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The Seaforth News, 1929-11-07, Page 6British 8101 Found "Very Satisfactory" difference of Oppinion Still Marks the Views Held of 13ritain's Big Dirigible ENGINES O.K. Carclington, Eng. -Taking advan• Cage of perfect flying weather, the ',British dirigible R-101 made a 300. mile trial Right over southeastern England. Major G. 1-1, Scott, British aeronautic expert who commanded the I1,-101, said tate flight had been E'very satisfactory." "The whole Itaudltug ofthis big hirship proved much easier than we hoped," he said. "The noise or the engines was very slight In the pas- senger oars, it was very comfortable 'indeed', We passed over Buckingham Palace, Westminster, then over the city and straight back home. The ship handled very Well and answer- ed her controls with the greatest ease, We went easy at first and worked up to something over 50 miles au hour. We will have the •speed trials later." One novel feature of the cruise was a' parachute drill, corresponding roughly to lifeboat deill aboard an ocean liner, This was held at an altitude of 2000 feet. After the R-101. had completed her trial flight, it was announced that the other giant dirigible R-100 was now finished and ready for trials. Though high speeds were not at- tempted the vessel attained 68 .ales per hour—more than the top speed of the 3-33—although the new ship is twice as large as the old on e and at present develops 1500 horsepower against the R-33'3 1250. The differ- ence is said to be due iu part to in- creasing aerodynamic efficiency of the fatter shapes of the new design, coupled with the reduced air resist- ance esistanoe owing to the passengers' quer - 'tees being inside the hull. It is now estimated that the 11-101 will develop a maximum speed of 80 to 86 m,p.h. when full engine power ie, available. Another satisfactory feature is that the rudder control is easily moved by hand thereby allow- ing the removal of the auxiliary elec- tric motor ,ted as a precaution to help the helmsman. This will mean ®, saving of half a ton, It is probable that certain duplicate parts of other portions of the airship's machinery ,ill also be dispensed with. Nevertheless it is clear that the !vessel has not yet shown signs of fulfilling the hopes c f those who had expected her to make regular non- , atop trips to Egypt or across the 'Atlantic. The weight of the fuel car. Med on Aug. 14 was 12 tons, although seven tons more could have been taken—making 19 in all—if it had not been decided to have an extra amount of water ballast, of which "the ship had on board 16 tons, in- etead of the normal eight. But it is estimated that the amount of fuel to. be carried for a flight to Egypt, after making proper allowance for adverse weather conditions, is 25% tons. Women Reopen Bermuda Fight To Gama Ballot Control of Island Parliament by Eight Families Held Bar to Enfranchisement With Only 1,300 in 35,000 Voters Hamilton, Bermuda, — Withthe opening of tate wilter sesefon et the Colonial Parliament the most Import- an item in the agenda will be another attempt of the women of Bermuda to obtain a grant giving them the right to rote, The Woman's Su1Craee So- ciety Inas made several attempts to gain He point in the legislature but. of no avail. Even though the women of England have won the ballot it will probably be many years before Ber- muda wolnea are given this right. The Colonial Parliament is the most independomit organization in the Brl• tisk dominions. Bermuda is ;not 'a Crown coloa3, and outside of the ap- pointment from England of a Gover- nor, a Chief Justice, a Receiver Gen- eral and a Chief of Police all the local officers are appointed by the local Parliament, Ia the Parliament are thirty-six members, elected every five years. Hight families on the island have representatives in the Parlia- ment. These eight families practical- ly control Bermuda, its finances, im- provements, schools and public utili- ties. They have managed Bermuda for 300 years. These are some of the reasons why women suffrage has beea rejected thne and again. There are no parties The dor any opposition in Parliament, , Th member's are nearly all old men and they distrust innovations. There are about 36,000 inhabitants in Bermuda. Fully oue halt are Ne- gros. With only 1,300 persons en- titled to vote it is readily seen how the control of public