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2 * ink Uoriawa LALLY T [IMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1929 < & Proms as BLL. a CONTROL OF SEA DEPENDS ONUSEOF AIRPLANE FLEET Planes Must Be Carried on Ships of the Navy (By Rear Admiral W. A. Moffatt) (Chicf of the Burcau of Aeronautics of the U.S. Navy Department) Future control of the sea, upon which the protection of our merchant ships depends, will be assured only if we can carry great fleets of airplanes to .sea on the backs of our fleets, Life cannot now be sustained in the vast arcas of the sea upon air- Plaies alone, The outcome of the ole flight and of various other trans-Atlahtic ventures has given us compelling object lessons which we dare not ignore, If the time ever comes when con- trol of the sea can be better exer- cised 'by vessels of the air only, you may be assured that the United States navy will be the first to put wings on its vessels and abandon the surface. But until we have produced far more cffizient airplanes than we now have any right to expect we must relate all air activities to the surface ships. The navy recognizes the enormous potential threat to ships that exists in thé 'operation of air craft, but careful studies have forced us to re- cognize that if we are to have air- craft 'operations in distant areas the only way we can have them there is to carry the airplanes on the backs of the ships of the fleet, Back of the problem of devclop- ing. efficient airplanes: to use at sea has been the far more important job of developing the service facilities on the surface. Only those who have visited some of our acres of smooth landing space, and perhaps as many) as 50 or 100 planes operating from .such-a field at once, can realize. the magnitude of the mnavy's biggest problem. We: had the job of condensing all of the flying activities of such afield into a space less than' 900 feet long and 100 feet wide, the size of our modern ships. Furthermore, we had to provide means for the "flying field" to move on the surface of the ocean at a speed of 35 or 40 miles an hour, and be able to cruise on the open seas for weeks on end with- out contact with shore. That is the problem which we suc- cessfully solved in 'the development, after years of experimental research, of the Lexington and Saratoga. These aircraft carriers, along with devices for launching airplanes from our regular battleships and cruisers, have shown the way to most efficient use of airplanes in our national naval defense, : AUSTRALIA DAY WAS OBSERVED IN NEW YORK CITY New York, N.Y. Feb. 13--""Aus- tralia Day," January 26, was cele- brated by the small Australian col- ony in New York in much the same manner as in the homeland, Dinners and speeches were part of the pro- gramme and the development of the southern British Dominion was re- viewed from that momentous day in 1786 when the British Government despatched Cepiain Arthur Phillip in charge of a fleet of sailing vessels to explore the Eastern Coast of the territory discovered by Captain Cook in 1768-1770, This territory was, of course, the land that was subse- quently called Australia, but at that time it was not known that it was an island as large in area as the United States of America. At earlier periods the Dutch had touched the West Coast when storms drove their ships out of the regular route from Holland to Java. These early Dutch navigators did not know they: had seen the coast line of an island con- tinent; they assumed the land sighted by them to be small islands lying to the south of the Malay Archi- pelago. Captain Phillips, in the records of his expedition, stated: "I had the satisfaction of finding the finest har- bor iin the world in which a thousand sail of the ling may ride in the most perfect security.' The harbor was Port Jackson on which Sydney stands--now a city of over 1,000,000 inhabitants, The British flag was unfurled at Sydney Cove on the 26th of January, 1788, and on that date Captain Phillip took formal posses- sion of the land where he had de- cided to plant his new scttlement, It was Matthew Flinders who se- lected the name Australia. He was writing his "voyage to Terra Aus- tralia," while held a prisoner by the French in Mauritius, from 1803-1810, and it occurred to him that "Aus- tralia" would be a good serviceable name. He did not coin the word. De Brossees, in his "Histoire des Navi- gations aux Terres Australis" (Paris 1756), had used the word "Austral. asia" as a name for a division of the globe, and the historian Dalrymole (London 1770) suggested "Aus- tralia" as a name for the region cast of South America. However, it is not probable that Matthew Plinders had ever seen these publications. An Australian 'historian, Professor Er- nest Scott, 'has remarked that "Flinder's choice has been abundant- ly justified, and there is some satis- faction in remembering that the name borne by Australia was given to her by one of the most intrepid and skillful of her marine exploters, and one who was in the full sense a man of science." Prior to the year "1900 the con- tinent of Australia comprised six colonies of Great Britain. In 1897-8 delegates from the several colonies met in conference and drafted a bill having for its objective a federation. Jn July 1900 the Royal assént was given to the Act establishing the [Government and Parliament of the Commontvealth of Australia. EXPERTS GET OFF 70 A GOOD START Elect Young as Reparations Chairman and Decide on' Two Meetings Daily Paris, Feb. 13. -- The new com- away to a businesslike start. It elegted Owen DD. Yeung of the. United States as chairman, de- cided (to hold two 'meetings daily hereafter and sent a telegram to Gen.» Charles G. Dawes hoping that ft would be "able to accomp- lish 'gomething as useful as did the Dawq@committee," The task of the new body is to finish work started five years ago through formulation of a plan for final reparation payments by Ger- many to her former enemies of the World War. This plan; it is ex- pected, will include a new total for Germany to pay and perhaps a new determination of the number of years over Which the instalments are to be sprehd. Although the delegaies were not supposed to talk about what trans- pired at the méeting, it was learn- ed that the word "debts" was not mentioned in the exchange of views that tharked the day's session, there seemed to be a complete under- standing among the experts that the discussion was not to be broad- ened to such an extent that it would involve the ability of France and other debtor nations to reimburse Great Britain and the United States if the' German reparations totals were reduced. One of the first decisions of the comgission was to do away with over possible formality so as to expedite business, The experts in- tend 'to finish their work before Ari 1 RAILWAY MOVES FROM TOWN SQ THE ' TOWN FOLLOWS IT Edmonton," ATtd., Feb. 13.