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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929.
PREPARING FOR THE ECLIPSE.
TO MEASURE SUN'S CORONA.
TWO EXPEDITIONS BUSY,
Bangkok (U.P.).—With equipment in place, two scientific ex- peditions have already begun preliminary observations in anticipa tion of the total eclipse of the sun which will be visible in Southern- Siam on May 9:
One of these expeditions is. British and the other German, Each has companion expeditions at other points along the path of the shadow, which will march through Worth-west Sumatra, the Malay State of Kedah, South Blam, South Indo-China, and through Bollo and Cebu, in the Philippines." British and German Stations.
Local Construction Experts, For several weeks preparations Most of the structures necessary hays been under way at Kobe Blodi, to house the instruments were not Siam, where the German expedition begun until after the scientists had will observe, and at Pattani, where arrived. so that they could super the British expedition will be sta- vise erection precisely according to tioned. Before the arrival of the their requirements. Construction expeditions, the Siamese Govern experts, from local arms were on ment appointed a special committee hand to assist in the work, and the to make suitable preliminary ar- frm of B. Grimm & Co. provided rangements for the scientists.
the expedition with an electric plant Kobe Bhodi is a mere wayside for light and power. station in the jungle on the railway Another German expedition. from line between Bangkok and Singa- the Observatory of Potsdam will pore. There quarters have been abserve the eclipse in Sumatra for set up for the scientists, and ar- research on the "Einstein effect." rangements made for assistance in third, from the Observatory of Hamburg, will study the structure assembling the eight tons of equip-of the sun's corona in the Philip inent brought by the GermanĮ pises. savants. Quarters have also been One of the two British expeditions will observe in Pattani. Siam, some farranged for persons from various thirty kilometers from Kobe Bhodi, parts of Siam who have specified Pattani, on the Gulf of Siam. is in their intentions of witnessing the a tin-mining district. eclipse.
It is here that the eclipse will be
"HAMLET " AS NEWS STORY,
as Fortinbras explains what he will
THE ASHES OF CHOPIN.
do with the kingdom that has fallen
TEST FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS.
The American. Professor, of Eng lish Literature who is training future journalists on Hamlet has struck a rich vein. Young students who are bored by the usual means of mastering a Shakespeare play are fred with enthusiastn when they are told "a ghost has been seen on the castle at Elsinore. Get the story." To act like a news editor is, it seems, the guiding principle of this Professor, and in itself the change is enough to solve the old problem how to make the classics as attractive as the newspapers. But there is no need to stop at the news story.
to him; there is a first-rate coroner' TO BE REMOVED TO POLAND.
inquest to be imagined; and a
good hotter to the editor would be one from Polonias vindicating ther the ashes of Chopin which have Paris (U.P.) The question whe- the part he played. It is a tribatë
to the all-round adequacy of genius reposed in the ancient cometery of that Shakepeare should have so well | Pere-Lachaise..at Paris since, 1849 anticipated the kind of stories that would be news in the twentieth should be transferred to Poland is eratury. If the plots are a little agitating, the French Press onces hard to recapitulate in the head again. All Frenchmen are intense- lines, that is a small blemish. Norly proud of the fact that Chopin is it only the embryo journalists
was the son of a Frenchman and who can view the classics with a passed most of his life in France. new relish. The same plays can be
But the great composer's mother made to serve law, business and
was Polish and Chopin was born advertising. Shakespeare' charae in a tiny village close to Warsaw. ters constantly behave in an action-He able manner and their fueat libels provide much meat for young Jaw vers
The Merchant of Venice is rich in
W09 educated there And, asturally, was considered as 1 Polish citizen.
A proposal is being considered at the same time to erect a plaque on the wall of the house in the Place Vendome where Chopin died on De tober 17, 1849.
Demands By Patriots. From time to time Falish patriots. There are other uses for the business lessons, and helps to young
have demanded that the remains of Instead of the old essay on the the characters' personal sweds, a ghost in up-to-date journalism. salesmen for a sales talk based on
the illustrious musician be convey- character of Ophelia, the stud talk, for instance, calculated to
ed to the land of his birth, but all ent will be told to write an article nighted colour of
make Prince Hamlet cast his agitations have failed. Now, how- for Ophelia to sign on My un
and take plea-ever, an important and influential happy love story" or "Advice to
sure in something, if only in a car
French body, the Society Frederic young girls," and a full page one
or a wireless set. The gentleman Chopin, has taken up the affair for Queen Gertrude to sign in a
who has recently opened a bureau and is claiming that in justice to in Germany for reuniting the un- Sunday journal on Why I pre happily married
the memory of the dead composer ferred my first husband" or " Are divorces in the bud will set his
and nipping his ashes be conveyed to the village of his birth and there buried with song getting more unruly! There pupils exercises in giving advice to fitting honours.. will also be a wealth of training in Shakespearian characters, in analy the arts of headline and poster dissing their difficulties, and in pre- play for the pupil who is told to scribing these advertise a striking contribution to
virtues of trust a symposium on that urgent ques class Shakespeare's dramatis per
and forbearance with which as tion, To be or not be, by a Royal Prince, in an exclusive soliloquy.
sona are inadequately endowed. Hamlet is, moreover, rich in matter chological insight and the right Home preserving by means of pay: for editorial comment, whether the advice firmly given is, in Germany
A woman of twenty-eight, living student writes a leading article on
at Demmin, Pomerania, has for the at any rate, & calling of sufficient Act V, under the heading "Unfor importance to deserve a special
fourth time in succession given tunate Misunderstandings" or i edition of the plays no less than
birth anxious to write for the more journalism. The laborious Theo-eighteen children in all--ten boys to quadruplets. She has aggressive Socialist Press, when he balds and Warburtons and Malours and eight girls. will head his article "Serve them of the past, the conscientious pre- and sporting type, of pager, when he wild call it "A right royaled at the surface, and there are tions, have, it is clear, only scratch-
Lessons for Lawyers,
Armies of Shakespearian annotators still to come fitting the texts to the is avaluable training particular needs of the calling they in the art of writing an interview | teach.