affairs is success- fully maintained year after year. A person to vote here must •own $300 worth of realty. There are many Wo- men on the island who own valuable real estate bat are not entitled to vote or have any voice in the affairs oC the colony. Time has changed manners and cus- toms in Bermuda, but not its laws. Marvels of '- esearch A newspaper reporter was so Im- pressed by the marvels of research in the realms of communication that, fol- lowing his recent visit to the Bell Telephone Laboratories, he recorded what he had seen and heard, thus: "Heard" a photograph. Heard a speechless man "speak." Saw a deaf man "hear." Heard the power of 600,000 times 60 strong -lunged men's voices shout the words of one man. Heard his muscles move, with a sound like thunder. Telephoned his photograph. Learned it is possible to gaze at a scene miles distant. Heard a heart "missing." Heard speech "scrambled" as a cook scrambles eggs. Heard the top third, bottom third and centre third of a strain of music. Danced to "upside down" music and heard speech "upside down" and "right side up" at the same time. Saw a bar of steel float in the air, Was looked over by an electric eye. Saw and heard speech "take a rest" on the route tram Hp to ear, Talked Into a telephone, walked to the other end and heard his own words four seconds later, Heard the music continue after a phonograph record had stopped Play- ing. Canada, i `=;' eighb y. r And Customer In addition to the fast -spreading commercial ties which are bringing Canada and the United States into economic partnership, the Dominion is developing an overseas trade, which is giving her a position of growing importance in world trade ,channels. Moreover, to a consider- able extent, the prcducte of Canadian farms and factories, as well as the incoming goods from distant ports, are handled in Canadian ships, for Canada ]las a merchant marine of ber 'own which, if not large, is modern and growing. Across the Pacific silk is brought In the white fleet of the Canadian Pacific, en route, frequently, to Uni- ted States points via Vancouver, while westward, both Canadian and Japanese vessels are handling an in- creasing volume of wheat which is becoming a staple -food in Japan. Likewise, from Vancouver, and to a small extent from its rival to the north, Prince Rupert, vessels move southward bound for the Panama Canal en route to European destina- tions. The Atlantic trade ie better known, • but its rapid growth and its expan- sion into new fields is less generally recognized. A fleet of new vessels equipped for the 'West Indies trade has just been completed by the Cana- dian National Railways. Prom a score. of ports throughout the islands of the Caribbean and Atlantic ,tropical prod- ucts and fruit move northward to St. John or Halifax for distribution by rail inland. From South American !countries northward ladings include tubber from Brazil, maize from the Argentine, and bauxite (for use In making 'aluminum) from British ,!Guiana, while en route southward, manufactured geode compose the balk :al the tamale. This development is obviously but fore -runner of an even greater'meas- ure or prosperity In the future,. a prosperity . in which the United States will share, for Canada is not only a good neighbor but the Uni- ted States' beet customer. --Christian Science Monitor. li pedestrian le a. person who has a `wife,, throe daughters, and a motor - par.,_ SIky Scrapers Will ;SQOrl .EUct I f Lard Values Camel PROOF OF PROSPERITY IN NORTHWESTERN TOWN Pea, This branch bank attests to fact there is plenty of prosperity at The a , western terminal of Hudson Bay railway and mining headquarters for northern Manitoba. ' Afgha istan Again Changes Kings Firmer Waterboy Driven from Kabul When Citadel Cap- tured — Amanullah the Reformer is Residing in Rome After a Vain Attempt to Regain His Throne the fur trade and owned by the iiud- London,—Tile charge d'Affaires of, son's Bay Company have between Afghanistan in Loudon rently re - them forced the dreaded Northwest ceived official notice toat N d h Ttiltan passage according to news reaching "unanimously elected King , had been una y Company's offices B r the Hudson's Bay Comp Y of the mountainous Asiatic country. iters. The ships are the Bay of This notice came hard on the heels ! Chime, Fort James and Port Mac - Formidable North- West Passage Finally