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1920
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JULY 1/1920 rag ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mi«ii^ FRSMTBEFQUR WITHOUT judging between the adoption of the system of a chain of " All-Red " wireless stations, as recommended by the Imperial Wireless Telegraphy Committee, in their report just issued, and the advisability of giving over to the Marconi Co. or any other body the establishing of such a ring round the world, we welcome the suggestion that Imperial communication by wireless should be firmly founded. Every wireless station created in the world cannot fail to help forward the. cause of aircraft. The two great sciences are linked together in their development. . ..•• " ONE great weakness is in long-range aircraft, withoutwhich it is impossible to strike at the Nationalist centres of resistance in Inner Anatolia. The French here are betterprovided. Our air force is now exclusively composed of seaplanes, which have done admirable work at Ismid, butwhich have only a limited radius of action." IN these significant words The Times correspondent at Constantinople, under date June 25, comments upon the work of the British forces in the action which it has been found necessary for the Allies to take to enforce respect for the carrying out of the Treaty obligations by Turkey. ON the other hand, it seems a little superfluous to have "aeroplanes scouting in every direction," aa reported from Dublin, in connection with the military search in County Cork for the kidnapped Brigadier-General Lucas. The missing General is hardly likely to be so prominently on view as to justify activity to the extent stated, and it is not very surprising to learn from the same report that "up to this evening no trace had been found of the captured officer." It would appear as if the disposition of our available " air forces " were somewhat misplaced. IN October, 1915, an " item " in connection with a Zeppelin raid was published stating that: " One elderly gentleman, who was in the ground-floor rooms when the bombs exploded, and who was knocked over by the force of the explosion, picked himself up and made his way up the broken staircase to his bedroom on the floor above, and immediately went to bed, in spite of the fact that the glass of the windows and the shutters behind them in his bedroom had been shattered by the force of this explosion. "THE elderly gentleman "* was Mr. Thomas MaxwellWitham, the last of the conveyancers under the Bar, and the senior student of Gray's Inn not called to the Bar, whosedeath is announced this week. This acknowledgment can, now there is no necessity for secrecy to be maintained, bemade. Mr. Witham was a real and accomplished sportsman, and his behaviour upon this trying occasion was quite inkeeping with the philosophical methods for which he was so well known. SPORT is synonymous with progress in flying. Last week end extra air expresses were in great demand between London and Paris for the Grand Prix. No less than sixteen 'buses were necessary to deal with the accommodation demanded. Captain Shcpperson was especially distinguished. He accom- plished a triple cross-Channel journey for the occasion. After piloting an aeroplane to Paris at 9.45, he returned to Croydon and started on his second trip at 5 p.m., arriving in Paris exactly 1 hour 20 minutes later. Twelve passengers left the London terminal aerodrome on Sunday morning, and after seeing Comrade's triumph returned to Croydon by air express, arriving between 7.30 and 8 p.m. The total distance covered in these two days was more than 5,000 miles. So Mary and Douglas when departing from these shores did not after all resort to the only possible method left them for getting about without that publicity which they so strenuously loathe and try to avoid. They announced their intention of travelling to Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway and Paris all by way of the air, as naturally nobody could then possibly know they had left London. But, apparently, they changed their programme at the last minute, as they took their departure most prosaically on Monday evening from Liverpool Street by the 8.30 express for Holland. Londoners can now therefore return to their normal occupa- tions once more. - By' HSiidl€i .Page aeroplane X :eklt! * "*< A CHINESE AIR MAIL ENVELOPE : Advices just received from Peking report the inauguration of a permanent Aerial Mail Service in connection with the Chinese Post Office. The aeroplane adopted for this purpose is of the Handley Page type, and on its first journey fifteen passengers were *-• carried, in addition to the mails, between Peking and Tientsin. Among the former were His Majesty's y' Minister at Peking, the Hon. Mr. Beilby Aston, accompanied by members of the British Legation, General Ching and Mr. Wei, who is looked upon as. the keenest Chinese aviator. The aeroplane was piloted by Capt. Mackenzie. For the first time in the history of the Chinese Post Office, letters posted at 5 p.m. in Tientsin reached Peking in time for de- livery at -8 p.m. the same day. Stamp collectors will learn with interest that the Chinese Post Office adopted a special post- mark for the stamps on mail packets carried on the inaugura- tion of the service. The mark in question, which is seen in our photograph, will not be used again 691
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