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JUNE 5, 1919 IJikL^gd HEN. ";•_ ^dKPSiMMMy? i isra^ '*;r-?. " Flight" Copyright. Commander Read and his crew enjoying some light refreshments at Hendon after their arrival there on Sunday opinion which influences enormously the working classes, and we are very anxious to preserve in this country a greater measure of free speech, even unbridled speech, than exists in any other European country, and we are prepared to run some risks. I don't say we could go on indefinitely on that line. Although the great majority of the nation are perfectly indifferent, indeed unconscious of such incitements, the day may come when a local or partial disturbance may lead to serious loss of life, and in that case I trust that the instigators of the crime will take their places alongside those whom they have misled. The improvement in our affairs has been so lasting and continuous, judged by every test, that we can afford to view coolly these undoubted at tempts to stir up strife. I have called attention to the kind of mischief-making that is going on, and I ask the House to support the Government in putting up with it for a further period." AND quite good as far as it goes, but to take no action what ever decidedly spells weakness, and for the sake of the real working man, the sooner drastic steps to crush this form of Bolshevism are taken the better for the solving of the re settlement of industry problem which is so agitating the minds of those who are anxiously watching recent developments. THAT indefatigable explorer and voyager Mr. Frank Hedges Butler, of Aero Club foundation fame, who after tripping round from London to Gibraltar, thence through the various wine districts of Spain, Portugal and France, arrived in Cologne recently, " hopped " back last week by aeroplane from the German cathedral city to England in about two and a half hours by way of a wind-up to his circular tour. And when we struck him at the Club the next day he was as cheery as ever, perhaps a bit younger than usual, and brimming over with sparkle, to rival the best of.those vast stocks of the " Boy " which still remain concealed in his wonderful range of Regent Street cellars. F.H.B. is, indeed, the incarnation of bright optimism. THE accuracy of the information distributed from the other side of the Atlantic by newspaper correspondents recently makes one wonder where they picked up their remarkable ideas on matters pertaining to aviation 1 Possibly the first-class Press men didn't relish the idea of waiting for months in so dull a place as St. John's to see something which might never happen, so others had to be sent. Anyway, what is to be said of a man who cables to an expectant public over here this sort of sentence : " Lieut. J. Porte is expected here daily in connection with the start of the Handley-Page seaplane " ? First of all, Col. Porte is not a lieutenant. Secondly, he is not expected there. Thirdly, he has nothing to do with Handley-Page machines. And fourthly, and lastly, as the Army chaplain says, the Handley-Page is not a seaplane. Otherwise the information is quite correct and most interesting. Can you beat it ? H B H E THE TERMS OF PEACE FOR AUSTRIA As will be seen from the following extracts from the official summary of the Peace terms presented to Austria, they are similar, as regards aerial matters, to those presented to Germany :— PART V.—Air Clauses The Air clauses provide that the armed forces of Austria must not include any military or naval air forces. The entire personnel of the air forces in Austria is to be demobilised within two months. The aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers are to enjoy full liberty of passage and landing over and in Austrain territory until January 1, 1923, unless prior to that date Austria is admitted to the League of Nations or is permitted to adhere to the International Air Convention. The manufacture of aircraft and parts of aircraft is forbidden for six months. All military and naval aircraft (including dirigible and aeronautical material) are to be delivered to the Allied and Associated Governments within three months. H a Knighthood for Mr. Charles Bright IT was announced in the Colonial Office List in the Birthday Honours on Tuesday that the King had been pleased to approve of the honour of Knight Bachelor being conferred on Mr. Charles Bright, F.R.S.E., M.I.C.E. It will be recalled that Mr. Bright was one of the most active members of the R.F.C. Enquiry Committee. R.A.S. Honours Sir Oliver Lodge WITH the approval of the Duke of Connaught, President of the Royal Society of Arts, the Council have awarded the society's Albert Medal for 1919 to Sir Oliver Lodge, "in recognition of his work as the pioneer of wireless telegraphy." The medal was instituted in 1864 to reward " dis tinguished service in promoting arts, manufactures, and commerce." The presentation will be made by the Duke of Connaught at Clarence House on Friday. General General articles provide for the modification of Austrian laws in conformity with the preceding clauses. Austria agrees not to accredit or send any military, naval or air mission to any foreign country, nor to allow Austrian nationals to enlist in the army, navy, or air service of any foreign Power. PART XI.—Aerial Navigation Aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers shall have full liberty of passage and landing over and in Austrian territory, equal treatment with Austrian planes as to use of Austrian airdromes, and with most-favoured-nation planes as to internal commercial traffic in Austria. Austria agrees to accept Allied certificates of nationality, airworthiness, or competency and licences, and to apply the convention relative to Aerial Navigation concluded between the Allied and Associated Powers to her own aircraft over her own territory. These rules apply until 1923, unless Austria has since been admitted to the League of Nations or to the above Convention. a a Air Work in Afghanistan IF the appeal for peace of the Amir of Afghanistan is sincere, it would appear to have been due largely to the effective work of the R.A.F. Throughout the operations the R.A.F. has carried out valuable reconnaissance work and many strategic points have been heavily bombed several times, notably Jelalabad and Kabul, where, after bombs had been dropped on the powder factory, a large explosion was observed. A French Height Record AT Issy on May 28, Lieut. Cazale, one of the leading French aces, made an attack on the height record. On a Nieuport biplane, with 300 h.p. Hispano-Suiza engine, he went up to 9,300 metres (30,690 ft.) in 41 minutes, and descended in 29 minutes. The machine was of the " series 29 " type, of 9.7 metres span and a lifting surface of 27 square metres. The trial was officially observed. 747
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