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THE HONGKONG Te legrarii, Monday, August 22, 1938.

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The Greeks were the first to use the rocket in Europe. It is found there in the seventh century. We do not, however, hear of the use of the rocket in other parts of Europe until the fifteenth century.

There is an account of the French using the rocket in the siege of Point Audemer, which was defended by the English. The city was stormed by the French following the big fire incendiary rockets.

from the ground by radio that had been started by the

some things in our defence which other people had not; there were some good things in our defence, and he was

A MODERN rocket of high speaking with even more

power, loaded with restraint than he might use. liquid, can finish its journey at "The ingenuity of, men speeds in excess of 700 miles of science has not left us per hour. This velocity would enable the rocket to pierce the wholly defenceless on the thickest and toughest of pro- sen, under the sea, and in tective armouring. No warning the air," he added.

would be given of the approach Many are asking what are the of a rocket. for it would be new inventions for defence travelling faster than sound. against air attack that Sir Thomas Inskip was referring to. Tr is as yet difficult to I cannot answer that question,

mark a target with I can, however, accuracy, due to the irregularity 1938, Violet Winifred Padgett tell you about the new weapon of the combustion of the gun Nursing Home, on August 21, for I know not. (nee May) dearly beloved wife of defence against air attack powder,

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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1930.

ANOTHER ROAD TO SECURITY

THE NEW GARRARD The prospect of a closer

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believe that the powder used in It is the rocket.. A projectile rockets will be perfected so that which carries its own motive it will explode as reliably as power in the form of gases shells.

by LORD FORBES

ROCKETS were used throughout the Middlo Ages to frighten horses during a cavalry charge.

An Englishman called Con- greve invented a rocket with a tin body and a steel tip at the

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explosives. A small charge will An English rocket be sufficient to destroy a plane. fought at Leipzig and Waterloo. to that invented in Germany in use for the purpose of The long-range rocket similar In the last war the rocket was may be applied at any time to illuminating the enemy front

bombardment of foreign cities. and for no other purpose.

The rocket, like many in- entions that suddenly spring into prominence, has been used

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PROPHESY that before many years have passed in a primitive form from time the rocket will become our immemorial. ejected from its tail. The There is a new development

principal weapon of defence The story is told in the Bible against air attack, technicians of Germany, France that counteracts the unreliability

I believe that It will be so and America are developing the of the rocket gunpowder. It is of the use of this device with a rocket as a replacement for anti- the steering of war rockets by singular motive power. It is the successful in destroying enemy tale of the outrageous conduct bombers that the use of planes aircraft guns. Whether develop radio. ment along these lines is going When this is fully developed of the Philistines who deprived for military purposes may on in this country I know not. it will be possible for a rocket, Samson of his wife and gave possibly be abandoned. Abroad many believe that the once it has been fired at a plane, her to another. And the leader rocket may easily become what rocket will replace both anti- to be redirected on its course and of the Jews devised a rocket of the depth charge has been to aircraft guns and even heavy steered until it finally strikes its fire, fastened to two engines in the submarine.

objective. artillery.

A long-range war rocket has directed against the crops of his SOONER or later a reply economic, and consequently poli-

is found to every chal- THE rocket has many ad- been developed in Germany enemies, and for the first time

An invention produces tical, front by Great Britain, artillery.

vantages over anti-air- which can travel 180 miles in history the rocket had a lenge.

counter-inventions. the loaded with 50lb. of explosives. complete success.

Now it is First of all France and the United States mechanism which is required to It is aimed by radio and can be

The Chinese also made use of obvious that we must develop a continues to draw the attention launch it is extremely light and fired with accuracy.

the rocket as an engine of war defence to air attack.. of the French press and excite not costly to build. Therefore,

and called it the "Hidden Spirit.” If such a defence is delayed comment from all sections of while a gun of large calibre is THE rocket is best suited The rocket took a long time to for a very long time all the war people. And it is true that the not easily moved from place to

for use against enemy reach Europe. It came via Asia, experience of history is denied. used For through the ages defence ground for such a sowing of place, the rocket can be moved bombers, for the height at which where the rocket was

be fired is practically extensively as an engine of war, has always been many, many seeds of co-operation has seldom greatest of ease.

to any emplacement with the it can

limitless. The rockets required In Asia an arrow was fastened times stronger than attack. been better prepared. The three L● governments have worked in perfect harmony in the financial Chater Road.feld since their recent agree

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Long-range guns cannot be moved because of the concrete, emplacements that are required for them. These are needed to

The Falling Birth-Rates

resist the terrific recoil that

is fired. A rocket, however big takes place when a heavy shell

it may be, has no recoil what- soever, and will not require aTwo years ago Professor Charles,

Richer the famous heavy launching mechanism.

scientist, published an article warning

Doomed?