Forced Three, Fur -Trade Ships Win Through—Dangerous Beh- , ring Strait Voyage May ' Be Avoided London,—Three ships engaged iu of official advices telling or the over- throw of Backs Saltao, who sat him- self up as Icing after driving out Amanullah Khan and the latter's brother, Inayatuliah. The advices in- dicated that the usurper had escap- ed, although many of his® Followers were captured when the citadel at Kabul was taken by troops under Shah. Wall Khan, brother of Nadir. The new ruler was formerly forefga minister under King Amanullah, He had, however, quit Afghanistan and taken up his residence in the soutit of France where he was living when Amanullah was deposed. Amanullah gave up his throne to Inayatullah, but the latter held it less than a fortnight, giving way 'to Bache Sakao. Meanwhile Amanul- lah had retired to Kandahar and when he learned there that his brother had been deposed, re renounced his abdic- ation and again took the field. He was finally defeated and driven out or the country, being at present a rest - dent of Rome. Nadir Khan returned to Afghanistan soon after Amanullah had established headquarters at Kandahar. He was not, however, involved in the debacle of Amauullah's personal fortuues, 49 a aaaat Pherson. The :Bay of Chime left Vancouver last July and sailing through the dangerous Behring Strait reached Point Barrow on July 24 and Cambridge Bay ou South Victoria Is- land on August 29. Last year the sohooner Fort James under the continual of Capt, Bush Sailed from Montreal and having win- tered in the Ice began with the com- ing of spring a long fight to reach Icing William land, The vessel was joined there by the Fort Macpherson 'which cruises within the Arctic cir, ole as a supply ship for trading posts and exploration purposes. The Port Macpherson had sailed from Cam bridge Bay, the fcrthest point reach- ed by the Bay of Chime. In this, way, three vessels contrive to do what would have been' impos- sible for one `alone to accompllsh. During their winter, locked in the toe, those aboard the Pert James endur- ed great hardships and for of the time were actually prisoners in the frozen waters. It is thought that the successful at- tempt to force this passage may mean that skins will be brought to Britain more quickly than in the past. An official of the Hudson's Bay Company declared that it remains to be seen whether such a journey is a com- mercial proposition. Ti this proves to be the case, the dangerous voyage from Vancouver through Behring Strait will be avoided. Life Drama of Prime Minister Now Published. Hair Whitened With Strain of War Years, But Spirit Did Not Break p'ot'ty -live years ago a penniless lad "Do you go around in her car with her?" "Go round in it? Why, my dear, We so small you cau't move in your seat." British Capital for Canada London Financial Times: Lord Queenborough has recently visited Canada in order to survey the oppor- tunities offered for the investment of British capital, and is obviously deep- ly impressed by the possibilities of the Dominion. It used to be said that "trade follows the flag," but a more modern axiom is that "trade follows investment" Due regard must, of course, be had to the Iending capacity or this country, but with this proviso —and Lord Queenborough is of opin- ion that there is now available mere British capital than before—there is much to be said in favor of a bigger flow of funds from Great Britain to Canada. This would help to establish closer commercial and economic re- lationship between the two countries. The average woman would rather that men looked round at her than up to her. came to a".ondon to take up work than heavy figlftLtg machine is the now turned ¢,at t4 be a ;mare's nest, walk- td -ten. Tante In c s eIs tew ad tiie'streets on the rerge'•of starve- Ito armament, Th to and nl design. n teen, and was grateful, to earn 24 .rew New WW -Ton Tank Great Man Killer New Land lronclads Are Last Word in Engineering DANGER TO CREW Supply of Gasoline Has Prov- ed Menace in Past ,Loudon.