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CAPTAIN. BENN'S TOUR.

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破六廿月陸年五十國民華中

BARONESS RAVENSDALE.

EXPRESSES HER VIEWS ON CHINA.

Baroness Ravensdale,' the eldest daught

TO THE NORTH POLE. COMMANDER BYND'S STORY WONDERFUL AEROPLANE FLIGHT. Lieut. Commander R. F. Byrd. U.5,

the tables informed us, who and political conditiph in the Iranter of the late Marquess Curzon of just flows over the North Polar y And who believes he is the first to roth the Pold by air, duly arrived ja the Thames, on board the Chantier, tho stenner of 2.360 tons in which he miled from New York to Spitsbergen, the starting point of his fight.

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The Chantier arrived at Gravesand at 10 o'clock, and as soon as she swung to I want on board and had a long conver. sation with Commander Byrd in this cabin, writes a apecial correspoukat to The Daily Telegraph, Commander Byrd, who spoke quite modestly of his own effort, was anxious to pay tribute to his workers. He told me that he left Spits bergen af 12.37, Greenwich mean time, on May 9th, and reached the Pole, 650 miles away, at 99, Greenwich time, roughly about 8 hours flying. Here mained at the Polo for 14 rainutes before beginning the return journey.

Captain Wedgwood Benn, who returned to London on May 1st, has spent a long holiday in the Near East studying social territory, and has completed nearly a month's tour in Russin. In discussing the situation in Russia he said:

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China with Mr. Joha Japon and To a Liberal helieving in liberty and McCormack's party, arrived at the private loitintivo the situation is one of Oriental Hotel, Kobe, on the 18th inst., fascinating interest. Thera you see a body of almost fanatical people, obvious from Shimonoseki, where she discm- ly in many caso albzolutely sincere, backed from the Busku-mara "after a striving to set up a new system from the very rough voyage from Tientsin. The opposite end from oura. They are de Baroness has been to Peking to see the aerately in earnest about making their, theory work and about giving the factory sights and also to vísit Lord Willingdon, who was a great friend of her father in worker the ideal conditions, but the higher prices and the long hours and the

Baroness Havensdale, in a interview, low production continue in spite of them. India, when he was Governor of Madras. The situation, of course, has been large- ly aaved by the great peasant population, expressed great regret at the way in Whatever the Constitution under which which Chinese soldiers were allowed to they live, they go on ns before producing raid the oldest capital of the East. She Meanwhile the factory described how in the beautiful old tem- their orops: worker has nothing to do but recent the ples bands of soldiers strutted and equat situation, because there is no alternative.ted, while their horses were allowed to In vi of comments that has been The leaders' creed is all for freedom and wander over the polished tiles and gen-!

of Liongkong.! made about the difficulty of taking e liberty, but for the time they admit force erally cause destruction. China in the [Incorporated pader the Companies Ordinances curate observations without a long stay is the only thing that keeps the experi- vininity of both Tientsin and Peking is

[61 at our spot, I particularly drewsatto men! from going to pieces. They are absolutely in chaos," said the Daroness,

and the soldiers are doing more or less 15, Quas's Road CENTRAL TL, 25 CENTRAL tion to this point. Commander Byed very determined on this point, and ver

p.m. from a Baid:" It is not necessary, with modera hape in time they may work through to what they please. One night, when re- aviation navigation instruments, to stay something satisfactory. But they are a turning by motor-car nt for several hours in order to locate your long way off solution ret, and there is visit outside the capital several Chinese position, especially when the sun is shin-nothing in their experiment so far an- scldiers boarded our car and although the vehicle was stopped and they were weather conditions re ing and the

commanded to alight they positively, re favourable.' Commander Byrd describ plicable to us in England.

fased to do so, and made themselves 20 ed the methods of taking a continuous

objectionable, that wo were obliged to & MACAO line of observation, and explained that

