Show stint ABOUT THE NEXT IVAR a T the present time the nations of the earth aone f are expanding 3 per annum or ow of their entire aggregate national income tor for tie the maintenance of armies and navies throughout ghou the civilized world orld there are at k this time some 5 boo men under arm arms or I 1 soldier tor for ewy esery civilians there them are re in the world I 1 ton of naval shipping ivr every 13 1 was of merchant marine before the close of 0 the world war air planes were eve carrying bombs and machi e gum guns sine the war their capacity in this regard regarn has been tead steed ly increasing already they are able to drop shells with poison g gaa which may ae as a whole community or hells shells with inflammable material and explosives which may sink battleships and cruiser cruisers and destroy the largest buildings I 1 he heaviest bomb let et dropped has a v we e of 4 pou ds and its explosion on the hard ground makes a crater 30 feet deep feet wide modern modem warfare employ employs every human and material it i source making towns cities homes fields factories lines of transport and ent entre re populations the and agencies of supply and by the merciless merci lees matle matics of necessity objectives I 1 attack me havoc which may be wrought by battle planes pluies assumes such proportions that the soul sick ess eb in it ita contemplation the best resistance to aircraft is found only in the construction of erd acl more efficient aircraft if the recent failure of 0 so irany vany airplanes to cross the sea under their own power be cited as an argument against any serious dancer danger to us from an air assault by other nations let it be remembered that airships of the zeppelin type are able to carry planes and that thee airships have already made a number of successful transoceanic trips sea vessels for the carriage of planes known m airplane carriers arc are no now in the navies of all the leading countries ad d can provide a base two hundred miles from shore for an air attack within the last few hours the airplane as the question mark has completed a canth bous flight remaining in the air more than ISO hours bours and covering a distarce of about miles being refueled while in the air |