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Show The Freedom of the Air (By Air M xhanio.) Th' fram of mind of th average Briton, who seemed always to find matter for admiration In other nations, whilst depreciating th endeavors of his own country, is surely now In abeyance; abey-ance; regarding British effort In the air, for British airmen are beyond praise. It Is refreshing to discover lh not of exuberance in British comments com-ments upon the tremendous facta of th allied air offenalv over the tier-man tier-man linea In France. Th allies have not entirely won the freedom of the air, but they have a certain cer-tain very definite margin of auperiority aver th German aviators which can only be maintained and increased by a constant supply of men and machines, and that supply promise to be kept up. Th Fokker waa for a short time a more efficient aeroplane than anything any-thing th alliea had, but they bad again outclassed German sir endeavors. CONSTRUCTION. What the allies do Is to keep sn nn- wearying eye on aeroplane construction. construc-tion. They are seeing to It that their airmen do not lack ihe best mac h In which human Ingenuity In allied countries coun-tries can devlae. . It Is not to be auppoaed that Car-many Car-many will take her present air defeat lying down. . Aviation Is only beginning and he would h a criminally short-sighted statesman wUo failed to lKk not only beyond conditions of the moment, but also, and very keenly, beyond the end of the war. German statesmen sre demonstrably looking to peace flying to secure for them the world domination which they have sought in the war "The freeaom of the air" means for Germany exactly what frermany meant by "the freedom of the sees.'' that the air. like th aea, shall be free to Germany and to nobody no-body else. Baffled in her mam projects of this war, Germany already looks to the air and accepts aviation aa the ' basis on which a world empire snail be Ibutlt. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. I Britain must accept the challenge., The allied present Is wholly admirable, land its effect la seen in the German facing two ways, war and peace air I offensive: with, on th on tiand. Its (dastardly abomination of attacka on Ked Cross hospitals In France th gesture of panic stricken people and on the other, it suggestion from Von Hertling, arrogantly worded, but significantly timed, that he will listen to proposals for th cesaation of air raids. He ia much more likely to listen to th bombing of Berlin, an operation Quit tn the line of allied fulur pot icy ; and depending only on the Increased air strength needed' to extend their one beyond th Rhine depending, in short, on more aeroplane with tn necessary crews. And ther ar ample am-ple signs that these will not be lacking. |
