PREFERRED THE AEROPLANE
This delightful story of t.lic Oriental mind appeared in an account given by "The Times" recently of the Turkish prisoners in Egypt: "One soldier, a placid arid kindly-locking Anatolian, had the following strange story to tell: 'While wo were near the canal a tiyare (aeroplane) ■ came flying over us. My officer said, "Shoot, shoot!" But I did not shoot. I never had seen a tiyare before, and it was going so beautifully, like a bird. He said, "Sfioot!" again, but I wanted to look at it. Then ho was very angry and we had an altercation. So I shot my officer. I did not want to shoot the aeroplane; it was going so beautifully.' "
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2449, 30 April 1915, Page 8
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117PREFERRED THE AEROPLANE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2449, 30 April 1915, Page 8
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