1935-10-24 — Page 3

BAER

MEETS WOLF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935.

Closure Of Suez Canal Would Seriously

Affect Far East

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France May Sell Ten Largest Ships

TO

DEADLY BLOW

MARSEILLES IF AXE FALLS

Marseilles, Oct. 1. THREE hundred officers

and 1,200 sailors are threatened with unemploy- ment as the result of pro- posals by the Economy Com- mission appointed by the French Ministry of Mercun- tile Marine to lay up a per-

SHIPPING VIA THE CAPE

Possible Italo-British Mediterranean Struggle Would Divert Commerce Through, Panama Canal

Washington, Oct. 15. ..

An Italian-British struggle in the Mediterranean,. jeopardising a main traffic artery of the world, would lead to an extraordinary shift in Far Eastern commerce and divert much traffic to the Panama route, shipping authori- tics here predicted.

Growing concern over the traffic situation Jalong the Suez-Mediterranean route has caused experts to envisage' an international maritime situation without precedent in the world's history.

Until the opening of the Panama Canal, the interrup- tion of shipping through the Mediterranean would have merely been followed by the diversion of Europe-Asia traffic to the old Cape of Good Hope route of sailing-ship days..

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RADICAL MOVE

R.A.F. CHANGING OVER TO MONOPLANES

A radical change in the flying equipment of the Royal

With the Panama Canal in operation, however, cutting of the normal traffic route via Suez would cause distances. on many important world routes to be re-calculated on the basis of distances via Panama versus Cape of Good Hope.

If the Mediterranean route all seas outside the Mediterra Air Force will be effected when the new aeroplanes, should be interrupted, or even nean, and that communications ordered under the expansion scheme, are delivered to the if war risks there became very high, the heavy commodities traffic from the Far East to the United States would come ex-

clusively by Panama. At pre- sent, it moves both by Stez and Panama. Much of the Eastern Asian traffic to and from North- ern Europe also probably would be routed by Panama.

In the re-routing of traffe, the relative distance would not be the

sole consideration, as the degrep

there might re kept open, though

Italian Sea Menace

at great hazard to commercial squadrons.. Instead of the biplane being used to the shipping.

jexclusion of all other forms, the monoplane will be intro- distance cruising sub-duced on a large scale, and will provide nearly half the marines and air bombers, howtotal new equipment. ever create hazards to shipping; of far greater radius than existed |

Long

during the Great War. It is constated that monoplanes are to be used in almost every class coirable that Italian submarines

Details of many of the orders are secret; but it is

or air bombers might get into the of aircraft in the Service, from the small single-seater Atlantic, the Red Sea of menace fighters to the heaviest bombers. west African shipping lines.

An important effect of Mediter» · This is the first drastic break-, implications attention WAR

of risk on various routess, the ports) ranean shipping interruption

first

of call available, and the new might be to expand overland com- away from the tradition origin-directed in the forning Post, traffic arising on account of war munications from Europe to Asia. ally established by the Royal ve been the determining factor

in the change over. needs would also enter into the There is, for example, consider Flying Corps, and followed by situation.

able trade from Russh to Vladi- the Royal Air Force. vostok and other Far Eastern

Best Type For Speed

In former days when bulky commodities were carried in large cities by way of Suez, that might Apart from "Tew types of for The Americans showed, how part by "ramp" steamers, dis- conveniently be re-routed over-eign design, such as the Bierlot the monoplane was capable of lance was a controlling considera- anti. Sueli trafic would be an monoplane, the Morane Parasol, being designed with, much tion, but in recent years much of added argument for the early com- and the Morane Bullet, British cleaner" structure, aerodynamical. the world's commerce is handled picte double tracking of the Service aeroplanes have invariably ly, than the biplane. In addition, by lines operating on fixed routes, Trans-Siberian railway.

been, biplanes or triplanes. The the introduction of the retractile with numerous ports of call. The Central European regions biplane form has retained its under-carringe has found a use for re-routing therefore, could not might. it the Suez were inter-popularity to the present day, and the easily be foreseen.

rupted. find a new need for over the large Fairey long-range bom-monoplane. World shipping is governed in land communications Lo theber is the first monoplane to be large degree_by_the_movements Persian_gulf_and_Indiu, such as standardised in the R.A.F. of the great basic raw materials, existed in the Caravan routes and if Far Eastern rubber, tin, prior to the opening of the Bilk, sugar, and vegetable oils Suez Canal in November 1869, should be moved into the Atlantic United Press. via Panama a situation would be created favourable to an expan- sion of American commerce, ex- perts here believed.