The Baro, remarked that she found he used the sun compass in order to keep an accurate check on his position,

take them qu into the city." could not have hit the Pole with the or- dinary compass alone before I made this

the Forbidden City particularly interest- trip, because I did not know the amount

ing in view of the fact that her father, Problems of the Far East," which dealt of variation, and even now it would be

who wrote about it in his book entitled, very difficult, but as I do know the variation from experience I geld now

with China, Japan and Korea, had never get close to it by the compass alone. We

seen the actual City as in his time for against govern cigners were not admitted: While in The Communist Peking the Baroness rend her father's were very fortunate in having sun all the way, with the result that we could ment by demouracy, 1180 the sun compass continuously, and a power,, though not great in numbers, is book over again, and gained great in.

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THE REAL RULER. Mind you (Captain Benn continued), they have wonderful ideals and there is a great deal of earnestness and sincerity, but the economic laws are balling them, The private trader has gradually come back because without him distribution was impossible, but he is kept under very close control. The real ruler, is the factory worker. It is Government by factory industry

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THE WHOLE TROUBLE

CHINA."

by are thuminatic believers in ́ ́ ́ ́ SALUTE TO PEARY,

education (Captain Benn said), bu¤¦

The Baroness was of the opinion that As soon as we got away from 8pits when you go into it you find that educa bergen we had almost perfect weather tion menna largely for them teaching the conditions, and once we got clear of the Communist idea, Science and everything the whole trouble in China was due ed, over the frozen Polar sens, we did else, in fact, seems to come down to this, to foreign feeling, and that a speech not experience a nogle bump in the air. The result is that in spite of immense which Lord Willingdon made some time The Polar seas were all ice, except for natural resources waiting to be develop- ago in Shanghai, in regard to relations an occasional open lead of water, and ined the neople are still without the ex-between Chinese and foreigners, although a number of places the ice showed green, pected benefits. Ultimately, a long time widely criticised, was nevertheless true. indicating that there had been leads ahead, they may find some way out, but Lord Willingdon had said that for- nt present they are in the thick of their eigners must meet Chinese on the same there which had been frozen gror recent. ly. These were covered with now, and experiment, and a fascinating one it is. level and not make any discrimination because of their colour, since this was, FASCINATING EXPERIENCE. in his opinion, the basis of the present were perfectly smooth," and I should not have cared to have taken the risk of land-

Evorywhere I went I was treated with faud between foreigners, and Chinese.

The Baronces said that many residents ng on them. When we had located the Pole we few a little distance beyond, and then every courtesy and I met several fine wa flew round in a circle over the Pole types of absolutely sincere idealists.of Peking who had been there for many There was no open water at the Foleoninworship, with its numerous busts, years, were now contemplating leaving, and when we reached it, and when I had is very general. There is hostility to re-as the soldiers appeared to be absolutely satisfied myself as to our position,ligion, which may, however, be really overrunning the capital, and at the Bane shook hands with my companion. Avia reaction against the old régime, and time turning evrything into chaos. The Lion Pilot Officer Floyd G. Bennett, who had been doing the flying while I had is a good deal of bitterness of journey up to Peking from Tientsin had been doing the navigating. I then went spirit about. You must remember that to be made by motor-ear, as all the trains into the cabin and raised my hand in however much the ecomonic and political had been commandeered by soldiers, but order has changed the Russian people on the way down, the Baroness was able salute to Peary. That was all.

