Show I II Airships for use in Actual Warfare II And now lit the aerial navy Y In 11 the next great war QI airship may maybe maybe be le the derisive decisIve factor winning victor victo victo- r rl ries I es This Is Ig no 10 Gra Gradually secretly secret secret- J ly J. hut but none the lie Its less surely the tle great rent world powers havo l concluded that lint the time ha has corn conn- for fO Mars lars to as assume suzerainty over 01 the oil aIr And he lie Is doing It It How eloquent L of Imminent I aerial Strife how how absolutely paralyzing In Int Inthe the lit t boldness of oC Its Is Is tent Is that nw nits s sage sige sent out Olt from The la Hague le conference con coti- fel ference nc but bitt a n few days o ago ngo-a ngo o- o n. n request that the tho powers shah use te for fi air nil warfare war var- fa fare i Ott only 13 ii dirigible I hal haloon balloons boris wal I. It I Is la an acknowledgment that warfare warfare war war- fare on the win wing sing lips hiis comp come It ft may max not loL be IH turned b back k hf Peace advocates nt can cun now do 10 no more mort than designate the lie kind l of airship that shall be le used III In killing JCu Nu less an at authority than Dr Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander Graham Boll Uell Inventor In of tho lie telephone states unequivocally that Uway the Uw lie day ay of aerial warfare Is at hand lr 1 great ret nation 1 Ion Including the United States Is la feverishly fe con conducting experiments with wIh a view to having ha the ie best lest airships fur for use ten ISI In the next war var for toi all 11 realize nalze that the hit naton nation S without an aerial la navy stands In clanger clan V ger of oC cn- cn Verily earth has 8 11 never ne 11 known wn 10 such sueh stones lS l'S aR as wll wilt will appear when hel Mars ul'S next nExt flash s his en calcium light upon the screen of In lei national warfare America will suil be the wi lc country to p perfect aerial battleships For Por this his statement Dr Alexander Hell Del il inventor of or thin the telephone and andone alt one oils of or the tue greatest around all around al-around scientists living I Is Ii authority lie Ito 10 declares that ut ii It I is not noi IOl hl his opinion alone but bUl I at actual ami knowledge knowledge- lase based upon inside u information fO mm t I i lon 0 II VAlid And Ald It i will wi come soon oon Dr hell Bell Hel tic dc- tc I will In 11 fact be Ll the very ery next le t In it II aerial na navigation lOl iou How hiou lo lolong long hong will wi ill It I tie tiC I Dr DI Bt Itch Uell 1 sa says s 's months thus it at most moot possibly weeks J He Jit is 1 himself pel jIng a kite kie air air- nJ shi ship Ip u-hi u h loh it-i he Ice Ie hopes hope to thrive drive at cit 11 Ii 01 mils mil's miles I OS ci an ti II hour hi hut but t others lie he admits ts art are MP tie rei the solution of a ship that wil sLIm the air at a a tremendous I speed scattering Battering fearful death eath and deI de- de sli I ru it tion about aholt El EvIdently those thoRe 10 Id 0 powers meeting I at The rl Til la Hague lh In a peace conference agreed d c with wih Dr hell Uell Bel NUl Nt Naturally u urai 9 ly-as ly as though In compliance with 1 ci compelling force forc force discussion atI at ni I that hat great Icat at meeting turned upon aerial l Ilu navigation aion In the hue Ihl airship alt all al saw more mOle than a possible factor In warfare of 01 the tho tw future A previous pre Hague conference had decided against t the lie dropping of explosives explosives I sleM from ru balloons as us nn on Improper method of But Dut no conies comes a n next ruling The Tue use of or the lie bl ble balloon Is decried Only th the dirigible dir diri gible airship ma may l bo be usel used There Thoro wore vere present tot nt at t the tho he discussion discus discus- sion slon men mel grown glown old In wars wars-wars of the old olt sort ort on Oil and OH sen sea There were diplomats statesmen philanthropists religionists At other oilier conferences these O m men men or or I-or or ormen men lOch like e them them had had met and grappled P ml the tho q question rl of t 1 lighting I with guns and bayonets had IU 1 tried to 0 lne dox-lne t sonic Home to the thC dreadful WI way i top stop slaughter A 1 N N.- N. MV Terror Hut But now arose rolt amo them thum n a new terror terror terror-a n n hat like hit portentous grInnIng xi lug which lle Id swooped down on 01 tim ain ln ne 1 j Mit anti demanded at attention t Len Lion lie th the airship V And nd In iii JI th Ie of or the hue apparItion h b hiP V eer W t 1 Mr f j with Ith terror V N No U feast all this thin Forthe Forthe For Forthe the war was reds nh And Ant It II wast was t treated ren tt as na 3 a C reality y So now we have havo u hn heard tho ho dictum of or tho the pence peace conference that that In the tho lie wars war of or th the tho future if If wars there LeonI be Le- Le onI only balloons shall be bo used The Is capitalized with good gOttl Root reason on For the ilie restriction vol- vol ubi ably ubly t declares elar that bat the tho balloon In war war- fur furn Is bier liere Why liv 11 the lie restriction A balloon haloon of or the tho Old did I. I type type the the simple ga gas bag can bag can can soar lint hut not whore hore it i wil It I must hust I ole obey