WAR IN THE AIR
TERRIFIC BATTLES FOR THE - MASTERY
SWIFT NEW MACHINES ON 'THE WING
AMERICA'S HUGE , WAR PREPARATIONS
MILLIONS TO BE SPENT
A great and terrible conflict is being waged on the Western front to secure for tlio victors the undisputed mastery of the air. Swift ;• • new machines, capable of being manoeuvred at incredible speed, o swarm in the air, wheeling and swooping • like squadrons of eagles, performing feats which in the earlier days of the war would never have been deemed possible. Even last year's machines are said to be practically outclassed. The advance of fins weather at the front i B . being marked by increased activity in the rapidly-drying grounii, . but as yet there are no indications of major operations between the main opposing armies. Trench raids and patrol skirmishes continue. America's'huge war preparations are being energetically advanced, and steps are'in train for the raising o£ hnge sums for munitions and men. The trend of events in Russia is taking a definite republican shape. \ The reformers state that what is wanted" is a "democratic parliamentary republic." - :.'
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3049, 10 April 1917, Page 5
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179WAR IN THE AIR Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3049, 10 April 1917, Page 5
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