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DECEMBER II, 1919 ^m As an indication of the same old ethics prevailing in Hun diplomatic quarters and methods a telegram from Bucharest to the Paris Journal is instructive. From this it appears that Roumanian troops have captured a large aeroplane which Had to land at Hotin, in Bessarabia, owing to engine trouble. The crew of the machine consisted of two German officers and three mechanics, who had with them 360,000,000 roubles for the Bolshevik troops in Ukraine, a printing machine to print bank-notes, and several thousands of jewels of all kinds. The aeroplane, it is stated, had been making a regular service between Germany and the Bolsheviks, and that the documents found on the machine leave no doubt as to the insincerity of Germany towards the Entente. Incidentally it's not a bad. tribute to the. usefulness of aeroplanes under emergency, even if the occasion happen to be an illicit one. A RATHER round-about way of securing an aerial " souvenir " is disclosed in the Yorkshire Observer. A letter, our contem porary states, which went across the Atlantic in H.M. Airship R 34, the first lighter-than-air craft to cross from England to America, has just been delivered to Alderman R. Jackson (Deputy-Mayor of Todmorden). The letter was sent as a souvenir by a Todmorden officer in the Royal Air Force, with instructions for it to be posted in 'America. For some reason or other the letter was dropped in Nova Scotia on July 5, and after being sent to different parts of the country, it was forwarded to England on November 12. A charge of 3<f. was made on delivery to Alderman Jackson. And cheap at the price, we should think. But what was the original idea to be sought for anyway. We fancy there must be a missing link somewhere. MANY stories of the ex-Kaiser's personal dread of air-raids have been current both during the War and subsequently. But none of these approach the reality, if the tales as told by M. Domelier in a book " Au G.Q.G. Allemand," just published (Paris, La Renaissance du Livre), are to be accepted as literally as the text sets out. In all things William appa rently was fastidious almost to foppishness, although he lived very simply, most of his idiosyncrasies being begotten of his colossal vanity. " Everything with him," M. Domelier writes, " was for show. He knew of Napoleon's simplicity in the field, and himself slept on a camp bedstead lacquered white, but instead of erecting it in a tent, placed it in a '.V.V 5QBSS? ,;::•..;::::;. ''v£:':';Y:'-V.V *V*.**V'";«.*"*t' • • • • «^:* !!;•:•"/£':";• ••*%v«v*,t*W* !?!$•:&$ .' •*••.*•*•* t * "• *! »!••?•*;»•;•*. >:*::x*j ifil ' * ?N* *!•'" *•* \'m w$&$ •v*-v£.*«"«»ii* • •••t*.""#;r; '.'•••j ;* :l\\ '•^\\\*y*'l*;i &•$&§ •*-?v£v/t*:- ^\%*0£v.Y.*.:**. \\' .";;'St&:. |;:«X^v[\V-V £vi;:'-::*ii-:'* "/Aviv*."." •"£**'. '•::•: *•*'• '.•**•*• Wgg^g ^i;.2?;:*-:*:;-•••••£?••••;• 'r*»"^*""VV*"' '?**•*•*•••"•*• !•*!**„** t "•£ •*»*•'•"• J ""•*••*.* "»X; •*.•]>• •••,*. X/iV-v.v'vr*^ :: ;&///:?/.' 'A,*V.*.V-V.\V &:&&«* 5&X&& um ;lW.v>#:-j Qi-WM-Si iV**.\,v.:??.'v'* wW&i • MOST ANNOYING!—III. When you drop your pipe in the middle of a loop! 1593
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