Show I W Wars ars ar's Latest Inventions I Time The French military airship I. I La 11 Patrie made a n remarkable trial fiat flight Ight of ot 33 miles mies from front No Noison Im n nto to 16 Mention Meudon Mellon near St St. Cloud r recently 1 U I accomplished pushed the tlC jou journey ney ncy at ata a speed or of of 25 miles mUc an hour traveling practically against a wind blowing at 30 miles mies an hour The rise airship ho had four our men aboard and anti Captain Voyer steered by bya by a fairly fally direct route but made mad many ascents anti and descents an and rapid turns I to test the navigability of oC oCth th the airship The Tho great eat machine responded admirably ad ad- and the tho r ul of or tho the trial has hns given great reat satisfaction to to- the military authorities in France It I also brings up the great rent question queston of of Has Fins civilization made war less cruel It Itis Itis I is doubtful except pt perhaps so 80 Carns far Car faras faras as ns th the caro of the wounded and anti the ab absence ence o of killing for killings killing's sake are arc concerned In other r respects war if Ie not more more cruel hn has c certainly become and ant yearly yearly year year- oal ly Jy becomes more and J ani more terrible For It is Is' Is no longer a n ease of man as us in the duys durs of old but machine against machine A maui man hoist hoLst b by his own petard is now only a pawn in the frightful game ame between the en engines of war devised devise by man to slay his lila men follow fellow What could coult be bemore more mor horrifying mig even I In ii I imagination magi nation than the torpedo cutting through h the waves to Its Is prey prCy stain the theRea sea Rea crimson Or 01 the slen stealthy submarine thrown up as It I were from front the thC ocean bed bel Instantaneous o to end enda enl I a thousand lives or more I p I Jam Uio III tet heaves l itself up Jh the m parap u r to o onre lIre fire Its Is smokeless s shot an and amul 1 then sinks back into Its Is lurking 1 h hiv in in invisible visible storm of or shot aunt and nl shell shel fills tho the air with wIh Impalpable Intangible ihle but none isone the less les swift and amI sudden death But lut these are arc dangers an ers the modern warrior wan knows of or and Is prepared tu Hi face Cace What hat of or tho the new terrors civilization civil civili has lias in store for him Some Sonic aro are already nearly nery perfect if perfection per can h ho 10 mentioned in conjunction tion ton with wih such uch engines of Thoro is tom for fol example the armored motor fort fuit lk like sum some gif at prehistoric boast beast least will wi run ly Jy t l but mit none th the JC less 4 swiftly over th the ground an affrighting spectacle belching fire fre anti and de death huge hug horrible hot hoi an and invulnerable Then rhon there are ale improved war balloons and war wai kites kite Capable in favorable circumstances circum stances of well wel night annihilating van an an arm army It I Is n a large I queston en endeavoring to forecast or what what- invention may d d- di for us within the time next few years rears year Pt Pos Pos- Ible airships may come into play In war risks 8 are arc run which people nm may nut not be he inclined to h hear ar of or In peace peart Thorp There Tero Is little doubt that the ship all i will wi be he developed soon s-oon so as to In h Ineffective effective but the thc risk will wi always bi hI great g get i In war val It I will wi be he used and amid accomplish accons- accons push much in the time thea a way of intelligence Tho The risk Is great in lii submarines and amid the one disadvantage lies o in lit thc thc-lr m practical blindness We Ve are yet to have bigger er ships and faster faster- destroyers destroy destroy- ers ems for fighting purposes purposes Wo Vo shall have more mOle very largo large almor armored r cruisers crams cruis ers era and numerous fast fat ruh- ruh C ems of m medium size to patrol the ocean One most pressing need is a mechanical mcchan- mcchan ical contrivance for supplying the fir hr- tring tr- tr ing inc line lne with wih ammunition It I mu must l of or course ho he bullet bulet proof loof c capable of going over o el an any round ground and small smal enough to be a bad ad tal target ct for artil- artil J lory lery rr In the near future an aim aeroplane shooter will wi be he wanted It 1 Is dim cult at Ire present ent to hit lilt even a I balloon baloon and a swiftly moving ing 10 aein- aein rl- rl plane plano could at present observe o enc th th positions of fleets feets and troops with wih ab- ab I In Impunity easily dc- dc cJ J th of or great at battles t |