Budapest and now

chief statistical

Office at Geneva, concurs with the British scientist und with Professor Richer.

French Is The White Race expert at the International Labour A long-range gun, under the the white race that they were doomed against the sometimes alarming best conditions, cannot fire a to extinction if they did not have

But does a dwindling population shell more than ninety miles, more children. Following on his prospect of inflation panic, with while a simple rocket loaded with pronouncement, other scientists have

necessarily mean that a country Is the inevitable complications and gun-powder can travel with case rate will have serious consequences exaggeration, has undoubtedly the deemed such to be the case, notably also warned us that the falling birth-

decaying? Many great Powers have harmful effects upon internal eighteen or twenty miles, Afor the race.

largest numbers of births of any Japan, who recruited husky Northern and international trade and rocket loaded with liquids such Britain's birth-rate is exceptionally country in Europe, and litile Holland Chinese coolles, wrestlers, and even bandits to console the widows of morale. Add to this satisfac-as petrol, methanine, and flow. So is it in Germany. In shows a very healthy percentage.

America and South Africa the people That famous novelist, Emile Zola. slain in the Russo-Japanese War. those soldiers of Nippon who were tory understanding the more hydrogen can travel hundreds of of Anglo-Saxon origin are not warned France in no measured terms Italy, Germany, France, Hungary,

multiplying. France has never had about the dangers of race-suicide." recent close welding of British miles at high speeds,

Another advantage that the a proportionately heavy birthrate In our own country Sir Leonard Hill allowances in proportion to the num- and Russia encourage fertility by and French feeling, accomplished rocket has over the long-range since the days of Napoleon, when she sounded the same warning in a more ber of children. by the visit of Their Majesties gun and anti-aircraft guns is was exhausted by revolutions and polite and scientific manner, and

wars. Russia, even allowing for Professor Imre Ferenczi, formerly of History May Repeat Itself to France; the subsequent that the further the rocket goes "friendly conversations" of Mr. the faster it travels, while a shell Henry Morgenthau, American loses speed from the time Treasury chief, with his opposite leaves the gun. This feature is GRIN AND BEAR IT numbers in Paris, and the most important in anti-aircraft

it

guns, where a moving target is

approach to a general trade being shot at,

agreement on the part of Great

Britain and America, and it will

be appreciated to what an extent of military alliance is in prospect, the preparation for possible or that any defensive treaty is

While it might be: broader agreements has been sought.

more than surmise whether or

Increuso their Individual and

taken. It is impossible to do acceptable to one at least of the

parties, the third would neverj not these various moves have tolerate any undertakings of a nature which would automatical- been carried out with a great

But the tri-party understanding in view; ly involve it in war. but that would seem a likely ex-mere fact of their drawing together in the realm of planation, and is not too much to expect of the practical, de-economics will be sufficient to mocratic governments concern collective prestige, their power cd. All three of the great for good in a world where dis- democracies must have

per trust and competition continue ceived the necessity of their to create ugly oplaodes, dis- close co-operation in view couraging failures in eradicating of the growing animosities of ill-will and constant threats of re-

course to arms, There can be no; politically antagonistic regimes. United, they must realise, they

a co-operative economic bloc with have every right to anticipate Britian, France and America at that their strength will be its head, or of the closer friend. sufficient to meet any sort of ship and sympathy which such challenge; divided, they must a scheme would cultivate among risk a fall from the high places these three great peoples, whose they Individually occupy. It is preservation of peace and

repeated pledge has been the the not to be inferred that any sort defence of freedom.

questioning of the advantages of

By Lichty lens, that are suffering most from

"Past ask him now-white her in a good mood-about a new

fur coat!"

But it is not only the old lands of Europe, Intigued by many wars and eternally harried by economie pro-

what alarmists call race suicide, but niso

white the

populations of Australia, Canada, and the United States. Lands where mixed races. prevail have high percentage of births, notably Brazil.

It has been repentedly said that the Red Indian races of North America were dying out through luck of chil- dren. This is untrue. The red man's breed almost died out because of imported diseases, wars. and deprivation of his hunting grounds. But the 'Red Indian has recovered, I if your Navaho or Apache of to- day dous not have as big a family ns his grandfather, at

ut least his children. healthier richer.

and le

ure

And,

The yellow and black races are noticeably fertile, and although the colour-bar of our prejudice frowns at mixed marriages, it is possible that these unions will come about in increasing numbers as time goes on. and a new race may be formed there- by The black lexions recruited by

Rome have left their stamp all over Europe, particulpatorie» Southern Italy and part of

It is not impossible that. lol'd repeat Itself, especialis

of un other world con

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France, which

- tufferad

terribly from decrema nd-power after the 1914-18 War, employed several ton labourers and akified. workmin tu, other g; quntries. Many of them (became Ju Ised, becausekluse MD a supra.

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