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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 88, 20 May 1914, Page 6

• The.otbcr day- the world' was informed tliatv Mr ' Winston Churchill had ''looped the loop" in-company with a distinguished aviator. Yesterday word came through that-: the First Lo.rd-.-of., the Admiralty-denied the soft impeachment. It-is. not so .long,, ago that; the enterprising .Minister, ~t hreatened to take, more risks .in: the. air than tical : chief ■ consistent his position.: Several Englishjournals worked themselves up. into an of mind .ovftr the idea that a Minister in\charge of »u<& a vital portfolio should* evenw contemplate such a' thirigr Mr Churetfili possesses the enthusiasm and daiingV. of comparative* youth. He is fond,, too,, of the limelight, and dearly loves to be kept in the woi'ld's eye. During a warm phase of the Ulster crisis, he "vtfas photographed in the open in several attitudes, fcy) a: pair of sl6Uth : ' like detectives whose commission was to safeguard th'e'-;jpassagP:. through the streets.. Possibly th'e flutter in the newspaper dovecotes when Mr ;■ Churchill had ambitions to soar literally was due to an aiarniist cry by a section of the halfpenny press that some 6f the4naehines in wihich members of the flying wing of the army;' trere old/ unreliable, and even , dangerous, A great cry was made, but no proof was advanced of the truth of the allegations. Probably it would be unwise for a Minister of the Crown to take the risks involved in a spectacular aerial performance, especially in view of the fact that of late there .has been a marked, increase in the number, of casualties to trainees. It is a nice passionate excitement which should be left to those on whom less depends. •, Mr Churchill, as with rnany others who, have had like national responsibilities, has before this* been "up in the air.','. (politically speaking), but, in the present state of affairs at Home, he would be well advised to let his ascents stop at tlijit. There is troiible^ and excitement, pndugh for him on Mother Earth without; ; , his seeking either in a swooping juonoplane.