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WELCOME HOME TO SIR DOUGLAS HAIG.
THE KING'S GREETING.
THE HONGKONG · DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 15TH. 1919.
STEREOSCOPE IN AIR
PHOTOGRAPHY.
PICTURES IN HIGH RELIEF.
One of the best guarded secrets of the war in the air has been the extraordin
Upon his arrival at Dover Field Mar ba! Sir Douglas Haig, was presentedily successful use made of the stereo- with a civic address, in reply to which be made his first speech in Englund since the war started, He said:
THE ELECTRICAL BASIS OF MODERN SOCIAL PROGRESS. HOW EXISTENCE MAY BE TRANS- FORMED,
(BY SI OLIVER LODGE.]
It may not be generally recognised as a fact of Nature, but the production, necessarily one of the most vital interests distribution, and utilization of power is
of wankind in the material sphere of things. Our sole physical activity is the novement of matter. By that single activity we construct our houans and
SIR D. HAIG AND THE PRESS. TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE
WAR CORRESPONDENTS. In bidding farewell at Cologne to the war correspondents, Sir Douglas Haig said:-
"I wish to thank you all for the great sacrifices which you have rendered dur
played untiring energy and contempt of ing this great war, indeed, the greatest in history. I know that you have dis danger in following the troops all their offensivo uctions, and I know that you have done your utmost to give ac curate and complete information to the
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scope as an aid to qurial intelligence by the British Royal Air Force. Every on in familiar with the optical device by For myself and the distinguished by side through a pair of lenses, with the which two photographs are viewed side Generals who accompany me on tay se
result that the objects represented are tare from France, I thank you Juose see to stand out in striking retiof. heartily for the welcome you have given Early in the war, when specially con- as in the man of Doyer. We appreciate structed cameras were firet being used for w the full the warmth and sincerity fortifications from the air, it occurred furnituro, our ships and locomotives, our public of the great journals which you
of photographing, the enemy's trenches and have been called upon to play in the your generulls references to the part we events of the past four years.
BOL We know that your greeting is more than verely personal, and springs from a pro- found realisation of the historic great mess of the occasion, and of all that it symbolises for the future of our We know that in your welcome you ex press the feelings of gratitude and ad- iration which all Great Britain entor baits for the wonderful men whose on equallid courage and endurance through nore than four years of struggle have brought us at length by victory to peace. (Cheers) You offer 10 us so-day foretaste of the booming which will
soon, 1
hope, be theirs.
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two photographs were taken in the air, separated only by an interval of a few seconds, the movement of the airplane in the meantime would sufficiently altor the perspective to produce a successful storco- Acopic picture.
An opportunity for testing this idea existed in the salient at Ypres, where the stark ruins of Cloth Hall, and other buildings in the old Belgian town, tower ed naked toward the sky, casting, long, spire-like shadows upon the ground.
The early experiments were only partly successful. Many technical difficulties hnd to be overcome. It was found that a longer interval of time between the The rearning in pance to this most
the exposures was required than at first English of all English towns, first, by
seemed necessary, and some other pro immemorial right, of English ports, as
blems por of the Eastern Gate of England; But after patient research some stereo- connected with the very low density of aerial negatives demanded solution. guardian of the Narrow Sean, the sight of the cliffs of Dover and the great castlescopic air photographs of the finest crowning them with our Empire's Bag, quality were produced. world-wide emblem of the freedom for which we have fought, floating over all this more than inspiring spectacle in repays us for all that we have been privileged to do in the discharge of our
country.
to our
war.
Officers and men of the Royal Air Force in all the photographic training stations in Great Britain were set to work to specialize in the rapid production of serial stereoscopic pictures, and for Weonthe every photographer sent
the war zone was fully trained in this branch of work.
Only those who have been privileged to examine specimens of stereoscopis photo graphy can realize how valuable Instrument of intelligence this. develop, ment of technical resourcefulness placed in British hands. Owing to the high relief in which objects are seen it was found possible to estimate to a few inches the height of barricades and entangle ments, the depth of trenches and dugouts, and in other ways to anticipate the character of the difficulties to be over. come by the infantry and tanks.
realise, too, that Daver her known the meaning
The oldest of the Cinque Ports has worthily sustained her reputation. The doings of the Dover Patrol so all-important to the mainten ance of the British Armies in France constitute 21 record of which the town, with all its great historin associations, may well be proud. Again I thank you for
I the unstinted cordiality with which we have been received by you and by the town's people of Dover. (Cheers.)
On behalf of the county of Kent, Lord Harris presented an address, in acknow. ledging which Sir Douglas paid a tribute to the deeds of the men of Kent on tho battlefield
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"I an arranging for a chain of aerial stations all over the world for mail and Passenger services,"
Baid Mr. Holt Thomas, chairman of Aircraft Travel and Transport, Limited, a short time ago. There would be atations in France, Italy, Norway, India, South Africs, China, and Japan.
