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Zurich Herald, 1929-10-31, Page 7ISM -- British R-101 Found 1 Women Reopen 4. "Ver r Satisfactory" Bermuda Fight To Gain Ballot -Difference of Oppi.nion Still Marks'. the Views Held of Britain's Big Dirigible ENGINES O.K, Cwdington, Eng. -Taking advan- tage of perfect flying Weather, the Hamilton, Bermuda. -- .With the British dirigible 8-101 made a 300- opening of the winter sossion of the Mile' trial, •flight over southeastern Colonial Parliament the most intport- Eugland. Major G. H. Scott, British an item in the agenda will be another aeronautic expert who commanded attempt of the women of Bermuda to the .R-101, said the flight had ,been obtain a grant giving then the right "very satisfactory." to vote. The Woman's Suffrage So - "The whole handling of this big ciety has made several attempts to :airship proved nntch, easier than_ we gain its point in the legislature but hoped,", 'lie said. "Tire noise a the of no avail, Even though the women •engines was very slight in the -pas'- of'bighted have won the ballot it will senger cars, it Was very comfortable probably' be many years before Ber- t!ndeed. We passed' over Buckingham inuda wotnett are given this right. .Palace, 'Westminster, then over the The Colonial Parliament is the most city and straight back hone. The independent organization In the Bri- sitij Handled very well and answee- ed her controls with the greatest ease.. We went easy at first and worked up to something over, 50 miles an hour, We will have the speed trial's later." One uov.el feature of the cruise was a paracltate drill, corresponding roughly to lifeboat drill aboard an ocean liner, This was held at an altitude of 2000 Peat: 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 58 riles per . hour—more than the top .speed of the R -33 --although the new ship is twice as large as the old one and nor any opposition in Parliament. The at present develops 1500 horsepower Control . of Island Parliament by.Eight Families Held Bar to Enfranchisement With Only 1,300 in 35,000 Voters ttsh dominions, Bermuda is .not a Sky Scrapers Will Soon Folia, If Lanil Values i PROOF OF PROSPERITY IN NORTHWESTERN TOWN This branch batik attests to fact there is plenty of prosperity at Tice Pas, western terminal of Hudson Bay railway and mining headquarters for northern Manitoba. Crown colony, and outside of the ap- pointment from England of a Gover- nor, Afghanistan' c�gat>tic r>t' 'Again Formidable . North - nor a Chief Justice a Receiver Gen - eras and a Chief of Police all the local Changes Kings West Passage Finally Forced officers are 'appointed by the local Parliament In the Parliament ' are thirty-six members, elected every five .Firmer Waterboy Driven from years. Eight families on the island .Kabul When Citadel Cap- • 'Have representatives in the Parlia- tared Amanullah the Three Fur -Trade Ships Win Reformer is Residin in ly control Bermuda, its fihances, int- g ring Strait Voyage May Mr. MacDonald pass one single com- Life Drama of . Prime Minister 1 Nov Published Hair Whitened With Strain of War Years, But Spirit Did Not Break Forty-five years ago a penniless lad came to London to tale up work that turned out to bo a mare's nest, walk' ed the Streets on the verge of starve - Lion, and. was grateful to earn a few shillings ,addressing envelopes. Now as Prime Minister he has had. an historic meeting with President Iloover. When he returns he will be made a Freeman Of the CRY of Lon- don. Mr, H. Hessen Tiltman, in his book, just published, "James Ramsay Mac- Donald, Labor's Man of Destiny" (Jarroids), does not stand those as- tonishing contrasts, but they are im- plicit in every page of the study of "perhaps the most remarkable career of our generation." Mr. Hessell Tiltman, dealing with Mr. MacDonald's war -time attitude, says:—"Only Mr. MacDonald could 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 war period has told me that meat. These eight families practical -- Through—Dangerous Beh- from the first to last he never heard ( New 16 Ton Tank Great Man Killer provements, schools and public utili- Rome After a Vain anent upon the campaign of hatred Attempt to Regain Be Avoided ties. They have managed Bermuda which had turned him into an Ishmael for ,300 years. Londtn.—Tltrce ships engaged in and even led to threats against those Hls Throne These are some of the reasons why who dared to give him shelter. Since wotnen suffrage has been rejected London— The charge cl Affaues oP the war he has often gone a hundred time and again.. There are no parties against the R -33's 1250. The differ- ence is said to be due in part to in- creasing aerodynamic efficiency of the fatter shapes of the new design, coupled with the reduce l air resist- ance owing to the passengers' quar- ters being inside the bull. It is nc w estimated that the R-101 will develop a maxiinurn speed of 80 to 85 m.p.h. when full engine power is 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 fated as a precaution to help the helmsman. This will mean a saving of half a' ton. It is probable that certain duplicate parts of other portions' of the airship's machinery will also be dispensed with. Nevertheless it is clear that the vessel has not yet shown signs of fulfilling the hopes c f those who bad expected her to make regular non- stop trips to Egypt or across the Atlantic. The weight. I:: the fuel car- ried on Aug. 14 was 12 tons, although seven tons .more could have been taken—making 19 in - all—if it bad not been decided to have an extra amount of water ballast, of which the ship had on board 16 tons, in- stead of the normal eight. But it is estimated -that the amount of fuel to be carried for a flight to Plgypt, after making proper allowance for adverse weather conditions, is 25' tons. Canada, Neighbor 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, members are nearly all old men and they distrust innovations. T1 