At present the China coast is

equidistant approximately

by Suez or Panama to New York, fr the Suez route were closed, however,

Relative distances from New

STRATOSPHERE

FLIERS WERE LOST

Two

Determining Factor

Various reasons have been given for the predominance of the biplane,

The Brithh air authorities have held that the manoeuvre

powers of rapid of the biplane are superior to those of the equivalent monoplane, partly on account of the smaller wing span. In addi- stratospheretion, the biplane has been advocat-

Moscow, Oct. 1. Soviet

It has also been stated, though

thick wing section of the

For speed record breaking, both in_the_landplano-class-and-in-the- seaplane class, the monoplane has been invariably successful. The Italian seaplane which holds, the world's air speed record of about 450 miles an hour is a monoplane; and BO IN the French machine which holds the world's land hero- plane speed "record.”

The evidence is overwhelm- ingly in favour of the mono- plane, usually with liquid cooled engine, as being the type best suited to obtaining the highest possible speeds.

Powers of manoeuvre, In ac

the Panama route would afford a pilota, B. A. Romanov and A. I.ed on the grounds that it is less considerable saving in distance.

Babuikin, missing (believed vulnerable in combat. York to important Far Easter. dead) since September 3, turned commercial centres are as follows: up here to-day with a claim to

New York to Singapore by Good have beaten the world's distance this point has been strongly concordance with the theory of the Lested, that the outlook for the British authorities, have proved in Hope, 12.409 miles; by Suez, 10,177; record. by Panama, 12,522.

They declare that they made a

pllot from a biplane is better than practice to be slightly less marked New York to Shanghai-by Good flight of 1,380 miles, at an average owing to the comparatively shal plane. The small biplanes of the from the equivalent manoplane, in the monoplane than in the bi- Hope, 14,427; by Suez, 12,381; by ultitude of four miles, before their low wing section of the biplane war period, such as the Sopwith Panuma, 10,645,

balloon came down in the desert and to the possibility of placing Pup, the Sopwith Camel, the D.H.2 steppe of Southern Kazakatan.

the top plane on a level with the (pusher single-seater), and the The pilots then walked for pilot's eyes.

Nieuport Scout, were all notable two days before meeting a

for extreme rapidity of manoeuvre. herdsman, who lent them a It is probably true to state that Powers of manoeuvre in modern horse for a 220-mile ride to the the remarkable advances in per-single-seater fighters, however, nearest telegraph. Great Britain presumably

formance made by American trans- are The balloon was the first of its port

somewhat subordinated would take the Good Hope route, sort to erosa the Urals.

neroplanes of monoplano sheer performance expressed form, advances to whose military speed and climb. but the heavy shipments of Indian jule to the United States, in event;

New

York to Yokohama—by Good Hope, 15,099; by Suez, 13.079 by Pannun, 9,677.

New York to Sydney--by Good Hope, 15,099; by Suez, 13,471, by Panama, 9,601,

Traffic between British India and

centage of subsidised mail- of Suez route interruption might

boats.

At a meeting of the officers It

was stated that three of the lines

of the Messageries Maritimes Com-

pany, serving Far East, Austra

come via Panama.

Rubber From Asia

from south eastern Asia to the The heavy rubber shipments

lia, and Mediterranean routes, United States now come in large might be compelled to reduce their part via Suez, but would be re- flects by 10 ships.

routed by Panama. "Considerable Philippines sugar now shipped via

Blow To Trade

The Messageries Maritimes Suez also would find a Pacifte i fleat, which at one time had 60 route. ships in service, Would then possess only 25 units.

The United States share of total Shipping authorities here cargo moving annually through state that the proposal, if put the Suez canal ranges from five into effect, will not only be a to nine per cent, but is of large deadly blow to Marseilles, the tonnage. In 1920, shipments first port in France, but also to through Suez from the

United French shipping and trade, in States were 615,000 tons; to the general.

United States, 2,247,000; in 1934, The ten vessels which may be cargoes from the United States withdrawn, they argue, represent were 237,000 tons; to the United

a tonnage of 100,000,

Each year £100,000 will have to be paid in unemployment al- lowancen, and some £700,000 worth of trade will be lost:

Further, general business in Marseilles will decline by more than £600,000.

Assuming the ships are sold to foreign companies, a working capi- tal of £2,000,000 will be lost to

States, 1,368,000.

Important cargoes shipped through Suez to the United States were rubber, minerals and metals, gunnies, sugar, jute, vegetable oils and tea. In the other direction moved American kerosene, metals, machinery, lubricating oils, paper pulp, and raw cotton. Speculation

to possiblo

French mercantile shipping. The maritimo aspects of an Halo-Bri-

gross loss, therefore, will, it is tish struggle generally presumes that Great Britain would control

estimated, be £3,000,000,

DECORATION FOR A WARSHIP

1.M.S. Suffolk has won a decoration from the Board of Trade-in the form of a piece of plate. The presentation was made yesterday in recognition of the splendid xeneus carried out by seanien of the cruiser when the City of Cambridge was pounding to piccos on Pratos Reef in October last year, The Suffolk's rescue work took several days and was handicapped by heavy weather. Finally ship's bunts got in the leo of the reef and agamon weded through the shallows to a point close to the stranded vessel's side, and dragged their boats after them.Not a life was lost--Reuler.

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