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we also depend on this ono faculty for the cultivation of land, for the prodao tion of food and fuel, and in general for providing the forces of Nature with the conditions under which they can operate in the direction required by the noods and comforts of
of mankind. Human muscles in the first instance wore called upon for the preparatory, stimulating, and essentially co-operative work whereby the forces of Nature when properly understood could be controlled, harnessed, and directed in accordance with human wishes. supplemented by innumerable engines, of tric engines, are the chief. which two classes, heat engines and elec- civilized the country the greater is the The more proportion which mechanical power bears to merely mechanical human fabour; and the higher accordingly can be the re muneration or wages por head.
Muscles are now
HUMAN AND MECHANICAL LABOUR. Human muscles are woll adapted for artistic work and for displaying or de monstrating ideas, but they are not the right means for propelling machinery nor for shifting or raising loads. skilled labour should
Up superseded as we rise in the scale.
gradually be For irksome and monotonous tasks we can utilise wind and water power which otherwise would be running to waste; wo can draw upon the store of energy in soal and oil fields; we can employ the past or present radiation of the sun.
Our chief source of motive power at present is combustion, utilized by the aid of the steam engine or by internally fred engines: and the power thus gonerated can be transmitted to considerable dis- tances by means of electricity, Or, if intense heat is the ultimate object, chemi. cal energy is transmissible over fairly considerable distances in form, in which form it can be burat just the gaseoua as and where and when it is wanted. Thorough control is always essential to economy.
than you, gentlemen, have done. of the British Press from the beginning of the struggle have carried out your work with complete success.
Your des palelios have helped to give hope and courage to our families at home, and to enlighten the public as to the magnitude of Great Britain's effort in the great cause of freedom.
The Allied Press representatives have cemented the bonds of union between our Allios and ourselves by spreading the truth in their respective countries, and by representing our efforts in their trus perspective.
tory, your fallen comrade, M. Berge "At this moment of triumphant vic Busset, is in my thoughts.
"The correspondents of the United States have, by their accounts of the steady devotion and courage of the Bri better attitude in America towards the tish soldier, tended bring about a British. They have had a large share in producing the matual esteen which now existe between the two countries. I have to thank, also, those representatives of the neutral Press who left the security of their homes and who, out of love of justice and fair play, have borne testi- mony to what they have seen on the Bri- tish front.
the relations of the Army and the Press Gentlemen, in no previous war bave been so entirely satisfactory. Perhaps that is one reason why we are here at this moment in the history of the world. I hope that henceforth your efforts may tend towards eternal peace and universal goodwill, and to the still closer auion of the peoples represented by the noble sol diers whose deeds in those battlefields you have so ably chronicled."
ideal in many respects, but they were: human, and permitted individual
and some kind of family life.
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aeroplanes. drew up alongside the platform, the Duke of Connaught and the Prime Mini- tor provveded to the Pulisan car is which were Sir Douglas Haig and his Army Commanders and Headquarters Staff Immediately Sir Douglas alight ed, the guard saluted, and the band played the march from Seipio." Duke of Connaught and the Prime Minis ter shook the Field-Marshal very cordial ly by the hand, the former assuring him, in the name of the King and Queen, how
The first passenger service would be from London to Paris. Our plans at heartily they welcomed him back to the present provide," Mr. Holt Thomas ex metropolis after his strenuous time on the other side of the Channel. The Com
plained, for passengers to assemble attomed, but which manders, who followed, were similarly
the Ritz Hotel, and cars will convey them health and lessens their vigor. greeted, Cheers mingled with the music,
to the aerodrome we decide to use. The In Elizabethan and the pleasure of the gallant officers Sight should occupy less than two and a of English history the towns were not and other great periods at the cordiality of the reception was
half hours, and cars will convey the big and the atmosphere was clear. This apparent Then, ne the Field Marshal passengers from the French aerodrome to fact should be realized when reading proceeded to the band played
the Ritz Hotel, Paris. the guard of honour, inspect
history.
True, the less said about the Bee, the Conquering
we shall use the D. drainage system of car anoestors the bat Hero Comes After the inspection, Sir Havilland 10, a two-engine machine which we have learnt a great deal about Doughs and his companions joined the was designed for carrying large loads of sanitation since then, und we have up- large group of distinguished visitors. and greetings were exchanged all round quickly adapted to take five or aix pas.
bombs over Germany, but which can be plied much of our knowledge-but
still turn the excrement of our furnaces we There was neither restraint nur formality sengera. The machine which will be used
into the common atmosphere, and thereby in the reception; it was a welcome in the later will bave a cabin which will hold foul our lungs in a way which is both true British fashion. The greetings having from 10 to 12 people. It will be heated and extravagant as well as un come to an end, the Duke of Connaught led Sir Douglas Huig and the Army Com and ventilated, so that the ordinary draw, manders to the Royal carriages which disappear.
backs of a war machine will completely were waiting to convey then to Bucking- ham Palace.
