THE UNITED KINGDOM

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 12

THE UNITED KINGDOM

' < NULL! SECUNDUS WRECKED; • '.'''■■'' '■"."-• London, October Hi. ,Thp strong wind of yesterday almost tore •' the 'military airship at the Crystal Palace from-his moorings, and damaged part of her , framework. Sho' had to be hurriedly: deflated, and the' parts were packed ori motor . ..waggons; and sent back' to Farrib'orbugh by Y road.. The' injury, fortunately, is hot'great,' biit,..inany case, it; is stated that the,_aero--1 stat'had practically, fulfilled all that, had- , been expected from her, and would have been ' almost immediately 'superseded by' an ini-: proved,attship, which is now under cohstruc- , •. ,tion, ; at'Aldershot. . ■During the early-hours of yesterday morning a'strong, soutn-easterly wind was sweepSig over cue Crystal Palace, on the cycle ' track' of which''the airship had been resting '■"' since l 'she landed there on Saturday afternoon; -.: and the sappers ,of the Royal Engi- ;; neors who were stationed on the. spot became apprehensive concerning her safety. geant Ramsay, tho non-commissioned officer in .charge, gave instructions to his men to ' '.' havoHhe airships'-head .turned to the wind, .with the''view of lessening the strain on her. anchoring: hawsers; This was done, and the ; balloon'was securely fixed by a number of ropes'to"'pegs in ! the ground. The sunshine' ■\-' and ; wind oi the morning speedily dried'the' ■huge 'envelope ;'and ! 'tho aeroplanes, and it ■■• .wasobviousthat 'there was'certainly 'no ab-; Boncp. of "lift."',' 1 Tlie accident, happened be-'. . tween' eight and-nine o'clock,' when several 1 /of the. sappers .wcr'eYat breakfast.■■A squall' caught the airship',:and the pegs at ono'ehd ,' we're torn from the ground. She sprang; upwards, and came' down again on her keel. The attendants,,immediately seized 'hold';.of the released ropes,. but their efforts to hold the.swaying machine wore futile. . '". ; Assistance was summoned..' . Mr. Starr, manager of the Crystal Palace, who chariceO* to,'be',in the Palace, ordered every available maris jh, the establishment to rush ,to ; :the cycle -track. :Sergeant Ramsay, on noting; -. '.the,;, peril'of' tho airship and tho imminent. danger of her completely breaking loose,, got • into .the rigging; and opened .the valves at, either end oi thojgasbag. ' According.,to one apcount, he also.rmade a considerable cut in : . theibag'with aknife; The 55,000 cubic feet, cf"hydrogen with'ii'which the 'vast.-envelope., .wasY.charged, rapidly escaped. - Meanwhile,-. ,• . some.*2o, men- were hanging, on,'to.the . machine,'which continued to heave and swaybefore the wind. -/■' ••.'■-.■'•.,•.'•. ..-■..

The first lurch -caused a bucklo .in tho ; aluminium' framo work, arid a -succession, ;of.cracks followed. As the balloon-began to.de-: flato the machine went over on'hcr side, and at ,-tb.is; stage presented tho appearance of a hopeless confusion of; wreckage. 'Noither: Colonel Capper, of. the Royal Knginoors/.(balr loon- section),' nor! Mr. F.' S. Cody, part-de-, signer, of the airship, was present when. the. accident. happened,' but both were immediately/commuincatedwith. " l •■:.. : l- ...'.■: Captain KingiValso of the balloon" section; Was'the'first officer to arrive, and, undenhis' 'direction,' the.work of dismantling.;the,airship; was gone on', with. This occupied some two : hburs, the sappers having the assistance of 'Palace, workmen. An examination of'the; .various parts after thoy had beori 'separated' showed that the damage was less'serious' than the spectacle of the collapse had suggested;, The motor- engines, being protected by their wooden framework, suffered scarcely any damage. A minute examination of the costly envelope' showed that' the gold beaters'Bkiny;;of M which,' it is composed, - had-also-escaped;injury A ; ( and it was carefully';-roJlcd andVpacked: up,j?.'l)aiiage was c6nnried' v 'to the frame work or steel and aluminium tubes,about one-half of which were rendered-use-Jess.'"