ere" are about 35,000 inhabitants In Bermuda. Fully one half 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 but are not entitled to vote or have any voice in the affairs of tate colony. - Time bas changed manners and cus- toms in Bermuda, but not its laws, Marvels of Research 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 500,000 times 50 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 au electric eye. Saw and heard speech "take a rest" on the route from lip to ear. which is giving her a position of Talked into a telephone, walked to growing importance in world trade the other end and heard his own channels. Moreover, to a consider- able extent the Precincts of Canadian farms. and factories, as well as the incoming goods from distant ports, are handled in Canadian ships, for Canada bas a merchant marine of her own which, if not large, is modern and growing. Across the Pacific silk is brought in the white fleet of the Canadian Pacific, en r; ate, frequently, to Uni- ted States points via Vancouver, while westward, both Canadian and ly impressed by the possibilities of Japanese vessels are handling an in- the Dominion. It used to be said that creasing volume of wheat which is "trade follows the Rag," but a more becoming a staple food in Japan. modern axiom is that "trade follows Likewise, from Vancouver, and to a investment," Due regard must, of small extent from its rival to the course, be had to the lending capacity north, Prince Rupert, vessels move of this country, but with this proviso srtual rd bound for the Panama —arid Lord Queenborough is of opiu- Canal en route to European destine- ion that there is now available more Botts. British capital than before --there is The Atlantic trade is better known, much to be said in favor of a bigger butTits rapid growth and its expels- flow of funds from Great Britain to cion into new fields is less generally Canada. This would help to establish recognized, .A Sleet of new vessels closer contnteecial and economic re- equipppd for the West Indies trade lationship between the two countries. Chas just been completed by the Cana- dian National Railways. From n,score c 1 ports throughoft 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 members of that astute and influential rubber from Brazil, maize from the minority are known to have criticized Argentine, aitcl . bauxite (1;r use iu it severely on the ground that it does melting aitiininum) from sereash not give enough --and perhaps be - Guiana,, while eft route southward) cause in the matter of minorities it manufactured goods compose the bulk gives too Much. But, whatever the of the traffic. cause, the attitude of the 'Wald does This development is obviously but not encourage • the belief that the a fore -runner of an even greater meas- Treaty Will be steered safely and are of prosperity its ' the future, a speedily into port. If, to pursue the prosperity in which the 'United metaphor, it must anchor in the swell States- will share, for Canada;is not otstside Alexandria til such tante as only a good neighbor but the Uni- the Wafdists decide what new coffees- ted States' best oustoitier,—Christian sions they should claim, the prospect Science Monitor, is no more satisfactory. a People do not mired being fooled, A pedestrian is a person who.has 4 Ivlfe, three„ daughters, and a motor- says a writer, It is being found out Caro I that Makes thein wird. the fur trade and owned by the Hud - son's Bay Company Afghanistan in London recently re. them forced the dreaded Northwest caved official notice that. Nadih Khan had been "unanimously elected" King j Massage according to news reaching of the mountainous Asiatic country. I the Hudson's Bay Company's offices here. The ships are the Bay of This notice came hard en the steels ; Chime, Fort James and Fort Mac - et official advices telling of the over- phcrsc n. The Bay of Chirac left throw of Backs Sakao, who sat um -I Vancouver last July and sailing self up as king 'after driving out thr 1 t 1 g B 1 g Strait which he held, I believe that when the Amanullah Khan and the latter's reached Point Barrow on July 24 and brother, Inayatullai The deices in words four seconds later. I-Ieard the music continue after a phonograph: record had stopped play- ing. 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 Ottg I t to can et ons•c u m historian of the future sits clown to t. tea Cambridge Bay on South Victoria Is. assess his career attd to tell his story, clicated that the usurper hail escap• land on August 29, in it will be found a tribute to the ed, although many of his followers Last year the schooner Fort James •dauntless courage revealed during were captured when the citadel at under the command of Capt. Bush those dark years of adversity, without Kabul was taken byro troops antler I sailed from Montreal and having win- which he could not have reached the Shah Wall Khan, wasforrm l Nadir. , tered in the ice began with the tom- daylight on the other side.". The new miler formerly foreign , ing of spring a long fight to reach 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 - minister under King Amanullah. He l had, however, quit Afghanistan and taken up bis residence in the south 01 France where he was living when Amanullah was deposed. Amanullah gave np 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 depcsed,.re renounced his abdic- ation and again took the field. He seas finally defeated and driven out of the country, being at present a resi- dent of Rome. Nadir Khan returned to Afghanistan soon after Amanullah bad established headquarters at Kandahar: He, was not, however, involved in the debacle of Amanullah's personal fortunes. The Egyptian Treaty London Times: It significant that while some coptic leaders support the Treaty, the majority of the Wafdist King William land. The vessel was I joined there by the Fort Macpherson 1 which cruises within the Arctic cars t chi) as a supply