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Since the inauguration civilian aviation in Great Britain on May 1st, 1919, until December 10th of this year, the records of the Handley Page Commercial! Aeroplanes are as follows:-Total number of passengers carried 3,994. Total amount of freight carried 40.243 lbs. Total mileage covered 61180 miles. The above figures include passenger flights at,Cricklewood London, and in the United Kingdom, and passengers and freight carried on the London, Paris and Brussels air services.

On the London-Paris Air Ser- vice between September 2nd and December 10th 1919. :613 passengers and 16.601 low of goods have been carried: the total distance covered being 33.-1 350 miles. 244 passengers and 25.249 lbs. of freight hare been carried on the London-Brussels air service during the period extending between Scptember 26th and Dec. 10th, 1919: an Aregate distance of 18.380 miles having been covered.

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The Handley Page aeroplane. piloted by Capt. Stewart. and) Capt. Gran, which flew from Lon- den to Denmark last summer, has just concluded a number of demonstration flights in Scandina-I via. The weather conditions met with were somewhat trying for aviation, as the country abounds with mountains and lakes, which filled the atmosphere with

bumps and cross currents, apart anxiety about the trial, which was! On the London-Brussels service from the difficulties such land-speedily dispelled by the steads between September 26th and scape presented in the event of gat of the machine in the air. December 17th, 1919, 244 pas- forced landings. On the occasion During the afternoon several pre-sengers and 25,249 lbs. of freight two snow-ploughs had

war military aeroplanes to he

were have been carried over a distance utilised to clear the ground before sing one built by Chinese, and of 18.380 miles. Captain Hope, the machine could take off to the spectators they looked like whils: flying a Handley Page and when it did commence to run sparrows beside the great Hand-Commercial aeroplane

from across the ground the slip stream) ley Page.

Brussels to London recently in a of the propellors sent

On the London-Paris

Air gale, saw a ship in distress in the showers of snow seven feet high. 1919, and December 17th of this he saw another vessel in difficul

Service between September 2nd, Channel firing rockets, and later) The machine gave exhibition

year, 612 passengers and 13.601 ties, with the lifeboat proceeding flights at Copenhagen, Arrhus and Christiania, where 454 passengers lbs. of freight have been carried towards it. were given flights. including over a distance of 33.350 miles.! A feature of the Aviation Ex- officials from the Legation. Great Messrs. Fortnum & Mason have hibition, which opened in Paris intereat was taken in the aer arranged for Handley Page on December 19th, is the new plane by the inhabitants and the of their table delicacies from aeroplane, the W.8., which recent aeroplanes to carry consignments model Handley Page commercial Flying Officers stationed near Paris to London for sale in their 1s flew from London to Paris in Denmark. The latter had only a west End stores. The weather 2 hours 10 minutes. This luxurious few Henri Farmans and Avros,

Channel has been machine, which carries 15-20 Capt. Stewart took an Avro up extremely bad for flying recently, passengers, or 2 tons of cargo, is and carried out a few mild stunts. and although gales and rain have creating considerable interest Stunting is not a widespread art not seriously interfered with the amongst foreign visitors who are in Scandinavia, and Capt. Stewartir service, fog and mist on several familiar with the Handley Page on landing after a flight in which days have kept the aeroplanes macbine through its bombing he mildly stalled the Handley confined to their sheds. Page, was congratulated on his excellent loop. Mail, passenger and freight carrying, routes were planned.

and they were astounded when; over the

Plenty of adventure has be-) fallen the first British aeroplane! to fly to Berlin from London. This Handley Page machine could not have got to the German capitä!! had it net beer for the deter-) mination of its pilots, Capt. E.D.C Herne and Capt. MacNaught| Davis. The intention had been tol send the Handley Page by sea, but it was found too big to bel carried under the bridges on the railway line from Danzig to War- Jaw. The two pilets, with two! mechanics and a Swiss inter-l preter, accordingly set out by air. While held up for a week by bad weather at Cologne, they obtained permission from the German Authorities for themselves to enter Germany, but they could not get a permit for the aeroplane. They

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And at Paderborn, in Westphalia, j an attempt was made to stop them. I suddenly saw two German machines in full war paint, Iron Crosses and all, mak-i ing for us," stated Capt. Herne. "They few close alongside, the airmen motioning to us with their hands to land. We did not want; any explanations except with the, proper authorities in Berlin, swe flew on, waving our hand in a friendly way.

When the Ger maus saw that we were not com- ing down they were furious and flew round us for 20 minutes.: crossing so close as almost to graze us with their wing tips and

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At Spandau the Germans were simply amazed to find that wel were a British civilian machine) and had never seen our inter-i national markings before, but they treated us very well, gave us hot drinks and drove us to Ber- lin".

