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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1920.

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A SMALL ADVERTISEMENT IN】THESE COLUMNS WL Bi PRODUCTIVE OF MANY ENQUIRIES REPLIES AWAIT BOX No.:-281 299 306 309

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FORISALE.-Motor Car 1919 | SHORTHAND.-Evening class! Overland four seater. Perfect run. ning order. Spares etc. Apply H.M.S. Alacrity.

FOR SALE.-Billiard Table 9 ft. 4 ft. 6 in. with accessories. Good condition. Can be seen any time. Apply Ward Room Secretary, H.M.S. Ambrose.

TO BE LET.

TO LET A Gotown at Yau- .mati. Apply The Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ltd.

es in Hitman's shorthand for young ladies will commence on March 2, at St. Mary's School, Kowloon. For particulars apply to the Sister in Charge.

TO BE LET.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

WAR FORTUNES TAX.

London, Feb. 24

The Select Committee on the taxation of war fortunes has opened its investigations under the chairmanship of Sir William Pearce. The principal witness is Sir John Anderson, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, who, estimated the cost of the scheme would be one tenth to one fifth of ocu it per cent on the amount collected. He anticipated the tax would be paid to a considerable extent in kind, such as war loan securities, and suggested that provision be made for the payments by instalments, liability being assessed at outset and payments spread over ten years. He thought the valuation would affect 210,000 persons. but many individuals have several valuations on ships, furniture, jewels, estates. etc. Sir John Anderson suggested consideration of some form of "floating charge" which would sufficiently safeguard the interests of the Crown without interfering with legitimate business operations. He considered the tax should not fall Jexclusively on war profits but,also deal with increase in wealth without regard to how such had been brought about. The department could not discriminate between wealth gained by questionable means, wealth accruing simply from the war, and wealth accumulated by exceptional personal effort and self denial. Asked what sami ba exported they would obtain. Sir John Anderson replied £1.00 LOOPEN,

AMERICA AND THE TREATY.

Washington, Feb. 1.

The first vote on the Peace Treaty since November was taken in the Senate to-day. It resulted in the defeat by us votes to 20 of a motion by Senator Hitchcock to amend the Repubhean reservations so that joint resolutions by Congress would be required for notice of withdrawal of the United States from the League of Nations.

Washington, Feb. 22.

The Senate rejected by 23 votes to Be a motion to change the Lodge reservation regarding the withdrawal of the United States from the League of Nations. The Republicas irre. concilable.upponents of the Treaty voted with the Democrats. The Senate then readopted by 45 voles to to the original reservation.

The outcome of the vote on Senator Hitchcock's motion mentioned earlier is generally interpreted as likely to tighten the treaty deadlock.

CONSTANTINOPLE.

Londur. Feb. 22.

The question of the Turkish retention of Constantinople, which is arousing lively public interest, was the subject of many sermons Lo-day. The well-known preacher Doctor F. B. Meyer suggested that the only safe course would be to apply to the Sultan the same policy as applied to the Pope, namely to deprive him of all temporal power in Europe but allow him to remain in Constantinople as supreme bead of the spiritual interests of the Moslem world. This would rid Europe of the presence of a perpetual menace to its peace and meet the Moslem contention to retain Constantinople as the spiritual- metropolis..

THE GERMAN ARMY.

London, Feb. 21

In the House of Commens, replying to questions Mr. Churchill opined that the Peace Treaty arrangement with regard to the reduction of the German army would be gener ally adhered to, but the whole subject had to be watched daily by the inter-Allied Commission headed by Marshal Foch. He was confident the Commission, world, safeguard the ful execution of the Treaty. Hitherto there had been no recalcitrancy on the part of the German Government, who were carrying out to the best of their ability a great many clauses which must be most obnoxious to them.

EUROPEAN PROBLEMS.

London, Feb. 22.

The Supreme Council has arranged an carly discussion with experts on the problem of high prices and European *ates of exchange.

ROSTOY RECAPTURED.

London, Feb. 23.

The War Ofee announce that the volunteer army men- tioned on Feb. 20 has recaptured Rostov and made prisoner 1,500 men, capturing 20 guns and a quantity of war material.

FLYING TO KHARTUM.

Cairo, Feb. 22.

A now Vickers-Vimy aeroplane, to which the engines and other equipment of the Silver Queen were transferred, started for Khartum carly this morning.

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VALUE OF X-RAYS:

SOME NEW USES.

The X-ray to most of us con- jures up visions of white-robed ourses, surgeons, and hospital operating rooms. But to-day the X-ray, discovered by Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, in 1895, gives promise of becoming one of the world's greatest and most useful accomplishments. No longer is ..the X-ray confined alone to hospital and physi- cians' diagnostic requirements, but it has been used in the past few years, especially during the world war, for many hitherto undreamed-of purposes. In fact, one could write a book on the X-rays and their industrial appli- cations, which would read like a romance. They greatly aided the Americans in the last few months) detecting the presence of infernal; machines in bales of cotton. During the making of mun-i tions the X-ray was used to Ishow the amount of powder in the shell, how it is loaded, etc.; and the same is true also for bullets. A different shadow was cast on the X-ray plate or fluor- oscope for each different material so that diferentiation between each substance is readily possible. Defects in the loading and assembling of shells frequently detected in this way. thus preventing misfires and explosions, with a possible large loss of life.

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CONCRETE SHIPS.

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Concrete ships have been rapidly coming to the fore of late years, and were developed to) quite a large extent during the war. No matter how expert the inspectors on such hulls may be, they cannot tell in any case how! the interior of the concrete structure looks, especially the steel_reinforcement bars, which may have become bent or mis- placed during the pouring process. With the use of the specisi port- able X-ray outfit, a bent or misplaced steel reinforcement or an airpocket, either of which would constitute A serious. although unnoticeable weakness in the hull, can be detected. For such large area X-ray exam-j ination a fluoroscope is invariably used, and not the photographic plate.

Then, again, how many railway accidents have been caused by defective car wheels? Many of them, if the truth were known. And why is this? Simply be- cause the wheels appeared to be all right, and withstood possibly | a fair mechanical test, but inherently they possessed weakness, perhaps in the form of airpockets ur invisible cracks caused by strains in coeling when they were cast, etc. defects which onlythoX-ray can and does detect at once in a minimum of time.

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För such purposes an X-ray is used which is specially made for that kind of thing. The X-ray tube, together with exciting spark coil, batteries, etc., are placed in a portable carrying case, which can be placed behind the car wheel or other objects.

The fluoroscope, or, in special places the X-ray plate in the light-proof holder, is placed before the car wheel or other object. A few seconds'' exposure gives "skiagraph," or X-ray photograph on the plate, which is afterwards developed and printed; or the image may be, and is generally, examinad or the negative, no print being made. Of course, if the fluoroscope is used for direct- ly viewing the object under ex- amination, then the object is seen clearly at once, and various parts) of it examined by moving the fluoroscope over the surface.

DETECTING FORGERIES IN ART.

Even the field of art, including cubist paintings, has been invaded by the mechanistic X-ray tube with its prying eyes, the discern- ing powers of which will not be denied. To the scientist and his X-ray tube must come the artist: or the art connoisseur with his ancient and almost priceless Rembrandt, Van Dyke, Corot, or Blakelock, the authenticity" of which may be in doubt. A number of notable forgeries in supposedly valuable paintings baze been detected by the seru- tinising X-ray.

There are many other in- dustrial uses of the X-ray which

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