ship for trading posts land exploration purposes. The Port ' Macpherson had sailed from Cane- hridge Bay, tbe farthest point reach- ed by the Bay of Chimo. Itt t wa his three vessels contrive Y, to do what would have been impos- sible for one alone to accomplish. During their winter, locked in the ice, those aboard the Fart James endur- ed great hardships and for of the time were actually prisoners in the trozen 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. If this proves to be the case, the dangerous voyage from Vancouver through Behring Strait will be avoided. se Rubes and Exceptions London Morning Post: The sacred doctrine of self-determination, which is to be scrupulously respected in In- dia, in Egypt and in Iraq, is to be re- pudiated as far ' as Palestine is con- cerned, oncerned, 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 -a Socialist Govern- ment-- pledged above all to pacifism and self-determination, employing the armed forces of the Crown to subdue a native population to acquiescence in an alien ascendancy. "Do you go around in her car with her?" . "Go .:round in it? Why, ntY WS so small you can't move in seat." degr your The average woman would rather that men looked round at her, than up to her. New Land Ironclads Are Last. Word in. Engineering DANGER TO CREW • Supply of Gasoline Has Prov- • ed Menace in Past London. --The finest model of a heavy fighting machine is the new 16 -ton 'Tank. In its general design, its armament, mobility anti Climbing' power it is incomparably 'the best ar- mored weapon of its kind La exts• Once. It aright be described as the • direct offspring of the Tank which' as: tr nlshed the Dominion Premiers and officers who were privileged to see the demonstration at Camherel., three years ago, when there was shown the evolution of the Tank and other ma- chines and the progress made its the application of science to war. That secret Tank weighed 20 tons. In design it had the appearance of a Destroyer and it was held to be the last word in engineering skill. The military authorities 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 crew are not free where the Vickers (Medium) Tank is concerned. The essential differ- ence between the newly -designed Tank and those now in use is that 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 Ti:e danger of having the petrel supply in the same compartment as the personnel was disastrously exem - plified in the later stages of the war. Ten Tanks were taking part in an advance in the early part of August, 1918. Instead. of a crew of eight, each Tank on that occasion contain- ed 1S of our own men and fear Cana- dians. The German shells released tbe petrol in these armored chests and the imprisoned men were burned to death. It was only a matter of a few minutes. Many of the French Tanks and personnel suffered similar disasters. Oats and hay were the food sup. plies carried for the motive power in the old Army. To -day it is a highly imfiammable product. If an emergency should arise which called for the employment of Tanks, these death-traps would have to be used. The Vickers Tank has taught us all we know about mobile warfare. It is in most respects a grod 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 ever-present danger (in war) to the personnel should be removed. Members of the crew ought not to he resting against a large supply of highly explosive spirit. In tbe Light Tank, t; o, the petrol container is virtually a back rest for the driver, while he is of necessity sitting immediately in front of his engine. In the recent exercises a leakage of 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 new 16 -ton vessel *is the prod, uct c f practical experience. It re- moves the petrol danger from the crews. This alone would justify the authorities in substituting it for the present machine. With its slight- ly increased coating of armor, a more powerful armament, greater en gine power, and an improved gradi- ent climbing peformance, the Tank Corps would be equipped with a ma. chine embracing all the qualities es - Gabby Gertle "A modern flapper has to -keep her wits about her—she has nothing else to protect her from the cold." THE 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 unfortunate 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 a: 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 Hand With Big Job intiNliatitlVigil=janir4=S eesseve is t,.. t' u:®�iss sentia] to a land "ironclad. ,. Limited Geography St. John Evening News: Some of the Boy Scouts who have just return- ed from the jamboree tell a good story illustrating the lack of knowledge of Newfoundland which too generally prevail in the old land. During their visit to London Sunday intervened, and, like good Scouts, they went to church. The clergyman who presided, in expressing his pleasure at the pre- sence of members of the Newfound- land troop at the service, and, bidding them' welcome, regretted that he knew very little of the country. He had, however, a dear friend living there whose name he would not give, but whose address was South Street Halifax. Needless to say,. the Scout, couldn't resist a smile at his expense Truly his geography is limited. HONESTY After all the most natural beauty ist the world Is honesty and moral truth, For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of a face; and true proportions the beauty of architee CANADA'S MINISTER TO JAPAN HAS INITIAL AUDIENCE WITH EMPERORLure; as true measures that of hale Hon.Hon.Herbert Marler, Canada'a..flrst 1r:blister to Japan, lead . his initial official audience with His Imperial ninny and music, In poetry, which is Majesty aj y 1 Fay tenor Hiro Hito, recently, in the Itnperfa. •Palace, just outside Tokio, Mr. Marler is third front left all fable, truth still Is the perfection. itt ofiftcfals sliowit here. He reeentlk bid farewell to. Hon, Mr. Tokugawa on the latter's departure for Canada.---Sha!tesbury,