The assembling of the first! Handley Page supplied to China was completed recently, and the, machine made its preliminary flight with complete success, carrying Mr. T.A. Barson, Chair- man of the Peking Syndicate, whose enterprise is responsible for the first important aviation deal in China. As the Handley! Page machine was put together by Chinese workmen unable to converse with the foreign ma- chanics in charge, there was some!

exploits in the war.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

London, Feb. 23.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Churchill, introducing the Army Estimates, emphasised that conscription would terminate on 31st March. He claimed to have created in a single year what broadly was the pre-war Regular Army. He also organised additional troops for discharge of temporary and new liabilities. He mentioned that the British delegates fought at the Peace Conference for abolition of conscription, but the caly response came from Germany, under dire compcl- sion. (Laughter). All the other States retained compulsory service, including the United States, the originator of the League on Nations, and Russia, the home of advanced political thought. (Cheers and laughter) Nevertheless Britain had returned to the voluntary system and would have by 30th. April 220,000 white troops, compared with 175,000 before the war, also during the greater part of the year 109,000 Indians

Discussing the increase of the army with a view to the re- moval of the German menace, Mr. Churchill thought it was idle to pretend that the pre-war army was proportionate to the risk Britain ran or her important role. On the other hand new and serious responsibilities, both temporary and per- manent, were placed os Britain as a result of the war, while the whole of the eastern world was in a state of extreme disquiet. Additional temporary responsibilities were the Rhine, the plebiscitary parts of Germany, Constantinople, Egypt, and North-West Persia. There were two important permanent responsibilities in Palestine and Mesopotamia where garrisons of ten white and thirteen Indian regiments were now 17 and 41 respectively. Both garrisons must be reduced if either was to pay its way. Considering the burdens in the East no relief could be expected until real peace was made with Turkey. He trusted that having dispersed our armies we would not now take the steps of driving the Turkish people to despair or undertake new obligations, because our resources were not equal to their discharge.

Mr. Churchill enumerated the factors of uncertainty in the Middle East, for instance, the Turkish reception of the Peace Treaty and Bolshevik aggression, the effect of the Milner Commission in Egypt, and the termination of respon- sibilities at Constantinople, but he had decided to take an optimistic view and provide a reduction of the garrisons in the Middle East during 1920-1921 to half their strength. The Irish garrison would be 35 regiments against 25 present pre-war. Discussing the finance of the Estimates, which totalled £125,000,000, Mr. Churchill pointed out that costs had multipled two and a quarter times compared with pre-wat rates and resulted in less war power. Three or four years of detailed study would be needed to get the same value.

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Mr. Churchill favoured steady increase of the Air Force at the expense of the Army and Navy, but only, in proportion as the Air Force was able to discharge the day to day duties now performed by the Army and Navy. Instancing the pos sibilities of the Air Force the speaker drew attention to the Somaliland campaign. He proposed to apply the principle to Mesopotamia, where the Air Force would be the principal agency of control, the Military and Navy acting se auxiliaries. Referring to the development of tanks Mr. Churchill mentioned the development cabled earlier, adding that although the tank weighed thirty tons the roads were not damaged, Anti-tank warfare had also been profoundly advanced. A new grenade had been devised which could be discharged from an ordinary ride; capable of inflicting mortal injury on a tank.

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Summarising the army scheme, Mr. Churchill emphasised that the territorial army would be the normal means of ex- pansion of the British forces. For a supreme emergency such as August 1914, Britain would be able to provide complete, one cavalry division and six divisions of regulars immediately, and in the course of the next few months, one yeomanry division and fourteen divisions of Territorials, complete with equipment and reserve. Behind these would be cadets cap- able of calling into being a further twenty divisions.

He proposed to reduce the garrisons in the Middle East to the barest minimum compatible with security, sending reinforcements from home or. India in the event of an emergency. He alluded to the fact that the Dominions con- templated reproducing a number of divisions from the present very fine military material, but "the adjustment, of our relations with them would be undertaken in future months." If the scheme succeeded Britain would have for some years a large latent reserve of trained manhood and ample war material Germany could not become formidable for a number of years, while France and Brigium, who were organis ing large military forces, were bound to Britain by ties of friendship and interest which would probably be embodied in military arrangements. Therefore temporarily there was no imminent danger in Western Europe, but the time might come when a revival of the military strength of Germany or Ger- many and Russia combined might necessitate a drastic revision of arrangements.

Concluding Mr. Churchill re-emphasised that Britain alone among the nations had abolished conscription, resulting in a limitation of her military power. "She will have to do her best with the forces at her disposal to discharge her duties to the Empire, and should any great emergency arise she must trust the Fleet and Air Service to give time to bring the might-irresistible might, as has been proved of Britain into the field."

In the House of Commons the Army Estimates Vote was agreed to by 215 votes to 52,

WAR PRISONERS.

London, Feb. 23, In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law, replying to Mr. Home Williama, said no alteration had been made in the provision of the Peace Treaty for the trial of war prisoners and confirmed this morning's announcement that the Allies bad decided to postpone temporarily the immédiate execution of the provision. He assured the House the Allies intended to make certain ali evidence brought for prosecution was properly put before the Court and added that Leipzig had been suggested as the venue of the Court.