FUTURE WARS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3503, 4 June 1920, Page 2

FUTURE WARS.

l.O.\"l‘)O,\", .\.llll‘l.'ll ill. } .\ l':xs<~iluxling___*‘ }_ricll:l'r~ of xv-.u-I'2”-9 of the fftlulrc ‘n‘:l.~ Ill':‘l\'.'x: by Mr \\'in_\-;..u Cllul'.i'llill. the l3ri1?:~l1 \\':u' L\lini.~:l«-I‘. in :Isking,»' l’:11'li:1m<'nl u t’o\\' (lays :xs__-_‘(; for :1 vote on account for £TS.U()()_Om) for the new Bx'it'i.<ll _z\.l'm)'. .~\ccnr«l—ing to My (I‘l1u1'(-‘mill, the 1:110 ‘.\’;ll‘ 11:1,I‘nllght the Ics.<on that in the fmm-C mu‘ will be made by machinery I'utllel' flum 111011, and the adoption of m:u:hinpry will (*fl'L‘(:l ll g1‘G:1l, sztvlng, not only in life but in m(mo_\_'_ .7\.lr(‘n«l_\' Iliis has 139011 }'»m'\'eLl in flulitllc (':lmpuign in Sm11:1lil:1l1Ll :1 fox»; \\'ool;.< ago, \\’.llL‘ll the ]3l'i'.i.~:h ‘n_‘i}wd mm the .\l:ul '.\lullull. This job l\':ls lum(lllwl entirely by tlnlc air fol'(iG, uml fox’ £.‘3(),00U it (lid I‘, l)C‘l'tel' -aml. cl0:m01' jnb thzm was done by the Al-my :1 few

' y(-:lrs ago in the smne t‘oi'ritol'y :11 :1 lcost of £2.5U0.(‘)00. It is also infr—r~ ' eSt'iiig' to note that in this opol':i‘.i-.>it for the first time in history the Mr Force was in control as the prim+il»:l3 firm, fllltl not u~' un niixilimy. Contingentx i"rom the Army and l\i:lvy were (‘m[)lo_\'€'(l, but sliips, nien, 21ll(l giiiis \\'(‘l'l‘ umlcr the (tUllIll121ll(l of’ an air gunOral, who \\':\.< respmisiblv fur the plan of cziiiipziigii zmd its :<llcr:i=.<.<t‘lil P.\'t‘cutimi. Sn iixipi-cssoil is the ‘»\':ir Ofiico by this fact, that it has usliecl the r-hit,-1’ of the Air Force to submit a plan for the mutrol of I\lcsop(»t:iiiii:l_. in. \\'l!lt‘,ll the milil':ir_\,' um}. n;i\".il t'or<;es shall play S11lJ()1'Lll11:ll'L‘ p':irt.~<. Mr (‘hurchill told the l'.l_oUS(_‘ of Cinnliiioiis an 2ll).S01'l_)lllg story’ about: the development: of tanks. ’Bl‘lltllXl 'lln\\-’ 11:15 :1 tank that (1111! tl‘-ave] 20 niilvsl an hour :I(‘I'USS £oulrt.ry,, ‘Jami \\‘lllCll£ l1:1.~‘ ti':iv<*ll('d lUUU miles \\'i'rliour sllo\\'—l ing ziny :I;ipro<'i:lbli- sigiis "of \\'t‘:iJ’.' Slit‘ zilsu has 4 ,g'i‘uil:.itle \\'hi(‘h can b(‘ llll'(‘(l ‘r'rCsm mi uzfliiiztry rifle and \\‘hi<=h rum l{HU('l\’ thu H(?\\' t:'.ill-; ('ll(l\\':l_\/'5 with 1 (mo ‘hit. In this <::i.<o. :1 new rm.-. 0 like illitll of the gllll-nlzll\'€l‘.\' and armour‘nl:lkor.~' has stztrtcil. or like that Of’ the c.r:‘u:,l(.<iii:lii and the safe-lii:ll{cl'. Atl pieseiit tliiiigs are uhout Oqiinl, I'ol‘ tho I new tuiiks’ hzxuélincss €ll1(l speed inuke up in part for tlioir \’ulnur:'ib?.lit_\'. I’oismi gas is still (:0 be used unlifss tho Lozigriw of Nutimis can iiiziiiagc to get‘ all Il:1l‘lOl_‘.:s' no 21g1'('L‘.f0 (lz-up it,l 21ll(.l British ."i(fl(_‘lii'l.*'~‘l”.H‘ liuve <lis('0\'01'0«l 3. gets which is nmro (lL‘Il(ll:)' than an)‘tliing nest] in the late war. 'l‘lie_\' h:1v(- also <li.<(:ovoi'(‘tl an ziiititlotgafi Ofl cour.<o, tlio_v are keeping the (‘()Ili1'>0Sl-I ’ri<’_m of both s(.‘cl‘(‘t'. I

Anothnr stop \\'hi(:h Britain has takon .~‘llo\\'s him‘ she is uiivtt to the new (3011dit‘i()n.~‘. .\he Ilus (‘Si‘2lb].isll(.'d .\'(1hO01S for senior ofiicolx~:_. and now hundreds of colonels and eve}: generals are going to school to subalterns, who have spocizxlisvd on the new \\'ezmons and are learning t‘h(~il* fl‘{l(iG all owr agrzxin.