th the hut will of the time breeze Th Therefore If IC used ascii In lii warfare it might hind nt Itself through circumstances uncontrollable In hi the very ery country of or the he enem enemy Obviously Ob Obviously Ob- Ob to tire fire upon tulion It it d destroying Us Is occupants would be hi ht no le legitimate feat of or warfare It I would be Lt taking advantage an ad tu tage age r of oC chance With Wih the lie dirigible airship It I Is dif dlf- ferent feren Here Ire Is it a it I lighting fighting chance chanc time the airship may go o where l It I will wil Iii or where shere Us its Ig occupants will wil as surely as a battleship or a ca cavalry troop roop Thuei Therefore fore if i caught au hl within the ie country OLIn Cry and perforated with wih shot hot no excuse could be lie he pleaded for I It In iii II Cost Cne I of f War 1 ir r. r Should war break out the thie country with practical airships would have ha the thc anto al advantage t said sall Major Ba Powell the English military expert the other da day and ant he lie deplored the time fact aci that lint his own country wa was behind France anil Gorman Germany In perfecting dirigible war var balloons And Anti when Major Powell Badon was speaking there was heln being perfected a al at Aldershot for the lie British government go for In warfare warfare warfare-an an all aeroplane use an n aeroplane with a 1 speed speet capacity of 40 miles mies an hour similar to tn the ono one OW which d Wright ht arc alc reported to have soul sold to the French government Not this alone but the tIme war var office has under consideration a 0 plan to compose a war wal nl fleet t Including sentry sentry sen seul- try kle kites and anti dirigible balloons halloo to aO aCt aCl L Las Las as depot ships and supply stores stort's to 10 tho Iw naval nl al hoot Heel unit and lighting aeroplanes l Fighting aeroplanes aeroplanes' Can you Imag Inge them going oln through hue tho tl air lIke Ih flocks of glI great birds either to elga engage e eIn in demonstrations with wih rival fleets o or orto it to drop to-drop bombs upon ape forts o or cities clUes o othe of the enemy lem limo tho As s matter malor Pow l sl said In 11 discussing Should airships In warfare becom common hero thero would probably h be n 10 V more mort land lanel battles For what goo good would woul be an army of men marching over o tIme the country countr with wili their enemies hovering ho over O thorn thom seeing their every ever move hove a anti and nIl able to destroy roy them tWI a n awill at atwill t will 1 When Dr Boll Bell declared that America will wil be Il the thie first country to o aerial aeria h bit ships bottle t ni although hi he hI gi 1 v n ui n. n details It U Is more than possible Unit that It he 1 referred 11 to tho time work of or if th time the Wright Brothers of Dayton O. O But this Invention In enton of or the Wrights notable im as It I Is will sill wi not h be lie acquired their by t 11 their heir It own country seems an and back backof of this statement lies ls a n story of r predation seldom eldom lie It With 11 Helmut After ln ha having demonstrated to a dozen reputable citizens of their own cl city their helm success with wiLl wih an nn airship hp tl time the brothers broth broth- em ers erM approached the go government at Washington They lc were rebuffed d. d Others hind hall I made III similar claim claims cia claims I his al all al I tutu unfounded founded The rime n war r department depart debut ment people wore wore- not lint In It a mood to listen to others I hey repudiated the tIme Wrights rights tg V Time The Insult cut deep There rt came come n a time muot not Ion long a ago o ngo when the time government govern govern- ern I ment was tas r ready to 0 negotiate with wih the Wrights and ant to offer a princely bonus If It their In Invention should o provo tor tory What hat a chance for fol revenge ne I The complacently Informed the lie pa patriotic pa- pa private citizen n who Iio lund hall arranged a LI n with the war that before tummy any ny negotiations could be le en entered en- en En- En Into loto It IL I was W In Iii II order oller for fou the thi lw government got gov 0 nl to tip apologize for tor Its Is Insult This hIR is was yes not hot done Next heard of hi tl f flies flies' ve ner ra I I negotiating ta t i n with Ul th the German j tl go government govern govern- mt ment lt and next thc they ere In 11 Paris wih their heir machines and ami it I was ns announced that a bargain was teas all al hut but hit closed hf closed t. If Indeed It I had not been en actually made mate mate- which wiil wIl Irrevocably 1 lose toe for Amer Amot lea ica anti and insure for France the lie benefits of this his now facility The rIme I French hind hall s secretly O crt sent representatives all tho tue way was to 10 Daton Day Da- ton tout to facilitate th the lie II Wrights on on their lieU Invention In I It I L Is IH sal said that It I made them thema n it present of iii OOOO before Inviting them to t go go tu to Pall Paris Oh Oh politic Franco tho thit reported of iii If lie tho Wrights rl s with ihm Franco a affects their negotiations ili ol other wih IrO tN Is IR not 1 known A report however hurts has It I that lint th they o have engaged etl to construct for the gox go Jo eminent n a fL number of airships at nl