Photograph by International Film Service 



A MECHANIC REPAIRING ONE MOTOR WHILE THE FRENCH AIRSHIP PROCEEDS UNDER 



THE POWER OP ITS TWIN MOTOR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE 



Note the slight blur in the photograph at the end of the shaft at the left, indicating that the 



propeller blade is revolving rapidly 



of helpless children, women, and old men 

 to cause panic among the civilian popula- 

 tion of France and England. 



From the purely military point of view, 

 these bombardments are of no value, so 

 long as they attack only non-combatants 

 and do not injure in any way the fight- 

 ing forces of the enemy. On the day of 

 a decisive battle, of what use is it to have 

 mutilated the civilian population of the 

 enemy, which takes no effective part in 

 the fighting ? 



It follows, therefore, that this practice 

 should be absolutely forbidden in war. 

 Furthermore, let it be said that France 

 and England have made raids on open 

 cities only in reprisal for German raids 

 on their cities. Among the most famous 

 of these reprisal raids is that on Karls- 

 ruhe, in June, 191 5 — a great success, but 

 with the loss of two airplanes. Then 

 again on the same city in August, 19 16, 

 when considerable destruction was caused 

 and the moral effects were far-reaching. 

 This expedition caused the boches to re- 



flect and held them in restraint for fear 

 of further reprisals. 



But, I repeat, we have not made a gen- 

 eral practice of these raids, first, because 

 they have no definite military object, and 

 also because it is more difficult for us to 

 reach the German cities than it is for 

 them to fly over the French and English 

 cities. In fact, the Germans set out from 

 French provinces or from the borders of 

 Belgium, which they have invaded. The 

 distance traversed by their machines 

 when they go to London, for example, 

 would only carry a French or English 

 machine over Belgium or our invaded 

 provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. 



In other words, the German cities are 

 much farther from our lines than the 

 French and English cities are from the 

 enemy lines, since we have to cross Bel- 

 gium or our invaded provinces before 

 reaching the heart of Germany. 



But, apart from these expeditions, are 

 there not purely military objectives that 



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