In two short months, 12,999 bombs, aggregating a weight of 238 tons, were placed at the disposal of troops, in trenches and batteries in the enemy lines. The R. F. C. in the period from Saturday, February 16, to Wednesday, February 20, accounted for 70 German airplanes with a loss of 12. The naval airmen bagged a further eight without loss and the French were responsible for 26.

The German airmen are not lacking in courage, but the policy of their commanders appears to be to maneuver them in large formations, 15 and 20 at a time. Six is a common party. The "tip and run" strategy of their bombers is only of advantage at night. From a great altitude they "lay their eggs" indefinitely and then make off at a breakneck speed for their base. The larger types of machines, such as the triplane, are greatly favored. And more than anything they are lacking in that code of traditions fostered by the British navy and so admirably developed by the airmen.

London.—Captain M against the allied lines and while they are hesitating, those lines are being strengthened. We are shipping men to France at a very lively rate and the people, as a rule, are responding liberally and willingly to the calls of the government.

The war is not over nor is it near its end, but the prospects seem very bright that it will be ended in the right way and that the United States, the last nation to intervene, will "cast the deciding vote" in the final contest. 