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Show ITALY WELCOMES FLIERS OF FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN j WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN I ITALY. Dec. 4. (By tho Associated! Press.) Among the troops and units that have arrived in Italy with tiie Brit-I ish and French armies is a large group j of aviators who are impatiently waiting j to get into action. The British have I sent a largo contingent of fliers, half of! whom are young Canadians and A mcri- j Miis who have been doing scout work in j Flahders and northern France. Tiie squadron, which expects to be. given work at the front very soon, is I proving an attraction for the Italians, j While awaiting orders the fliers are keep- ing themselves in trim and the natives in fascinated delight, by practicing over the town where they are billeted. There Is scarcely an hourbut that the hum of at least two and generally four or more mptors is heard above, the town and every public square is filled with crowds gazing upward as the young aviators bank and; slide and spiral and (wist. I The British aviators appa rently a re j much younger t ban their French com- j rades. whose numerous decorations at-i test their long experience. Both groups, ! however, are composed of picked men i who have had careful training in fight- j Ing the (Jennans in the air. The Brit- ! ish squadron has many 7coung men who won commissions by brave conduct on the f ron t in- Ft a n ce p n d who w ere trans- , ferred io the aerial service from the in- j fanrry. cavalry and other arms. ! The fliers are curious to know w ha t ; the future hoi if. In store for them, since ; few: of them ever- have flown over mountainous country as thev will have to i do here. They admit it will be a trst ! to put them on their mettle, sine- emcr- i gency landings, generally feasible in j France, are almost out of the question1 here. They anticipate, however, that they j will not have, to face superior number- : of enemy aviators, as it ik not believed the Aust ro-Grmans will be abie to maintain main-tain a nunirionl advantage ! cm. i The Canadians and Americans nightly entertain thir comrades and crowds of curious Italians by holding song festivals festi-vals at thir note!. American sours aie sung mostly, with an IPPian officii , who' spent several years in Pug! and ami America, as the pianist. The piano fiauu'.s i ts German origin wil h the n amen1 a 1 e "Jmmermann Leipzig." while its si rings echo American one-sip' ar.d ragtime. One effect of the anivai of the Krem h anil British in Pnly has been the r-inid drop back to normal of French.-1 talia n 'exchange, which went i.n when the Aus-tro-German offensive was in full tl'.!.-ii of its sue.;es. t t hat 1 hue l"f' fran-'F bong!" t P'O I ban iire. but with the arrival ar-rival of Ih3 troop- the same number of. l'i-ancs now buy P lire and C- liange dall is approach ilia' fax. |