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1917 - 0894.PDF
AUGUST 30, 1917. mSMSFROMTi " THE HONOUR MARKET " is a very good title for thesubject of our leader a fortnight ago, when we entered our protest against the prostitution of " Honours " by their sale"for party—that is putrid politics party—purposes. Under this heading a correspondent of the Daily News has recentlyquoted an interesting and suggestive extract from a petition in the reign of James I against the sale of honours. Thepetitioners point out that the precedence given to baronets is a grievous insult to the order of knighthood, and the Kingis warned of the " inconveniencyes that will arise unto him " by reason of the new institution, one of these being thatgentlemen " of great livelihood and estimation will refraine his Majesties service in publique assemblies for the administra-tion of justice and otherwise, because they scorne to geve place unto manie of the barronets whom they account theirinteriors." " There will alwaies," it is insisted, "be dislike, envy, and hartburning betweene the gentry of the kingdome and the barronets Nothing is more commendablethan honor springing out of vertue and deserte ; but to purchase honor with money (as barronets have done) is atemporall symony a"nd dishonourable to the State." It were well His Majesty King George, in these days whenthere is so much genuine scope for the real thing, should see to the grounds upon which he is asked to confer distinctionupon recipients, unworthy and otherwise, lest these favours become more meaningless and carry with them the samecontempt as attaches to" the few millions of Iron Crosses jwhich have been distributed by the All Highest. Theymight get down almost to the level of the orthodox ^400 a year House of Commons party politicians' puppet.- WHAT possible sense of proportion can a man have whoinsists upon extinguishing street lamps, whose lights are already practically extinguished under Dora's blessed care,after an air raid has materialised ? _Evidently there must be some virulent microbe which instils this view into some folk,as not only did one Larkins, a fishmonger, of Wanstead, under these conditions put out a couple of lamps near hishouse recently, but he insisted it was the only thing to be done, offering to back his view by behaving in a similarmanner in the future up to a cost of ^500. On Saturday last the Stratford magistrate drew £2 on account of the £500. STOCKHOLM and Abo, Finland, are the latest places it isproposed to join up by means of a seaplane service for pas- sengers and mails. Capt. Dahlbeck.a Swedish pilot, is theenterprising promoter of this scheme. Under Capt. Dahl- beck's plans the service will be effected in a few hours. Underpresent everyday conditions the journey takes three days and three nights. FROM Friedrichshafen comes the news that the recentZeppelin airship raid on the British coast was a highly success- ful excursion, as it fulfilled all its objects " according toplan." It was but a voyage for observation purposes " to ascertain the strength and position of British naval forces,"so the latest story runs. All the same, it seems under the circumstances passing strange they should have been in suchan awful hurry to get back again, in view of their first an- nouncements, via German wireless, of the successful droppingof " large quantities of explosives " on Hull, Lincoln and the Humber, at East Grimsby and on British naval vessels. TheZeppelin crews certainly proved that our coast guards had one eye open anyway. COLONIALS, particularly Australians, Canadians and SouthAfricans, seem to take to the air like fish to the water. Already many of our very best flyers have come from over-seas, and bearing in mind the difference in life and the habits of most of our Colonial brethren, it is not so very surprisingthis should be so. A further effort to tap the great supply in this direction is in being under the direction of MajorA. N. Miller, D.S.O., R.F.C., who for the second time is carrying through a recruiting mission in S. Africa. As aresult of his last visit 400 recruits were obtained, and these young South Africans have shown such promise in aeronauticsthat a second visit to South Africa has been decided upon. Major Miller, who will be accompanied by Lieut. Bagshaw,R.F.C., of Port Elizabeth, will take with him two aeroplanes I A group of the double-engine 1 Gotha raiders, now familiarj:o'these shores,~drawn up at their"startin£-point. 894
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