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PARIS VISIT.
[So much for the legend, foster- ed by the Prime Minister him- self, that Britain is not inter ested in the Governments of her neighbours.
on
Nothing is more certain than Mr.
Chamberlain's dependence the Daladier set-up to enable him to carry through his policy of appeasement. Daladier stares gloomily at the ruins of the French European system of security, shattered at Munich. He contemplates the approach of social conflict in France.
The financial decrees forced upon his Government by the critical economic position of France, increased taxation and the end- ing of the 40-Hour Week, are causing serious unrest, only slightly modified by the clear declaration against cession of French, colonial territory to Germany.
What Mr. Chamberlain's individ- *ual aim in seeking the meeting, Mr. Chamberlain alone knows. Complications have not been few since the visit was arrang- ed. The Jewish pogrom itself has rendered more difficult the Premier's hope of an under- standing with Germany satis factory to British public opin-
The attention of Washington as well as Berlin and Rome will be concentrated on
ion. Paris this week, in consequence of the visit of Mr. Neville Chamber lain and Lord Halifax.
The Prime Minister has been extremely careful to stress that the visit is-principally in the nature of a social function, so often stressed it in fact that those who are not satisfied with this explanation are more than ever convinced that the presence of Mrs. Chamberlain and Lady Halifax is that the Rome-Berlin axis partners may be lulled into non-suspi- cion.
It is fairly certain, however, from the programme published that Mrs. Chamberlain and Lady Halifax will be entertained in public salons while their hug- bands talk political turkey be- hind closed doors.
Carefully concealed under the official announcement of the visit was the fact that the French Premier's invitation was prompted from London. Mr. Chamberlain set the ball rolling, began the great new peace game by inducing Dalad- ier to invite him over the Chan- nel.
Many are the reasons why the grim, lonely French Premier grabbed at the chance.
Daladier Must Stay
First, the French Government has been tottering since M.
·Daladier finally broke with the Left, moved towards the Right.
Second, Mr. Chamberlain is de- termined to keep M. Daladier in power.
There is indeed a possibility that the whole trend of the conver- sations will be changed from the line entertained by Mr. Chamberlain in the beginning. Sign of American readiness to give stronger support to the democratic front is changing the political outlook in many spheres.
How Far Is Down?
Fundamentally the newly devel- oped absolute altimeter" is so simple the average ground-lov- ing citizen is likely to ask, "Why didn't somebody think of it before?”'
At sea-modern navigators make use of the fathometer which records height of a ship above the ocean floor, automatically
translating into
fathoms of
depth the time it takes a sound impulse to travel from ship to ocean bed and return. The new terrain clearance in- dicator for planes works sim- ilarly except that ultra-high frequency radio waves are sub- stituted for inadequate sound
waves.
These waves are so short they are almost light, hence meet with no competition from static no matter how bad the weather. Furthermore, travel- ing with the speed of light it is the ground immediately beneath a pilot that they liter ally "feel" out.
And other type of messenger sent earthward, if it returned at all, could not possibly travel fast enough to do more than tell the pilot what kind of ter- rain he passed over several miles back.
Any alternative French Govern-
ment, whether of the Right or But the speed of the radio mes-
Left, would almost certainly spoil the Premier's Christmas peace goose, and his forthcom- ing General Election chances. For
the present Parliamentary session will almost certainly be the last of the present British Government.
senger was one reason why the new device was not built be- fore. It required all the preci sion modern physics could mus- ter to translate time in the form of ultra-tiny fractions of a second into feet above the ground.