THE GERMAN MENACE.
"Ex-Squadron Commaqder*' .iin a vivid letter 'to the London Times vilfiialising some of the certainties' and probabilities of aerial development gives 1 the following warning concerning, foreign competition.. : -He Says : /If seems that' Ave alone aro blind to the future possibilities of civil aviation. France and Italy have given considerable aid to their aircraft enterprises. The American Assistant PostmasteivGeneral has stated! that lie will save one and a half million dollars Jn the coming year by the use of aero-plaries-^instead of- the usual means of transport. We could do rvlikewise by flying tl>e Quetinstowh, -Dn.biih, Belfast riiaile direct to JjonfclOnr -: It is in Germany, howeVer',- that the most marked progress has 7 " been made. Large twin or jnulti-engrne'd , mrffchines , .. now carry mails frora ; . .^Berlin to Munich, Vienna, DresdeiV "Leipzig, Weimar, Hamburg, Hanover^ Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen. aiid Diiisburg, arid a considel•able number of passenger services are in operation or iiii-course of preparation, tivery other, nation has been far outdistanced. "Above aitl,; an .aerial .league, similar to the GeiTnaui Navy League, has been fornied. -''for' what purpose? Let. us leave no point in our armor through which werXuay receive a fatal b'ow. I^et us .encourage the. formation of a mercantile fleet. Here afe our ploughshares ;and; ;.pi*un?nig; lioqW. Yet with thorn we may to a. very. great extent render otirselves' tod daitge'rous to attack and thereby' avoid •an enormous ainnament expenditure. Let lis put on our whole .armor so that should war again 'life Contemplated' by any nation her- better, elements -.ean^gain : the upper hand by. pointijig, tp ; the unity of the English-speaking nations and' saying , 'They aro awake. The victories we can gain are in commerce;' And gradually universal' pfiab^ ■ i \vill;^ spread over the face of the' earth as the waters cover the'seai." ■ f $;«•'_.; :< ■ mmmMm^mMm^m^mmiiimml- . — : . .. -.- >• •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15159, 5 March 1920, Page 9
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297THE GERMAN MENACE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15159, 5 March 1920, Page 9
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