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ALL-AIR ROUTS TO AUSTRALIA.

FORGING NEW LINKS OF EMPIRE.

Experts from the Air Ministry and Imperial Airways are about to set out on a new expedition along the 2,000 miles airway of Empire between Cairo and Karachi.

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SATURDAY,

GOLF.

A SIMPLE STROKE.

The Times Golf Correspondent writea:--

FEBRUARY 20

SECRET GERMAN

PAPERS.

A 1909 WAR THREAT. ́.

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Among the important docu- A kindly correspondent hus sentments included. in the new six me a calendar as a New Year's volumes of Die Grosse Politik" offering. It has some words of just published in Berlin (giving) golfing wisdom from an eminent the secret papers of the German person for each one of the 365 Foreign Office), are reports as to days of the year, and I at once fell Russia's unreadiness for war in They will take with them maps gratefully upon it. I had not 1909-10. In a report of January and charts brought back by the sufficient self-control to be con-1909, the German Ambassador at first pioneers, who recently flew tent with one grain' of wisdom' St. Petersburg says: over the proposed air-mall route, day to be absorbed whilst shav-

"Sir A. Nicholson (British Am On these maps are marked the ing. It semed too tantalizing, for

St. Petersburg). 18 apots where it seemed, from example, to rend

one morning bassador at [ bird's-eye view-point, that it "There are three causes of bad convinced that the supply of muni would be possible to establishniblick play.. The Brst is a faultions available in Russla is not landing-grounds and re-fuelling ty stance," and then to have to enough to enable great battles to stations. "

wait a whole 24 hours to dia- he fought at the opening of a cover the next. So I ripped away war."

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The new expedition, working on the ground rather than in the air, will visit each of these sites, and examine their suitability.

certain ligatures of brown paper The German military represen- and made one gigantic meal of tative at the Court of the Car wisdom. It may be that 1. matn-who was, oddly enough, an ad-). phorically overrate myself: atmiral-Hintze-reported: Routes to Egypt.

least I was at first somewhat dis

abandoned her "Russia has Imperial Airways is also to in-apointed. It appeared to me that vestigate two methods of connect-some of the things the wise men policy of bluff with the possibility said were pust a little mild, and of a war for the present, and ing London and Cairo' by air.

Que is to fly giant passenger that they had been said before, places all her hopes in the future. planes along the already operated and even that I had said them my.I am not afraid of any return of route from London to Zurich. Atself. Presently, however, I came the threat of war; her renuncia- this air station the passengers to something that really pleased on is definite. As for the future, would be transferred from plane me, and, though this is some the Russia War Minister in 1908 to train and--avoiding a flight months ahead of its proper day. stated that 16 years would be re- quired to render the army effec high above the mountains-would I must set it down.

tive. At the present moment journey through the Alps to an The particular wise man for three years after the (Japanese) Italian aerodrome. There they this particular day gave advice on war neither army nor navy is fit would re-embark in a big air ex-the stymie, and this is what he

for war. That no material has press and fly on in stages to Cairo said: "In playing over n stymie been provided is due to the short- Another route, which is more simply play a very short-stiff-ge of money; the personnel has favoured by experts, is from Lon-wrist arm-action-swing-pitching not improved owing to despon- don to Marseilles, where passen-chip-shot with no follow through."tency and the revolution." gers and mails would be trans. When I saw that I remembered ferred to a giant type of air boat, Jim Pinkerton in "The Wrecker." and fly oversea to Cairo.

10,000 Miles in 100 Hours: Whichever scheme is adopted, the great Imperial project is to ily right through at 100 miles an! hour from London via Cairo to Karachi.

This state of affairs was known,

when the word "hebdomadaryto Austria, and it led the Austrian Arst came to his notice. "You're military party, at whose head was boss word," I said, and I think Conrad von Hoetzendorff, the Aus that any fair-minded person must trian Chief of Staff, to conters admit that a word with eight plate making an end of Serbin

The Austrian Archduke Francis hyhens in it is a boss word. It beats by two whole hyphens Ferdinand, who was afterwards the famous German

word assassinated at Serajevo, told the There rapid aeroplanes would for tee, which, being transGerman representative-in, Vienza: continue the service across Tidia, lated. is "the-sand-heightening- "It will not be easy for us to and another series of mighty air for-the-far-drive." What I like avoid war. The Serblans are too; Heaps would take travellers is the modesty of the wise man: shameless. We cannot indefinite-

through to Port Darwin, in Aus- he himself does not think it much ly tolerate such provocation fromį tralia, connecting with the of a word; it might have had at them... The international silun- ready established Australian air least four more hyphens: helion is favourable for us.

We could do much better if he want are better, armed than we were, "Ton thousand miles in 100ed to show of, for pray observe and if a conflet is inevitable wo hours! That is the airwayman's that he says we are "simply" to cannot

allow. decision to be slogan. And link by link this big play' a I-will-not-write-it-at-all- evaded by half-measures and un- scheme, by which passengers and down-again shot. No doubt it trustworthy assurances of consent mails, will be air-borne from Eng- really is quite simple, if you take to our demands. A conflict must land to Australia, draws nearer. it to pieces, but to one who is come, and in a few years the situa

naturally rather muddle-headed tion may easily be altered to our and been brought up on that old disadvantage.” RITUAL OF THE FIRE. worn-out tip for a stymie, "Puti

ways.

