction
That German Hoennecke, VIII make the Hight that ne
flight of $500 miles that apanes FROM ASIA could make
nonstop flights and strike the Pacific Coast with bombs and
poison gas from the air.
We don't know which the enemy planes would
We don't ANTICIPATE ANY invasion by the air just now
But know, the people Of the United States know
ALTHOUGH THEIR GOVERNMENT APPARENTLY DOES
NOT that perfectly possible for flying machines attack
coming the Atlantic OR the Pacific OR FROM
BOTH SIDES AT ONCE.
We very rich nation, swollen with gold the
Persian King when Alexander marched against him
quered him and his elephants with 1000 Macedonian
We great temptation to poorer neghbors across
both
Many other nations despse U.s. because they say lack
generosity We lent them ten thousand million dollars in
war, and we asking them to pay PART Of it.
That to them CRUEL
Private citizens since the ended banks bond buyers
etc. have lent to Europe thirteen thousand millions
Europe in ALL twentythree thousand millions of
dollars
You could build many arplanes for THAT. hundred
million dollars would easily build air fleet that could come
from Asia and Europe and quickly wipe out that debt AND
WIPE OUT SEVERAL AMERICAN CITIES AT THE SAME
TIMES many might be desirable.
That's why it is that John Bull and France enjoy such
good laugh when the cable oemny tells them that Washing
ton, reading about Lndbergh landing in Paris concluded
that there MIGHT be something in flying
Nobody knows what story clergyman telling the
other in that famous painting called 1.-THE Good Story but
this certain wasn't half good joke John Bull and
France enjoy in this picture
The United States invented the flying machine
sent young American, Lindbergh nonstop flight
of 5000 miles in thirty and one-haf hours It
other Americans Chambern and Levine stop flight
that including detours from straight line probably amounted
to 4450 miles
And this government of is only waking up the fact
that there MAY possibly be something in flying.
I'm A merriam Afforkc