The attacks on German towns are an odious necessity, but,
since the Germans forced this kind of fighting upon us through debasing the whole currency of military practice, we do not think it possible to argue that we should forfeit the military advantage of demobi- lizing a great deal of the German artillery. For it must be remem- bered that the defence of the German towns means the use of a great deal of metal, both for guns and ammunition, and also the employment of a considerable number of gunners who have to be withdrawn from the front. Altogether, concentration upon the work of the air is a military enterprise from which we are entitled to expect very great results. The Allies have a superior producing capacity, and they have above all a fighting talent that amounts to genius. Among German airmen there are occasional stars, but Germany has not the mass of brilliance that is merged in the British Milky Way.
