24 
Land & Water 
March 21, 191H 
{Continued from page 22) 
It was in Blanchland I found the ideal village, the "happy 
village" of one of its poets, an entity whose charm, romance, 
histoid', .and unique individuality it might suffice the pen 
of any poet to describe. 
The rural Northumberland of a hundred years ago finds 
ample record in Mackenzie's view, and a certain expression 
in the very improbable " IJfe of James Aller^, " the Northum- 
brian piper, and horse stealer. But its most striking portrait- 
ureistobe found in the tales of Surtees, which arc, in jiart at 
least, a reflex in carica- 
ture of the life and 
humour he found along 
the borderlands of the 
two northernmost 
counties, just as the 
vivid landscapes he de- 
picted — heath and hill 
and sky — are those of 
which he found tlic 
counterparts to his 
hand. Blandiland, I 
discovered for myself, 
is the "St.Bosweil" of 
Hillingdon Hall, and 
the Lord Crewe Arms 
of that place is the 
inn of the story. The 
chairman depicted as 
presiding at the St.Bos- 
weil dinner was, in fact, 
the Master of Minster 
Acres Hall, Squire Sil- 
vertop. On the white 
Houghton Castle on the North Tyne 
longing and intenser vision on their native place, and the 
memory of those who have died will to those who mourn 
them make sacrosanct field and fell, hill, homestead and 
hamlet, where they were born. 
Speed the plough is the motto now ; it must 
ensure the future. Sylviculture, and re-afforestation, too, 
will come to the fore, and with reason, for the sound of 
falling woodlands is in the air, and the aspect of the country- 
side is being rapidl\/ changed. A renascence of -agriculture 
and sylviculture, the reliabilitation of village crafts and in- 
dustries, these are 
envisaged in the 
new time. As a 
background to this 
effort, ^here is 
the storied history 
of Northumberland, 
its prestige and pride, 
its unique wealth of 
lore and legend, 
its riches of romance, 
its incomparable stores 
of folk-rhyme and folk- 
song, its bede roll of 
illustrious and famous 
sons. What seemed 
dead was only dor- 
mant. In a new ves- 
ture there will arise a 
nobler Northumber- 
land, in which the once- 
loved landmarks of 
Cheviot and Simon- 
side will stand out 
^n old engraving. 
doorsof the upper bedrooms of the old hostelry the names of with a larger significance, and the northernmost county 
R.^fi'^M Jl 'k ?' nimrods of his time are still shown, of England again justify the unrhvmed apostrophe that 
HnHnlfK i^T!i ''"'?, ''^'Af^*^'''^ ^™"^ *''^ P''^'''^ ^y^ Mackenzie prefixed to his View of Northumberland in 1811 : 
dunng the last four decades. Of necessity, it will come into 
Its own again. Through all the stressful time the old rural Happy Northumbria I 
framework remains. The remnant of its people are the Grateful thy soil, and merciful thy clime, 
genuine native stock, with the old familiar folk-names, folk- w*., m Thy vaUies float 
orSd'erTt5t'h?f"1- ']^°:r?° ^n^ from the'fields Sl^t SeS? U^^. rn^rSSS 
01 Glanders and the far-iiung battle Ime will look with deeper Bellow the blackening herds in lusty droves. 
The War in the Air 
Whitehead Aircraft Ltd. and a Great Scheme 
The supremacy xn aerial warfare to-day belongs to the British 
race and, although the last word of conquest has yet to be written 
tUe tune is not inopportune to hark back a little and dweU on the 
means by which we gained it, for it is only by so doing that we can 
learn how to deal with the problems of the future, which already 
are calhng for solution. The greater issues of the war have closed 
our eyes to some extent to the marvellous progress which has been 
made with the science of aviation. 