DIRTY AND WASTEFUL. Hitherto our methods of utilizing na- tural power have been dirty and waste- | ful.
Why is distributed power, whether We have been content to dig up chemical or electrical, so handy! coal in enormous quantities, transfer it
cause electric power and gascous to a diatanoc on lines of rail, cart it to lend themselves to regulation by the turn fuel its destination, and there burn it crudelying of a tap-"perfect control" and and ignorantly and incompletely, so as
**oconumy are almost to be troubled not only with dusty nah terms-and when all the other improve but with the more volatile products of enta which we owe to the nineteenth con- incomplete combustion let loose into the fury are incorporated with this great atmosphere. The result has been that overdue improvement, surely human life now live under a perpetual pall of thin pressed, and discouraging the great majority of the English race will begin to emerge from that duil, de muke; to which, indeed, they get acous
condition which now characterises so much of it. undermines their May it not be this which is at the root of a deal of the labour discontent?
good who return from the varied and adventur Indeed, it is doubtful if those workers ous, though dangerous, life at the front will be content to immerse themselves in the old unamended factory routino.
This was the moment when the Field Marshal approached the fringe of the vast crowd who were eagerly waiting to soc him. He was looking remarkably well, but a little embarrassed by the tremendous cheer that arose as he walked down the platform. From the windows
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At the start
"At 15 guineas a passenger we expect to lose at first, but we look to the mail contracts to make the scheme a successful proposition."
A FULL HEART,”
The return of Sir Douglas Haig to his
healthy.
HOW TO USE COAL. What is the remedy? First to deal with coal as what it is, a great admix ture of valuable bydrocarbons, many of which are far to good to be merely burnt: these can be separated out and employed for chemical and agricultural purposes, so that only the refuse gas and coke shall be left for burning. And these residual products can then be barnt completely travel freely, nor can they be conveyed Next we must realise that solids do not and cleanly. That is the first step. so easily as gases and liquide; these can
PUBLIC CONTROL
light and power economically and con- It may seem a small thing to have heat veniently laid on to every dwelling and reality. small factory, but it is a big thing in The difference between living in clean healthy sir, through which the sun's rays can penetrate not only the heat raya, but the health-giving, bronz ing, disease destroying rays for which we go to the seaside-this alone will have an elevating effect on the spirits of adults children. and sa untold effect on the health of
For children havo not had ings; they die in large numbers, and time to get acclimatised to evil surround- through their death the population is re stricted in the saddest and most wasteful
manner.
MORE LIFE.
air, healthy surroundings, are its essen
Life, more Life, is what we must nim at; not mere existence, but Lite. Clean tial conditions. Hours of monotonous
of energy. Was in mufti, neompanied by Lady
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in the station, roofs of offices and rail-home at Kingston-on-Thames was marked way carriages there was waving of hand- by n demonstration which lacked nothing kerchiefs and hats, and this was the be- in enthusiasm from its spontaneity. It ginning of the unstinted public demon- had been announced that, by the expre-distance; while as for the travelling pow
be much more readily transmitted to a toil must be reduced, leisure for higher stration that followed the travellers when wish of Lady Haig, there would be no they went out into the crowded streets to public festivities organised, but the resi
er of oleosricity, it is so extraordinary truncated system of education it drive to Buckingham Palace.
work must be gained; and with an un- dents of Kingston were too proud of as to have become proverbial It is hoped that widespread happiness will their own Field-Marshal to
Coal itself should not be sent on jour. become fall and intercating ouco more.
result
The depopulated country may Within the forecourt of Buckingham occasion to pass unnoticed Aft the literally as quick as lightnin
dark Palace a fow privileged spectators wore
ass had fallen there was a hastily-or-neys; it should be dealt with chemically. Given the easy distribution of light and gathered. Among them was the sons of anised torch-light procession to his re- in suitable retorte, at or near its source, power, there is no need for people to the King of the Heding, who was received scene, and prominent in the throng were now to gas engineers, Gas can be trans exorbitant rents for the privilege of aidence on the hill. It was a picturesque in a way which is becoming well-known crowd into alose-packed dens and pay by the Ring a few days ago, and was apcoinlly invited by his Majesty to wit-tory, pen and women alike emphasising population for the production there of rather than concentration of the people the workers from a local aeroplane facmitted through pipos to centres of living near their work. Distribution news the arrival of Sir Douglas Haig and their joy by appearing in fancy dress. etaily his comrades. The carriages were driven Mingled with these and the dull-garbeding on town areas for the erection of It may be urged--on the score of on-
manageable heat, without encroach can begin. to the Grand Entrance in the Quad but cheering civilians, were groups of unsightly Corporation gas works. Eleopens and limitation of material-that a rengle, and immediately after the travel- lars had alighted and passed within the blue.