—Tile .finest model oC a shillings addressing envelopes, Now ea Prime Minister he has had aa historic meeting with President Hoover, When.11e returns he will be made a Freeman of the, City or Lon- dou. Mr. 12. Hessell'l'iitman, in his book, ivat published, "dances Ramsay Mao - Donald, Labor's Mau of Destiny" (Jarrolds), does not stand those as- tonishing contrasts, but they are im- plicit in every page or the study of "Derhaps 1115 most remarkable career of our generation." Mr. Ilessell Tiltman, dealing with Mr, MacDouald's wartime attitude, says:—"Only Mr. MacDonald Gould, reveal the true story of what it cost him to speak the truth, as he saw it, during the years of cataclysm. It is improbable that he will ever do so. "One who was close to him through- out the ivar period has told me that from the first to last he never heard Mr, MacDonald pass one single com- ment upon the campaign of hatred which had turned him into an Ishmael and eveu led to threats agaiuet those who dared to give him shelter. Since the war he has often gone a hundred miles out of his way to visit friends who stood by him during the years in the shadow. "The years in exile aged him. His hair whitened with the strain, -but his spirit did not break. Without ex- pressing any view on the opinions which he held, I believe that when the historian of the future sits down to assess his career and, to tell his story, in it will be found a tribute to the dauntless eotuage revealed during those dark years of adversity, without which lie could not have reached the daylight on the other side." Rules and Exceptions ! Loudon Morning Post; The sacred doctrine of self-determination, which is to be scrupulously respected in In- dia,.in Egypt and in Iraq, ie to be re. nudiated as far as Palestine is con- cerned, and the Arabs of ,Palestine, whose claims are based on that doc- trine, are to be overborne by British troops -horse, foot and artillery. It is impossible to escape from the irony of that situation—e. Socialist Govern- ment pledged above all to pacifism and self-determination,' employing the armed forces of tile Orown to subdue a native population to acquiescence In an alien ascendancy. The Egyptian Treaty London Times; It is significant that while some coptic leaders support the Treaty, the majority or the Wafdiet members of that astute and influential Minority are known to have criticized it severely on the ground that it does not give enough—and Perhaps be- cause in the matter of minorities it glues too much. But, whatever the canoe, the attlttide of the Wald does not encourage ' the belief that the Treaty will be steered safely and 0580/111 irate port, If, to pursue the metaphor, it must anchor in the swell outside Alexandria til such time as the Wafdists decide what new concert - Slone they should claim, the prospect is no more satisfactory. People do not mind being fooled, says a writer. It is being felted out that makes them wild. , power it le incomparably the best ar- mored weapon of its kind lu.exis- tence. It might be described as the direct oifsprlog of the Taulc which ama tonished the Dominion' Premiers and officers who were privileged to see the demonstration' at Camborei, three years ago, when there was shown the evolution of the Tank and other ma- chines and the progress made in the application of science to war. That secret Tank weighed 20 torts. In: design it had the appearance of a Destroyer and it was field to be the last word in engineering skill. The military auttiorities at that time were disinclined to disclose to the world its peculiar characteristics, but one can now say that it carried four re- volving turrets for machine-guns and one central revolving turret for the 3 -pounder gun and the command- ed, It was regarded, however, as too heavy, while the expense Involved in manufacturing a number was held to be prohibitive. The new 16,ton machine is a hand- ier weapon, and in its interior con struction improvements have been made designed to remove dangers from which the Drew are not free where the Vickers (Medium) Tank 1$ concerned. The essential .differ- ence between the newly -designed Tank and those now in use isthat the compartment for the patrol sup. ply (the Medium Tanks carry 80 gallons of spirit) is "bulkheaded" from the fighting compartment and is separated from the engine. Igniting Petrol The danger of having the petrol supply in the same compartment as the personnel was disastrously exem- plified in the later stages or the war. Ton Tanks were taking part in au advance in the early part of August, 1918, Instead or a crew of eight, each Tank on that occasion Contain,. ed 18 of our owu men and fear Cana diens. The German shells released the petrol in these armored