AIRSHIPS IN WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 September 1907, Page 4

AIRSHIPS IN WAR.

ENGLAND'S POSITION. "If a war wciv to oeeur in tin- neni future between Britain ami anotliei

Power, should we bo found wanting, and | consequently handicapped, in the matter <t <if airships." Such was the question g iml, to .Major B. I-'. S. Baden-Powell,the. 5 well-known aeronaut, bv a Daily Mail ' representative. "France, said Major Baden-Powell, has i made great lieadway; Germany has now j shot s'iiddeiilv forward; but England ! will not be loft behind, 'the authorities : aiv keeping their eyes open to all new J developments, anil though I would not ; divulge any information of a technical character, i think 1 may state that experiments have been attended with good results." Major I'.adon-Powell, however, reluctantly admitted that the English experts' had gained no practical experience In their quarters at Aldershol they have plans and models in abundance; but never once has a military airship been sailed in England. France, on the other hand, already possesses two which have proved successful, and it is stated that live more are on order. From those the French Army would receive invaluable assistance in the event of war. In England the lack of funds for experiments is tire groat handicap. -As (o the utility of these for combative purposes, however," continued .Major D.idcn-Powoll, "I am rather duni- [ ous. For scouting purposes they should i prove of inestimable service in procur--1 ing information as to the disposition of , the enemy's force. But the limited J amount of ammunition which they can carry will render them almost useless as War machines. Dropping a chance „ bomb into the middle of a fort will do i, little harm. It would be extremely dillin cult for them to hit a gun. „ "In the chance of war during the ° next year or two the presence of air-

ships 'would mean nothing very revolu- | tionary, but before ten years are passed | many new inventions will doubtless have made them an important factor." German subjects are vaccinated intli" early months of life, again on attaining the age of twelve, and all males a third time <iii entering upon their term of compulsory service ill the army. Vaccination is always done with calf lymph, never from -arm to arm. 11l consequenI ens are stated to be unknown. The law j is strict, and resistance to it, being per* ffctlv useless, is never met with. 1 The wovd ''and" occurs 46,277 times in. tho Bible.,