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This photograph was takon at the dinner party given by Sir Austen Chamberlain "in London on the occasion of the signing of the Locarno Treaty. Left to right are scen Signor Scialoja, (Italy), Dr Luther and Dr. Stresemann (Germany), "Mr. Baldwin, Sir Austen Chamberlain, Lady Chamberlain, Dr. Benos (Czocho-Slovakia), M. Briand (Franco), Count Skrzynski (Poland), and M. Vandervelde (Belgium),
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Group taken after the signing of the Learn Treaty at the Foreign Office in London. Amongst those seen in the picture are Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, M. Briand, Dr. Luther, Dr. Stresemann, Sir Austen and Lady Chamberlain, Mastur Chamberlain, Miss Betty Baldwin, M. Vandervelde. Dr. Benes, Signor Scialoja, Count Skrzynski, and Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill.
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Liego, Jan. 6. An earthquake of two seconds duration took place last night, Furniture was shaken and people ran out of their houses,
account.
Mr. Jenkin was proceeding to give further examples.
His Lordship:-Don't you think this is by way of argument?
Mr. Jenkin: Yes, my Lord. But can put it through the
His Lordship:-But
you
A somewhat startling com- mont on British relations with America during the Great War was made recently by Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, in delivering the second, Walter Page inemorial lecture at the Central Hall, Westminster. A message from Numur says that į witness. an earthquake of three seconds
What would give the Page are letters an imperishable value for duration took place on Monday using CKY and you are not the historian, commented Mr. night,Reuter.
strictly entitled to, since you have Fisher, was the light which they not proved them.
threw upon these relations. From ME. Jenkin-This point arose this point of view, the letters directly from the cross-examination, constituted à disquieting, if not
His Lordship: You can put in alarming, contribution in the form of questions, but political literature.
use CKY! 11
VILLAGES INUNDATED,
Amsterdam, Jan. B
The fall of the big rivers con-
tinues, but as a result of the dyke
of the river Vecht, in the Province don't think you can
to
of Overysel, bursting a number of though you have undertaken, to there was a time during the war villages are inundated. Two light]
prove it.
earthquake sicks were registered;
at. Maastricht-Reuter.
DISTRICTS EVACUATED.
Brussels, Jan. 6..
The food situation has improved at Ghent, Numar, Dinant and Charleroi but the floods have worsened in the Autoing district. Villages fu thu valleys
Maplaigne and Hollam have been evacuated. Floods are also worse in the Dender district, where detachments of sappers are distri- buting food to isolated households. -Reuter,
The case is proceeding.
The Forest of Dean (which is State property) with the adjacent beauties of the Wyo Valley, may be converted into a national park for the British Isles... Lord Bledisloe, Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Ministry of Agricul Smilo, Father Anthony" ture, made this announcement "No. Try another day. I can't recently when he presided over a to-day. Rabbit has gone down to lecture before the Royal Society five sous a pound!"- of Arts,
Pelo Mele, Paris.
was clear from them that when relations were seriously strained.
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ROLE OF THE CARRIER
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yot one task to accomplish the Radio and all its wonders hus task of the carrier pigeon.
WAR REMINISCENCES. "One German spy disguised as a sheperd was discovered by a roadside along which troops were marching to the front. An; officer's horse shied and stopped. on what appeared to be a sheep was lying on the grass. The sheep' container for carrier pigeons user to send information | to the Germans,
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"And this it never can do," do- clares Captain Ray R. Delhauer, "Annther instance-a hunch-i the United States army. until recently pigeon expert for back was arrested in Paris on suspicion of boing a spy. Taken Delbauer is firm in his faith into French headquarters and ex- It was manifest that without of communication during war proved to be a
the pigeon as a dependable means amined, the hump on his back.
container for the most prudent handling on the time. Recognizing the mostpigeons. All he had to do was to part of Sir Edward Groy and Mr. amazing promises of radio he got scribble bite of information, place. Page, a state of exasperation holds that the carier pigeon will it in a capsule fastened to the might have been caused ever the be used in any war to come. interruption of American com-
pigeon, and let the bird go.". "In the first place pigeons can merce by the blockade, which be used to carry messages with sorts that pigeons flew 1800 miles As for distance, Delhauer as- would have led, not let them hope, minimum possibility of their during the war. in any case to war, but to being intercepted. And if they "Some of them averaged 200 wounding memories which would Are intorcepted the Bondor's miles have long survived the peace.
a day, and for short location need not be disclosed," When we road," remarked he points out.
distances they have flown ar fast as 3500 to 3700 yards a minute. Mr. Fisher, "of Sir Cecil Spring "But. Q radio broadcasting Rico telling Colonel House that, station can be traced. Its mess-or dangers to pigeons are trained "One of the principal obstacles if a certain dispatch had come to ages can be picked up and de-falcons, but, the pigeon whistle him as orignally written, and had coded. boon forwarded to Sir Edward, Grey, it would almost have boon ant advantage over radio when a
"The pigeon offers an import declaration of war, and that if spy in the enemy's territory is at the papers had got hold of it, the work. How else than by pigeon greatest panic would have ensued, could a spy communicate with we feel very uncomfortable, This own force? He wouldn't dare
"We ask ourselves whether set up a radio statian.". the crust which divides us from
has been succossful in scuring off the falcone.
"Back to radio, again, look at Japan's last earthquake.
All modern means of communication were disrupted. The pigeon was used.
"And during the Corpus Christi| The captain says that the Gor-tidal wave pigeons, afforded the the fiory chaos is really so thin, mans frequently sont messages only means of communication. and whether the good under out of England to Germany by standing botween two great pigeon during the World War. importance of the military pigeon| Thore is little doubt about the) nations is at the morey of a small To further prove the effionoy of service, regardless of radio, and knot of ill-informed and narrow pigeon communication he relates it is my belief that pigeons will officials.
several incidents from the war. always be used, radio or no radio."
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