khaki-clad soldiers and man in hospital-tricity can likewise be generated and die conductor bestor than copper is desirable; Palace they were most cordially received
tributed for purposes of convenient and perhaps ultimately such a conductor may and greeted by the King and Queen, with Haig, and unbounded enthusiast when
There were loud calls for Sir Douglas healthy power and light. whom were Princess Mary, Prince Albert, the crowd saw the Field Marshal, who tributing system economically, overlap an electric current with hardly any loss be necessary. Wall, who can say that it will not be forthcoming! If a metal is nod Prince George.
To carry out the generating and dis kept sufficiently cold it will transmit Luncheon was served in the Stato din-Haig, come out of the house and walk ping of many conflicting interests must ing-room at one fong table. of antiquo silver plate was used
A perfect conductor is not A service down the garden path, and through the be avoided; honce it must be done on a physically impossible.
large scale. To this end the unit of local the large scale as yet; yes, The gates into the road. When the ahcoring
Impractical an table was floralis dreorated with chry; and subsided, Sir Dougins, who stood overnment must be a large one.
But whon Ranthemums. The blooms were of red hare headed, said :—
Devolution of much central business to receive it with avidity, give it. our beat
acianos and copper-colour shades, and were well
gives us a hint like that we should .net off by old gold foliage.
"I want to thank you for the welcome large provinces has often been advocated, attention, and look out for some way of The King occupied the central seat at you have given me, and it is very good Botting from the central. Parliament for utilising the fact in praction. one side of the long table, while the ing me you honour our brave fellows who doubtedly come into existence adoner or of you to turn out to-night. In honour dignifiet provincial Secates will un- Commonwealth or Imperial ends. Such
not yet see how. Queen was scaled itamediately opposite have been aghting. (Cheers). I have not to
THE STATE AND BUIKNGE. to his Majesty. General Bir H. Plumer boon talking during the Inst four and a later, and the argonoy of the need for sible have turned out fannible enough in No, but many things thought impos Fat on one side of the King, and the Hon. Lady Hair on the other. The Queen had you will not expect a speech from move
half years (laughter) and I am sure hasten this reform. The conditions of doourage lavishly, first, pure science, effective power distribution will probably the long run. If only the State would Sir Douglas Haig and the Prime Minis. to-night. I want to thank you who have average human existence hitherto have secondly, the applications of science, cor tor on her right and left.
The gatents been working to give us aeroplanos. numbered just under fifty.
We really not been reputable, considering the porate life both in town and country There were no speeches or ceremonial You have done your bit, and more than try has adopted a well-thought-out plan distributed, with splendid organisation, know the long hours you have tolind. it wore effectively used. When the counlready message and correspondence are
amount of knowledge now available if might be revolutionised in a
generation After the luncheon the your bit, to win the war, of any kind. Royal host and hostess and their guests welcomed all day. I started from Dover
- boon for the scientific use of fuel, instead of by legraph and posk wont to the Biuo Drawing-room and the and I never know there were so many inzing limps on to a fire, everyone wifi. thereby already bocoma comparatively uni Distance bas Bow-room where coffee was served, and people in Dover.
the present crudely barbarque method n where their Majesties mingled freely with on the journey up thors were women and not adopted long ago
At every of ose rond be amazed, rather chagrined, that it was the quests, na nime tid the various other children to cheer me, and the reception that half the need for crowding prople opening of men's minds to large pos members of the Royal family, and engaged I got in London made my heart full, and
It seems likely sible by the way-made possible by the Among the reconstrucions made pos them in private conversation,
all, bome industrion to modified form that potential light host and power and During now I have this here to-night...
in Factories will then disappear With sibilities of utilising the sirendy made ear power, that can be switched on and discoverim of science lep us for to it Christinas,"
workers living by the side of a stream available, and let us uiilide the travel Sheffield cutiory, was produced by small wherever the raw fun readily may perhaps raviva. In the old days gurated in the most monxados fashion The conditions of home labour ware not ling power of electricity to the htmost.
(Continued al futt of neat columii.) London Observar.
I have
the luncheon the band of the Irish Guards only say that I wish you all a very nierry played selections.
On leaving the Palaco Bir Douglas and the Hon. Lady Haig went to their home of this speech, and the crowd sang. "For More cheering followed the conclusion at Kingston-on-Thames to spend Christ-he's a jolly good follow following this
as quietly.
with three cheers for Bir Dougins, and (Continued at foot of next column.) three more for Lady Isiy,
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