FRANCE'S NEW AEROPLANE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1916, Page 3

FRANCE'S NEW AEROPLANE.

iiondon. May 21 'I ho new JJleriot aeroplane for the .trench army is described as graceiul though fraiit-looking. It lias r been named the Spad. M. Bleriot Bays Eliat it .'climbs ra.pidly, and is capaßle of travelling 125 mile san hour; onlly experts can work it; but these abound. The Spad's deadly work already is in evidence in recenfr-eom.uu-niqties, and the new craft make rings around the Fokken.

GERMAN STEAMER SUNK.

Copenhagen, May 21. The German steamer was torpedoed in the Sound was the Prave. She wont tullf speed in the direction of Swedish water but was stopped by a ■shut. Herr Stresinann, a National Liberal, «aid that a German' commereiajl calamity had been prevented Bolely by the quick succetsees of her armies in opening up vast districts producing raw materials, and German science in providing substitutes therefore. lie added: ' 'Today ;eince the difficulty has been overcome, we oan aafeiy admit an imperial ministry of commerce, it wouldi closely watch the enem'es* post-war measuree. Who would »d----opt compulsory servicet She was proceeding with the greatest recklessness and regardless of tie consequences. She knows no half measures; no scruples or sentimentalities, political or economic. Hence-forth every one, even German representatives sibroadfi should work as commercial agents. Goods, not money, should be sent abroad. ',