They have tried the a?«roplane
and the dirigible. I have heard the leading experts and aviators who
have been assigned to both types agreeing that the Zeppelins of the X
15 type have nothing to fear from any present-day flying machine--and
that is good enough for me.
Chapter XIII. Arming for Peace or War
The map of Europe is certain to undergo some very decided changes
within the next decade, very possibly in less time. Social and
economic conditions, let alone the paramount political ambitions of
the individual rulers, must bring about a decided alteration in state
boundaries in Central Europe. This will be accomplished either with
or without war--with bloodshed most likely. History and human
propensities have shown the inability to settle any vital points by
peaceful arbitration and the more one comes in contact with the
forces, obvious and otherwise, directing human affairs, the more one
learns the rather disheartening fact that the millennium is as far off
as ever. The prophecies of the old Biblical prophets about wars and
rumors of wars are as pertinent to-day as before the advent of Christ.
The methods may have changed since the conception of the Christian
religion but the results will be attained now as ever by the right of
a mighty sword arm.
The most virile and aggressive power in the center of Europe is
Germany proper--this term of Germany, including the whole of the
Teutonic races, such as the German-speaking portion of Austria,
Hungary (for your true Hungarian is a keen admirer of strength and
force), Holland, Switzerland and in all probability the Norsemen and
Viking branches of the Teutonic clan, meaning Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
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