#1 did not drop a flag at the Pule, re still the same, and though the in- to travel by train, the soldiers not inter- ns Peary had already placed the Ameri-titutions are new I imagine that the fering. But instead of the usual time Although both reaching and leaving can sing there, I had never doubted that spirit of the old Tanrist system is very schedule, the train was many hours late. Was most inconvenient, the It has been a most fascinating ex- Peking Peary reached the Pole, and, now that far from extinct. 7 have been there myself, I am more con. firmiul than ever in my opinion, as I found perience (said Captain Bean in con- traveller said that she was extremely gind the conditions there were as to described clusion), but I am delighted to get back. that she had visited -Peking as it then. After remaining at the Pole for shall take a few day's complete rest no doubt the most beautiful old city treasures, and above all the Forbidden 14 minutes, as I was practically certain before thinking of writing anything, but of the cast, with its numerous templer, City. Owing to fighting in the vicinity that we had done straight nangating all presently I may attempt a book.

she was not able to visit the great wall. the way on the outer journey, I thought

The Barcaces will stay in Kobe until that we could hit up on the return jour- ney at the point we aimed at if the sun possible. Fortunately, as it turned out, the arrival of the Empress of Australia, remained out. So, instead of making for the leak in the oil tank was at a certain when she will join Mrs. McCormack and Amsterdam: Island, I made for Gray Iovel, and once the oil had got to that her daughter who are already on beats, I attribute our and then proceed to America, vid Canada, Point, and we were fortunate enough to point we lost no more.

success in this respect largely to the cn where she will spend the autumn, return. navigato 'on that mark"!

gineering foresight of Lieutenant G. Oing to London in October. " Lovile, who used a much heavier oil than one thought possible in the Arctic Circle, and by that means we made the most of our oil supply."

Commander Byrd was very anxious to give full credit to the arduous and un- remitting work of bis volunteer crew of Army and Navy and merchant officers and mon, who worked till they dropped

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NO SIGN OF LIFE. Commander Byrd had some interesting statements to make on the weather con- ditions. He said the visibility at 1,000ft to 4,000 ft. extended from 100 to 150 miles. over all the "We could always ace circle with a radius of 60 miics, and we say from the aeroplano during the flight at least 100,000 square miles of Polar sea On a conservative catamate, we covered 16,000 square miles of unexplored regious

in commercial frauda We saw no life anywhere, and the tem perature at the Polo was just zero; but that he had a very unpleasant time while throughout the country..

"Government investigators,” said a de- the average of the flight was, from Odeg. he was navigating. Lieutenant Bennett

piloted the machine most of the way, is partment announcement, "believe that to 7deg. below zero."

The aeroplane, a three-engine Fokker Commander Byril bad continuously to because of changes in methods of doing with air-cooled engines, got off from study the navigation. He found, when business, greater facilities are enjoyed by Spitzbergen on the flight, which lasted he put his face outside this cockpit to persons desiring to perpetrate frauds B hours, with a weight al 9,400lb. It take an observation, that almost hefore under the bankruptcy law, due to the carried petrol for 22 hours, and had on he was aware of it the tip of his nose increased use of automobiles and automo board concentrated provisions for had become frozen. He also suffered bile trucks, with which goods may be spirited away in the, night time and months, together with light but useful with frozen hands, Hedges in case of need. The motors ran As a United States air officer Com- transferred to distant localities.

"In former. tintes, evidence that mer- perfectly until within an hour of the mander Byrd was naturally, pleased with Pole, when there was an anxious time. the success of the airship fight ofchandise had been unlawfully spirited Oil was leaking from the starboard mo- Captain Amundsen a few days after his way might be verified at the nearest tor, and it was doubtful whether it would own daah to the Pole. He azid, "I railroad freight station. Now, however, not overheat as it ran dry of oil. Com-think Captain Amundsen's flight was the it is found that goods are often trans mander Byrd said: We shut off the most wonderful non-stop flight in the ported under conditions which baile the Commercial bodies were said to be starboard engine, and found that we history of the world, and, the most remont careful work of investigators" could fly quite safely on two of the mo-markable bit of exploring that has over fore, but naturally the meed was cut bren done. An airship would provide offering assistance to State and Federal organized Inw down. Having Rsuertained that, we more opportunity for acquiring scientific authorities in their efforts to combat opened un the third motor again in dita and observations of the Polar re what was described as order to fly with full power as long as gions than the necessarily swift flight of violations through fraudulent bank-

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