chests and the imprisoned mon were burned to death. It was only a matter of a few minutes. Many or the French Tanks and personnel suffered similar. disasters. Oats and hay were the food sup - Plies carried for the mativs power in the old Army. To -day it is a highly imftammabie product. If an emergency should arise which called for the employment of Tattle, these death-traps would have to be used. The Vickers' Tank has taught us all we know about mobile warfare. It is iu most respects a good machine. But it does not possess all the qual- ities necessary in a good fighting ma- chine, Its cross-country perfor- mance is good, but not quite, good en- ough. Its engine performance in negotiating slopes must be improved. But, above all, .it is imperative that the over -present danger (In war) to the personnel should be removed. Members or the crew ought not to be resting against a large supply or highly explosive spirit. In the Light Tank, too, the petrol container is virtually a back rest for the driver, while he is of necessity sitting immediately In front 02 his engine. In the recent exercises a leakage 01 petrol became ignited. In this small machin the men are not cased in armor, so that their escape from danger is effected more easily. The now 16 -ton vessel is the prod, uct of practical experience. It re- moves rho petrol danger from the crews. This alonewould justify the authorities in substituting it for the present machine, With its slight- ly increased coating or armor, a more powerful armament, greater en- gine power, and animproved gradi- ent climbing peformance, the Tank Corps Would be equipped with a mar chine embracing all the qualities es- sential Loa land "ironclad." SixxMiie Speed . Per Minute Is Record for Man Schneider . Trophy Races in England Indicate That New Mark Will be Touched Six chiles 4. minute! That+s the faste01 man has traveled to data, ?lute the 43011 is not yet, fol' the rapidity with which plane speed records were Made and broken .at the reeenb 'Schneider trophy ranee, la I7nglante nage "The Pathfinder," promises that Man will and can go still factor, le will probably bo a long time before he is able to keep up with the streexer, line cephenemyia fly --which science credits with setting tate merry pace of 815 miles' an hour! --but aeronau tins le surely giving au airy laugh to things people once called "fast Speedla the air seems alined un- limited, The only difficulty is to build" oraf able to stand the terrific pace and not "burn up" under wind resistance and motor otrtiin,. It remains to be seen who long the record set by Squadron Leader A. He Orlebar of the. British Schneider Teo. pliy team will stand, Though Orlebar is officially credited with 357 miles an hour ever the 218 -mile course, at one point he did a fraction better than 508 miles an hour. He made this astounding speed in his second run of the coarse, ,on ,'"day sisal¢ng hot for England 'and when visih;lity was poor. Yet his subsequent efforts failed to better it, Orlebar used one of the Rolls-Royce 2.6 seaplanes especially designed for the British team by R. J, Mitchell, who s them capable of doing 375 miles an hour, It was in a machine of this type that Plying Officer N. 11. D. Waghorn, a bridegroom of two months and the only benediet on the British team captured the 1929 Schneider Trophy for England by set- ting etting an average speed for the course of 328 miles an hour. However, this year 'the -United States 'did not complete, owing to failure of Nava,' Lieutenant Alford J. Williams to get his special Packard- motored seaplane off the water iu the trials at Annapolis, Md. Had America, won the race the coveted trophy would have become ourr permanent posses,. sion, since the United States has won it twice, Prance also failed'to, quality an entry, and Italy's air aces, who had a run of bad luck in which one of their number was killed, entered only as a "sporting gesture" But the air isn't the only element io which speed records are being broken. The German steamship Bre- men recently set w new teans•Atlanti'o speed record. Captain Malcolm Campbell, British war ace, went 214 and a 'fraction miles an hour 1n'a twelve -cylinder automobile at DaS'i tons Beach. The dirigible Grat Zeppelin lowered the glebe -girdling record to twenty-one days and seven and one-half hours, and the Pennsyl- vania Railroad has cut down -its xait