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1920
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MAY 13, 1920 JULY 10. Lest we forget. ; . . - JULY 10. The day when Germany may resume buildingaircraft without let or hindrance. JULY 10. The day upon which Germany starts once againpreparing for " Der Tag "—this time in the Air. JULY 10. M. Andre Michelin, president of the FrenchAero Club, one of the most far-seeing students of affairs of the Air, foretells the immediate re-setting to work of the100,000 workmen in the 180 German factories devoted to aircraft production. JULY 10. What about it ? JULY 10. Lest our Authorities forget. WHEN the Government in 1916 commandeered De Keyser'sHotel for the use of the Air Service, and it transpired that the annexation was to be a Dora-By-Grace ramp, FLIGHT pro-tested against such a violation of the rights of citizens by bureaucratic confiscation, without compensation. Sincethen, from time to time the same protest has been repeated, as it was but anything in keeping with the times that suchan obvious injustice should be saddled on to His Majesty King George by the grabbing bureaucrats, under the cloak of" the Royal Prerogative." It is therefore intensely gratifying that another of FLIGHT'S contentions has been now so amplyjustified in the unequivocal judgment of the House of Lords against the claims, " in the King's name," of Bureaucracy.Moreover, not only has it now been affirmed by the highest legal authorities that no such confiscatory rights now existeither in the name of the King or otherwise, but Lord Moulton specifically in his judgment goes out of his way to point out that " whatever might be the view of the Royal Prerogative,there had grown up a national sentiment that any burden which was borne for the good of the Nation should be_dis-tributed over the whole Nation." Which smacks uncommonly of sound British Justice, andmust be a very wry bolus for the great official grabbers to swallow. • i . ' • No wonder the Attorney - General wanted last week tohurry up the passing into law of the Indemnity Bill, which would have automatically wiped out every citizen's rightwhatsoever to compensation for any injustice which may have been illegally perpetrated. We're not sure, even now, thatwhen this whitewashing Act is made law, it will be found all personal rights will have been overridden by its clauses.But this Lords judgment must all the same give the legal enactors of the Bill " to think furiously." -, MEXICO City being cut off by the rebel forces, it is hardlysurprising to learn that under the existing circumstances of turmoil in Mexico, President Carranza had in reserve anaeroplane ready at the psychological moment to take him to the port of Vera Cruz, although this is hard to fit into thehappenings and capture of the President since. AERIAL photography as a serious factor of the future isno dream. Its value in many directions is coming more and more to be recognised. In connection with a ParliamentaryBill it has recently played quite a helpful part. In the Com- mittee-room the Corporation of Edinburgh, in evidenceput forward in support of its claim for the absorption of Leith a photograph of the area, taken for the purposeby an airman. The bird's-eye view was used as a proof of the fact that the Scottish capital and its seaport neighbour King Albert of Belgium and his Queen arrive at Farnborough from Brussels by air, to attend the weddingof Lady Cynthia Curzon : The Royal Couple, accompanied by General Lord Rawlinson and Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Salmond, are seen just leaving the Farnborough Aerodrome for Aldershot 531
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