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REVlE^y OF REVIEWS. 



March 1, 1913. 



THE AEROiPLANE IN WAR. {.Toiutal. 



The aviator, Bmiis, who is flying- for the Bulgarians witli his marhine. Burns on horseback. 



badh'-equipped Turkish armies in the 

 field. In a wa}' it is a wonderful 

 romance, for the Allies owe this com- 

 mand of the sea entireh' to the patriot- 

 ism of one man, a Greek millionaire. 

 Had he lived he could have looked over 

 a changed map of Europe and have 

 said, "This is my work." It shows, 

 too, the immense value of one powerful 

 ship. This patriot devoted his private 

 fortune to building a Dreadnought 

 cruiser, which he presented to the 

 Greek nation, and it is the fear of this 

 battleship which has rendered the Tur- 

 kish fleet powerless. Had it not been 

 there the Sultan's ships ought to have 

 been able to destroy those of the 

 Greeks — would have made the attempt, 

 at any rate. 



What of the Future? 



So many factors, of which little is 

 known, play important parts in the 

 ultimate results wdiich may follow the 

 war, that any forecast of what ma}' 

 happen is difficult. One or two points 



should always be borne in mind, though. 

 The xMlies at the beginning of the war 

 put almost ever\- man they possessed 

 into the field ; the Turks, on the other 

 hand, have been able to bring up heav_\- 

 reinforcements until it is stated that 

 no less than 800,000 men are in arms 

 beneath the crescent banner. Adrian- 

 ople will probably fall ; it cannot be re- 

 inforced and must star\e, but it is 

 \-ery improbable that the Allies will 

 quickly be able to capture Gallipoli, into 

 which men can be thrown from the 

 Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, or 

 Chatalja, greatl\' strengthened during 

 the armistice. The longer the war con- 

 tinues the worse it is for the Allies, 

 who must find it increasingly difficult to 

 maintain their armies in the field. This 

 difficult}' is chiefl}' one of finance. 

 Neither Turks nor Allies have an}' 

 money, but the former seem to be able 

 to get along better without it than 

 their opponents. These must reh' 

 upon borrowing, and loans can onl}" be 