MR. CHESTERTON ON CENTRAL HEATING.

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or

be crushed sooner.

In this curlier crisis of 1936; with your mashie," it did seem at many of the proceedings, which first just-a-little-what-shall-I-say marked the actual attack on Ser- Ita creator will pardon the free bin in 1914 were to have been an- dom of my expressions if I say ticipated. As the Austrian Dr. that he must be the devil of a Kanner has pointed out, there was fellow when he means to be com- to have been an order to Serbia to Mr. G., K. Chesterton has taken'

plicated.

demobilise and a demand for a up the cudgels on behalf of the

At any rate, this nice, new little declaration from her that she fireplace in the Mlustrated London News, Ilis article is a criticism name for a shot is exceedingly wel-would repress all Greater Serbia

come because the nomenclature of movements, of the central-heating system."

The declaration was td be sent "What," he says, "is the matter shots seems to me poorer than it

There is a great to her in "à Note with a time- with central heating is that it is used to be. not central. That is, it has not friend of mine whom I recollect in limit," and war was to follow in- anywhere in the literal and Latin past times talking with an almost mediately if she did not accept the priggish air of a half-spoon shot terme dietated. The time-limit cense a focus: for a focus means off the wrists. He would, not say was to have expired on March 24, a fireplace. In the very phrase 'a fireplace there is the normal and that now, because in his old age he 1909; but, warned by Russia, who straightforward learnt of these manoeuvres and noble idea that everything is good has become

Philistine. To-day he would just was threatened with war by Ger- in its place. There is a place for fire as for many other dangerous say, "Take your No. 2 iron and give many, Serbia humbly submitted. and destructive things; fire is at a bang," or, if it were not "bang,"

then it might be "knock"

The main points brought out dragon, but it is

3. domestic dragen. It is just as well, on the "thump" or some other such vulgar are that Germany and Austria re- This modern garded Russia as too weak to whole, not to let that wild dog out and ungolfing term.

business of Nos. 1, 2, and 3 trons fight for several years from 1909) of its dog-kennel.

"But round the place where this has taken much of the romance out and that they were both agreed terror and mystery was at once to. of gold. Of course, we used often Serbia must lerated and guarded, reverenced

to give the ball a good whole-heart- or later. and restrained, there has froni ed wallop with an iron club, but the beginning spring up a whole we did not admit it: we called it mythology of ritual and romance by some subtle and mysterious

name. To-day when the differ- hyphened elub, the mashie, niblick,, and figurative expression; as is

ence is not even supposed to be in and try to learn it by instalments. natural in a home where 50 strange a goblin is at once revered the shot but only in the number on It feels extraordinarily like, that as a god and used as a servant the back of the club, afi, those old-fashioned putting stroke with The got is in his holy place, but imaginary fine shades have depart the same club which used to produce he is a servant who must be taughted and we cannot keep up the pro- the same result; but of course 1 to know his place. There is the tence any longer, even to ourselves. know that it cannot really be so. whole of the healthy human rela- I say, "we" and do not professThat would be altogether too. flat. tion to Nuture in that anured and to have ang shots, but as far as the It is just that I have 'not quite yet sacred splendour.

numbering of irons is concerned 1 mastered the language yet, and I By the "For this, the localised and concan at least say that I have notum not a bit discouraged. centrated shrine where the god bowed the knee to Baal. I do not time I play next, I shall have got shows his golden face to his pee. understand this lingo, and what is the knack of it, and then I shall go ple, or (if you will) where the more I do not want to. I know on to the first tee saying to my captive golden dragon in his cage that a "No, 1 Iron" is a cleek in self: "New" simply play a knees- is gloriously and almost trium- disguise which my enemy prefers to not too much-bent - léft - arma- phantly on view, the other and call an Iron in order to make me straight turn from the hips - more modern system substitutes marvel at his strength and length, and don't forget to follow

On second A mere pervading atmosphere.can guess what a "No. 2" is, but through sort of drive." which, if it has a centre, has no what is a "No. 3," and what in thoughts, as that next round will visible focus

Heaven's name does the fellow be at Rye. I must just add on "and" or hearth. The

with adon't think too much - about - centre of central heating hides to want with it as well as Rolf somewhere behind of the mashle? Out upon such new-the-ditch," or else I might book into

It warmth it has caused; as well it fangled trumpery!

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may be. That warmth Itself is If we are to have new numos for not a glow; that is, it is not a strokes, let us at lonst have names coloured and flaming thing; we with a little of the old subtlety might almost say it is not a thing about them. That is why I am so at all; it is not so much thing pleased with the hyphenest shot as a state of things. It is simply from my calendar. Everybody else a change in the wonther-for the in the house being safely in bed, worse."

I have gone so far as to, göt s

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