=~Ross Wardell of this city has carried out the unique and amiiitious contract of moving an entire iown a distance of more than five in les, across vir- gin country in less than 2 months. "- This wholesale moving day be- came necessary to the citizens of] Waterhole, Alberta, when the rail- way in their area was extended and they found the town was left five miles from the railway. Following a. conference of the town council it was decided 'to "pack up" the whole town and, move it over to the steel. As a re- sult of this decision, within two months M, Wardell had successful- ly moved all the bujldings of the town intact, including two hotels, and had deposited them safely in: their new location which is now known as town of Fairview. In ac- complishing this moving feat, the usual moving equipment, supple- mented by two very powerful trac- tors, was used by the contractor, GOLD ORNAMENTS ARE SCARCE U.S. GENERAL WORRIES Washington, D.C., Feb. 13.--A gearcity of gold braid, gold lace and embroidery and other gold orna- ments necessary for the newly au- thorized blue dress uniform for the army, is worrying Quartermaster General Cheatham. He may have to send to France for a supply as that country is ap- parently the only one able to sup- ply the new demand. As long as the olive drab uniform was worn exclusively there was little need for the gold ornaments in tnis country. ALSACE NAY o CURE | Siterminoble Debate' : French Chamber of Dep- i uties is Ended" Strasburg, ratte. Feb. 13. the moment the curtain has over the troubles of Alsace. In.the Chamber of Deputies the intermin- able debate---as the French papers are fond of calling it--ended in the sweeping adoption of tion expressing confidence. i patriotic attachment of the popula- tions of Alsace and .Lorrai France--one and indivisible, But now the long debate is over there is questioning in Alsace what the next move is to be. members from Alsace and Lorraine themselves split on the motion. Ten voted for it and six against it, and eight did not vote either way. The view taken by the eight, as they subsequently announced, was, they agreed with the sentiment ex- pressed in the amotion, they not support it because no program of reform was provided. As the Alsatian deputies disagre-' ed on the motion, so there is a div- ersity of opinion shown in the com- ments of the Alsatian press. Le Journal d"Alsace et de Lor- the debate raine does not think well taken. '""After having conferred for weeks at the bedside of a p burning with fever," de Mulhourse, "after having nosed hig case and stated his toms one by one, the doctors confident -of the patient's power to cure himself. Let us hope Nurse Poincare (the premier administer some serious remedies now that these gentlemen turned their backs. ASE say L'Express, in -- kor fallen news- a.mo- n the ne to as to The while could' three atient djag- symp- leave, that ) will lave Fo Ty let Ys make Wo Mistake in the medj= cine' bottle." "Phe comedy finishéd, the Chan= ber has confidence in Alsace." re- marks™La Republique. 2 But the paper asks, "Was not the question rather one of knowing whether Alsace can have confidence in the Chamber:of Deputies for the solution of difficulties arising from a false method of antediluvian' ad- ministration? Can Alsace hope now to be treated as she should be?" The Elsaescr comments that the «of the nine-day debate passed Ho calm dignity. "We fear the result will be lean, if not absolutely nega- tive," the paper remarks. The problem of Alsace is not likely to be easily settled. Lying between the Vosgers mountains and the Rhine the Alsatians have be- come almost a peopel apart, Stras- burg, the chief city of Alsace, is only a .three-cent car ride from the Rhine, with Germany lying ut the other end of -the bridge. The daily newspaper most widely cir- culated in: Alsace is printed in Ger- many. The Alsatians have develop- ed a German patois of their own, Under German rule the people had their own local Government and the introduction of the French sys- tem of centralized government caus- ed friction from the outset. The streets of Strasburg bear neat new name plates in both Ger- man and French, The street of Blue Cloud, for instance is both the '"Blaue Wolken Gasse" and "La Rue de la Uuee Blaue." "It is. only a question of time," remarked an- official of the French Government to the writer. "Under German rule they acquired the ha- bit of protest. There was no talk of autonomy in Alsace before 1870." Amid much that is German theyre are still memories of the older Al- sace that was part of France before the disastrous defeat of 1870. In the principal square of Strasburg, beneath a monument, lies the re- mains of an Alsatian who comman- | ded an army of the first empire. A | 4 fonctafoon: the bid "hotel inewhich | Rouget de Lisle gayé La Matseillés 'to'the arpifes' of $i0fithe Revoly Revolution. CLATHS $50,000, FOR BURNING FEET Modesty Prevents Girl. From Escaping~--Has Not Been . Able to Work ',.,, We soni LT ' Camden, N.J., Feb. 13. -- After setting a price on broken hearts, injured' feelings 'and other d¥ffi- cult damage suits, the law has been asked to decide how' much two par-bofled feet are worth to So+ phie Lewis, Miss Lewis' attorney filed suit for $50,000 in thé New Jersey su- preme: court agdinst a proprietor of an Atlantic City het bath ém- porium. The suit 'stdtes she se- cured -a private, room and started to take her bath. The hot water spigot would not close, the door was locked and she was unable to climb out of a window for. lack of clothes. When the water over: flowed, the plaintiff alléges, her feet became so scalded that she has been uhable to work since. 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