^^.^A^^"^^ or so before the war the few who were striving to conquer 
^lw,t«°^^''' °} ^^^ ^" "^T ^°°^^ "P°" ^'^^ the pity which we are 
thefr bonnet ^°°"^ *° ^^^°^ °° *^°'^ who have a bee in 
air^tp«H°"<i^T*'i^^ ?,f ' f'^" *° ^'■^'^''^ ^"'^"^^ i° a heavier-than- 
^n nf/lV ^Cody, the Wrights, and the rest of the world's workers, 
^.,? /'"■°"^'' ^^^ ^'^^ °^ '^'•"'=' criticism, until at last some 
measure of success began to attend their experiments 
fliXr^ ff^K^^"" achievements had been witnessed and long-distance 
fofc4 wetdT ^^^°°!^!«''- the war clarion sounded, and the aerial 
in theTrim 'struggle!''"""' "'"' °'" *'' '^'^"°°'' *° ^'^^ ''''" P^^ 
imlre°ssed''w '">'', the thrilUng stories of their encounters were 
o??hr. ,. ■■ \ • '7t*"?."t,the vision of those who had studied the trend 
^he fl^h ^"''.'^l'"/,'^ '^''''''^'"^ t'^^'t i-^s^ a space of time than 
o wfn soeid?F^ ° „^"" «e would come to Recognise that, if we were 
nl fT„ V? ^ and crush Prussianism out of the hearts and minds 
to soeed r^he'^r'^M' ^" r"'^. '''''"' ^ '«a'^« the effort of ourTve^ 
to speed up the building of craft of the air. 
ofihe dav7„^nhl*'°°'Tf' '■^''■^^"' ^}° "'^^^'^ =^"°»'«1 the larger issues 
we owf tL ffpfrV 'f'"" ''"'°" ° t*^^ f"*"'-'^- a°d "t is to them that 
we owe the fact that at present there is in our midst a -foundation 
sYan KrsTorl" ^"' *''= ''T^'' ^"^ "'"^ ^'^^ ^^^^h ara n^t on 
snail DC ours for as long as we desire to hold it. 
Whitehead li°Pn^i°K ""^ ^l' ^^'''^ ^^'"'^ ^^""^ America Mr. J. A. 
to'St.'' cZlft^r^'t'wIn'thrw^r '•=''^™"^' *° '^ ^^^^ ^^ ^°^'^ 
proWem^he^saw ''Uf^.f'"' ^""^ gcn.us„he did not rush at the first 
divs of the ^m . l**"^ .'^.''i"'^ "'^"y ^•■°"nd "s i" the opening 
days of the war— but he set himself to reckon oat what wa>: th% 
greatest .service which it lay within his power to perform * 
Tutored to 00k farther ahead than many men he foresaw that 
he nation which won the battles of the air^vrid be the ^i^ner fn 
^<^^f^^riro/w^-^iLr^d^^^t/:^,^S 
To the story of Whitehead Aircraft, Ltd., adequate justice could 
no» be done in an article of this nature. 
Beginning work in a small drill-hall, Mr. J. A. Whitehead has 
organised and engineered his enterprise into one of the greatest in 
the world. 
The factories cover some acres, many employees are at work 
turning out the finest aeroplanes, and there is- a splendid aerodrome 
for present and future "work. 
The Treasury have sanctioned the' raising of the capital of the 
firm to one milUon pounds. This will be devoted to the purposes of 
aviation in the war. What tliis means exactly is that, with the help 
of the British public, we will be able to gain overwhelming superiority 
in the air. 
Whitehead Aircraft, Ltd., have turned out machines which have 
helped to gain our aerial supremacy, and now the greater effort is to 
be directed to deal the final blow. 
The Germans are still building machines, but we have the inherent 
capacity in the country to beat them. 
The people of Germany know it. 
Spectacular raids by Gothas may bolster up hopes for a moment 
but all Hunland reahses that the hour of doom is at hand. 
The work of our aviators at the front, our raids on Mannheim, 
Stuttgart, and Coblenz, and other towns, have taiight them we are 
out to win. 
And they know a National British effort will make our Air Service 
as powerful as our Armies and our Navies. 
With new plant and greater factories, our aircraft construction 
can easily out-distance the efforts of Germany. 
Aircraft shares, if taken up enthusiastically by the public, will 
be as effective as Tank Days. 
More capital means more power to our daring and skilful pilots 
and a speedier crushing of the enemy. 
It means the dawn of peace and the era of progress and prosperity. 
It means all that we have been fighting for since the commencement 
of hostihties. Whitehead Aircraft, Ltd., believe in the theory that 
the war will be won in the air, and they mean to make every effort 
to increase the great work they have been doing. 
Every one who helps to increase the capital will help to build an 
aeroplane and defeat Gernjany. 
Aircraft shares are a patriotic and an easy way to end the war. 
and they are also a paying way. 
The main thing, however, is to'build more aeroplanes than Germany, 
and get the war over, and those who believe that a national effort 
will accomplish this will welcome the opportunity now offered them 
to become aeroplane builders. To learn how you can help with avia- 
tion, write to Whitehead Aircraft, Ltd., Box 1918, c/o Land & Water. 