Most of this work has been donewed by His Majesty the King of right," or for the more cheerful parers of texte for local examina-
Siam, who will come from his sea. by the Royal State Railways. Plans side palace at Hus. Hin on board have also been made for transporto the royal yacht. No special ar- tion of food and water for sight-rangements are necessary for the. seers and observers, since the dis live aboard the yacht.
royal visit. since His Majesty will
trict provides little which would be certain to please the uninitiated European palate..
The Royal State Railways are also ending down trained, cooks nad ser- vanta to cars for the visitors.
The leaders" of the Pattani ex- pedition, are Professor J. M. Strat- ton, of the Astrophysical Observa- tory, Cambridge, and Mr. P. J. Melotts, of the Royal Observatory. Greenwich.
Dr. John Jackson. The observation at the Kobe The companion expedition, in the Bhodi is on a little hil selected as Dr. John Jackson, of the Royal Ob Malay State of Kedah, will include the ideal observation spot by Mr.servatory, Greenwich, and Dr. J. A. H. Brouch, chief of the Meteorolo Carroll, of the Cambridge Astro- gical Bureau of the Royal Irriga physical Observatory. Mrs. Jack- tion Department. Mr. Brandli hason will assist with the photographic
work. acquired an enviable reputation as Dr. Aston of Cambridge. Dr. a weather expert in these regions of Royds and Dr. Baines from India, meteorological vagaries, and he ia Dr. Kitton Trom New Zealand, and falso an astronomer of high reputa- Mr. Horn, of Australia, will observe
tion.
with one or other of the two ex- peditions.
From Kell University.
The German expedition, which comes from the University of Keil, consists of Professor Dr. Kosen- berg, director of the observatory of the University of Kiel, leader of the party. Dr. B. Stobbe and Mr. E..Pape. They will be assisted during the actual observationa by a member of the local German com- munity.
The British expedition is divided thus, into two sections because the course of the central time of totality gives an almost, unique opportunity of establishing two observation camps, comparatively near, but separated by the centre line of mountains of the Malayan Penin sula Thus the two camps are affected meteorologically by different monsoons, and therefore there is
Preliminary arrangements for the expedition were made here by Dr. better chance of at least one Haus Koester, German Chargé camp obtaining good results, - ac- d'Affaires, and Dr. Wilhelm Cred carding to Col. J. Waley Cohen, ner, of the University of Kiel, who, organizing secretary of the expedi under the auspices of a German tions, who has been in Siam and scientific society, has been in Siam Kedah since February making ar for more than a year tramping rangements for the British parties. through jungle and over mountains Furthermore, if each camp obtains studying the relation of the geo- good observations, there will be the graphy and geology of the country i added advantage of checking the re- ! to the life of the people.
sulla,
The principal purpose of the The Kedah expedition will be Gertan eclipse expedition will be stationed near the town of Alor to make spectro-photometrical mea Star, and many residents of surement of the sun's.corona The Malaya, from as far South as equipment includes two big asto Singapore are expected to journey graphs, which have been placed on
there to view the spectacle. a solid ferro-concrete foundation.
The larger of the two instruments Although several Bangkok resid is equipped with three objectives cats will go to Pattani and Kobe of three metera focal distance each. Bhodi for the event, the long train For this, a special observation house trip of 30 hours is expected to pre- was brought out from Germany: vent. a general eclipse excursion. The second instrument is provided No weather predictions can be with four cameras and a spectro-made for these points since there igraph of high sensibility. There are are no definite dry and wet seasons also other instruments for the obser- these districts, and clouds may vation of solar radiation.
come up at any time.
EXPEDITIONS TO CENTRAL ASIA.
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DUTCH AND ITALIAN ORGANIZATIONS.
Scientific Expedition.
The Italian expedition organized by the Duke of Spoleto will be leaving Srinagar for Central Asia about the same time as that of Mr. Visser, but the latter will be visit ing different territory in Central Mr. Philip C. Visser, attaché at Asia. The expedition will be of a the Netherlands Legation in Stock-seientific character and will collect holm, has arrived at Bombay and botanical, geological and other
.to proceeding
Delhi and specimens and also prepare 'mape' Srinagar immediately with a view of an area of perhaps 3,000 square to undertaking his third scientific miles. Mr. Visser's expedition is expedition into the Karakorum accompanied
by Mrs. Visser's mountains and the Central Asian famous Tibetan mastiff "Patiala," which was presented to Mrs. Visser by the Maharaja of Patiala in 1924 before the party's last visit to the Karakoram Range. The dog ac companied the expedition through- out and ascended some of the highest summits in the Range, being roped for safety's sake to the rest of party during the ascent of The present expedition will con- glaciers. The dog then returned to aist of Mr. Viser, who will concern Europe and quite recently added himself primarily with meteorology to his experiences of travel by dy and the study of glaciers, Mrs. 1ing in an aeroplane from Stock Visser who will deal with botany, į holm to Amsterdam. Dr. Sillem ornithology and en- The expedition is receiving ne tomology, and a Swiss goologiat, sistance from the Dutch Govern- also a Swiss guide and a topogra- ment, - Mr. Visser having been pher, lent by the Survey Depart granted two years' leave from his ment of the Government of India. Legation duties.
Mr. Visser's first expedition was carried out in 1922, the second in 1925, and the present which is like ly to last longer than previous trips will leave Srinagar as soon as the snow permits and will pro bably be in Central Asia for about 18 months.
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