time from New York to Chicago to exactly twenty hours. Gar Wood's , speedboat can do• eighty miles an hour and a railroad train on a- straightaway has been known to go 112 miles an Your. When a prominent railroad official was acct- dentally killed it: a fart from his, horse in New York several years ago his wife made the sun Prem Los Angeles to ChIeago—more than 2,200, miles—in a special train in a 'little more than forty-nine hours, which is a record. Frank Hussey, runner, did the equivalent to 025 miles a minute— but only inute—but.only for 100 yards. A race horse is nearly. twice me fest. However, science lists one or two wird animals supposedly capable of "running a mile a minute. Delving into deeper things: Sound travels through the air at a rate of twelve and one-half mites per minute as compared with 750,000 miles a minute for the alpha particles. broadcast by radium. High-speed electrons travel more than 10,000,000 tulles a minute and light has a speed of 11,160,000 miles a minute. I7vea se, it takes the light of some distant stars thousands el years to reach one another. Gabby Gertte "A modern flapper has to keep her wits about her—she has nothing else to protect her from the cold," THEM PAST No matter if you have been abused, denounced, and criticized by your re. latives and friends—forget the past. Don't hold on to the bad things, the lunfortunate things, the disagreeable things, that have pained you, any more, They tether your ambition and strangle your efforts. Take with you into your future only such things as will help You in your race 'for your goal. Don't drag along over the threshold of the old year a lot of ex- cess baggage that will fatally em- barrass you. Where Sartorial Frills Go Hand and Fiend With Big Job ,ora :z"�•+n _._._.__..- •�.•----- Limited Geography St. John Eveuing News: Some of the Boy Scouts who have just return- ed from the jamboree tell a good story illustrating the lack oC knowledge of Newfoundland which too generally Prevail in the old land. During their visit to London. Sunday intervened, and, lilte good Scouts, they wont to church. The clergyman who pleaded, In expressing his pleasure at the pro- seace of members oC the Newfound- land troop at the service, and, bidding them welcome, regretted that he knew very little of the country. ' hie had, 'however, a dear friend living there whose name he would not give, but whose address was South Street, Halifax. Needless to say, the t400uts couldn't resist a smite at his expenee, Truly hes' geography is limited. HONESTY Aster all the most natural beauty In the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty ie Barth. True features make the beauty of a face; and true proportions the beauty of architoo- CANAbA'S MIN1.4TOR TO JAPAN HAS. INITIAL AUDIENCE WITH EMPEROR tuts; as' true measures that of liar - Hon, }Torbert Marler, Canadars flat minister to Japan, had his inLtlaL official audience with Iris Imperial irony and music, In poetry, which Is Majesty Emperor Htr0 Hilo, roeonCY, in titre Imperial Palace, just outside Tokio, 112r. Marler is third from lett all fable, truth still ie the rerfoctlod. La officials Showa here }to recently bid farewe t to Hon; Mr. Tolatgawa on the latter's departure for Canada. 1—Shaftesbury. v Training for Settlers London Daily Telegraph: Arrange- ments have been made with the con- currence of the Canadian Government for training 3,000 men during the au- tumn and winter in elementary agri- cultural work with a view to'thoir tak- ing up . such work in Canada. The men are to bo trained in thiscountry, and the Canadian authorities provide an assurance that they will be found work, Hitherto the three training , centres have devoted themselves sole ly to unemployed men. It's an i11 wind that blows nobody good, and ,the in- sistence nsistence of the problem of uneinploy- 'tneut-in recent years has at least brought about the provision .of this hind of training. It is only too clear that useful glnigrants must be trained., The greater their familiarity with ag- ricultural life the better. The ma- chinery created for the benefit of the unemployd 15 now to be used for the general good, Under the new scheme employed and unemployed men aro given, training on equal terms. The progress of the salient with its wider scope will be watched with filtered. OOMPROMi21= A bad Compromise Is better than a good lawsuit,