each ach ache e Germany n y 11 u German Germany sees perfectly vell weI the time need of airships If she Is to tu retain her Imer na national national on- on entity Kaiser IT I is the lie loathing leading spirit In it II time the efforts to give Germany Cerman a Il balloon la navy lie or a n society of or German German which has thrown Its Is whole Into efforts to get gel el an aim ln invin- clIt cIMo chie arini navy Through h tIme the influence of oC this Gorman German AeriAl Navigation IL society the time tar 51 vas nAil oon recently rn r- n Induced tl i I i o to 1 Vt appropriate lr n. n i T Constance IC io to assist assist s i t 1 Count nt von 7 j in experiments experiment with his dirigible hal bal loon huion oon which has haM made two t lJ successful bt sli rt high flights ts It I Is stated on 1 very ery good authority that the time German government o offered the time Wrights for Cor the l exclusive use uso of their airship but but that France made mado n n. higher bid hid If I the lie Wrights have havo really sold soll ships to Germany tIO they thoy are probably of or another er or model And If Germany really did did- fall faIl to se- se curo cure tho tIm Wrights Wrights' patent she thc has no mio nop p hI IU i H for one of f lieu her own nyui 1 0 soIls ons General yon von of or tho the SeeLi Sec Sec- Li i aria onn army corps has seemingly h solved the problem for her II ills two dirigible airships have hn Just he heel icon exhibited ted and have us u's astounded o Cu nil 0 II J Europe llope For an nn entire In day ilay before th time tho yes CH CI of nf army officers officer and ant notables notable In- In the In th tha nir I 61 Cn fd Sr I bt J r l dominant feature of at tho the airship a I The German war office line has hoA op opened net negotiations ne ne- mie- mie for Cor the purchase of time the patent pat pat- o tle suit ent nt hut but will 11 continue to encourage Count on x-on on Z Zeppelin so 90 as to monopolize If possible all aU German progress toward an nn aerial nerla na navy Russia Is IN looking for Cor an nn Inventor In a good airship to sel sell She Sho Cul fully realizes lint unless she can cnn get et one her chances of C remaining on the he map limp mulch much mich lon longer r are un 11 ht llin lm 1 Italy Is IA constantly experimenting with wih war ar balloons One day tay last June Tune while 1110 king Humbert rt was Inspecting a I demonstration a a bolt holt of lightning from froman an almost clear sky pierced the time gas gasbag gasbag gasha ha bag of the hue balloon baloon a broke out Olt ami anui the aeronaut Captain fell cli feet to death What nn all UI omen The he lein king and court returned to the thc palace e In ha abject rear fear ear hut hint the time experiments have o Ila not ceased In tact fact r e every eer power is known to lo be bo I seeking or actually establishing au an ae aerIal aerial nut nut- rial vial navy laV with wih the tIme exception of or Japan antI and It would Im his Im In keeping with the time Japs JiS secretive character If it Hint hail country should chance to be lie the first to lo reach the goal Portugal al has hns decided eel ell to hu buy two for Cor uso in West Vest Africa Africa when the lie natives there lucre as they lucy did a year ear ago And Ant only America has done little At least such fuch seems secumis to hi h bo Ill the tIme case ease but one omme must remember Dr hells Bells ole Uel a as assertion assertion as- as erton founded on out Inside information that America ha has Imas a surprise to spring Aoi In th time tho matter mater of war balloons other than dIrigible America J has haH not nol been been- In In- In ru act active Ve The Thue go government recently gave t an un or om 01 der tEr for or her tenth war balloon for tor or which Leo Lee Stevens Ste will recel c It I Will wil be lie e wil nf nr mr os o's p ii o v 5 a ton of if ammunition 1 Moi More lol e deadly than un any yet et known I he be these explosives l V wi I General William Crazier che of of ordnance ordnance ord orul- nance for the government go spent three years earl studying the mattei and sas Sa he hits lias found something surpassing I le jovite jo she cordite il other high higi explosives So o tl time the aerial na navy naIR Is IR at hand How will it operate Were cle imagination to go go to 1 ever or lr e such unheard of extremes It I could coull not foretell fore fore- tell lel half what wi certainly take place In aerial warfare To 11 mentally picture an at aerial V battle hatLe one one must hear bear In mind nn au Important act fact It I I Is that lint the lie airships will wil mo most t probably be made malc on oti the lie principle of or ofa n a C bird that that Is I will wI be le op operated rte with Hh wing like ln will wi not be begas begas le lega ga gas lungs bags driven en b by motors The Time difference la Is 11 apparent In the time ease of a it gnu gas ha hag bag airship It would woul be he unnecessary nr for Cor opposing heels fleets to pick one ties another off Ir In order orter to win hatteR latties lat hat teR A sharpshooter only have havo to aim at time the bag lag Itself antI and b by In log ing It I. I It I would cau cause t Its Is opponents to cl crash h to tn earth This to lo h be lie sure sture fUTe could not be ho done a mu small rifle bullet bulet fur for em the time hole |