' The' ; -'clearing of-the wreckage was,, witnessed by many visitors, who had arrived towatch, the ascent which was expected to take place. Colonel Capper did. not put in an appearance during the, morning, but Mr. Cody arrived shortly after, noon. After examining the various ■ parts, he a press representative that the- damage was not: serious. • Tho power plant, consisting of the' ongines . and -tho aeroplanes, remained unimpaired. i.The- framework .would--bo easily reconstructed. .-.,--....: ;V : "SAYINGS'OP SOCIALISTS. - ' A... Battersea',,' .correspondent - informs the "Standard" tha'tjtho Socialists' of.,Batter-. se'a i .have just ,issiied a : circular to tho resi-, dents, of the borough. It'contains tho following -passage:—-! • '.!■.. "Under existing,.circumstances, .we. are! face, te;face:with the:,question: 'Shall the. people' rise,in;'revolt or tamely submit to:their',;enslavement ?-'-' 'Socialists are 'under,'.'no .do-' lusion.on this point. In,a .civil - .war tho casualties of tho workers could not bo greater than: they now are. If the ruling classes' take, the course which will render the peaceful emancipation of tho people impossible,, they, and thoy alone, will bo responsible,for what follows. : Resistance to slavery is ; riot merely justified; it is an imperative. duty to ourselves and to unborn generations." , At /Brighton, oh Wednesday evening, .Mr. Byridman said:—"l am more concerned about" disestablishing tho houso of capitalists than, disestablishing tho House of Lords. Combination is good for tho workers as well. as tho capitalist, and it is possible, and,'.indeed,;, inevitable; that tho huge combines, of capital seen in.cotton, coal, iron, and.other, monopolies must bo no longor handled by.'in;, dividuals, but by tho people at large." V .' '*: .:';,.:ARMY MEDICAL REFORM! Mr. Haldane (Secretary' ofr War), the course of a speech at North Berwick, said:— "Thoy: had been for some time past considering how best they could invito the : medical profession to assist'tho Territorial 'Army, and this week the Director-General of the Arriry Medical Service was coming down to make a beginning with Scotland by inaugurating" the,;creation of a. reorganised .medical..force, for the Territorial Army on lines similar to': thoso on which ho had" sue-

cc'ssfully organised' 'with Regular officers for the Regular Army. The Territorial Medical' Service, was .wanted in timo of war, not 1 only to treat founds,' but to' secure sariita-. tioti and health'.preservation. ' The War Office could not proceed with this wholly on a regimental basis. They proposed'to work'on the' footing of thoir being one great;corps,; just as in the case of the Engineers.' The' various medical units which were necessary for the divisions of tho Territorial Army would' bq raised, as far as possible, ■'within; tho areas in which these divisions 'were'.to' bo formed; As _ well as tho porsonnol of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men required for tho' special duties outside these ,'units, tho co-operation of oxports engaged in preventive medicine would also be sought. Those experts would be asked to give jthoir advice in timo, of.. war should troops ,bo massed.lin thotvicjnity of their spheres of. work', .but tho War Office did not propose to makq undue' demands upon the timo of these'distinguished men." ... ,',,.'■.,'' !They were also going to ask tho. nursing profession to volunteer in time of ..war- to :tho Territorial Hospitals,. according' tola "scheme which tho War Officowould shortly" put forward. .'' ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE. M/'Cambon (tho French Ambassador), in proposing the toast of the Lord Mayor and the Corbporation of London, at tho banquet at the Guildhallj said: —"I am happy to havo an apportunity of thanking tho Lord Mayor and the Corporation of tho City for the good feeling which they'have always displayed towards Franco ,and which is shown once again to-day by tho magnificent reception extenddd to tho MunicipaL Council of Paris. AH misunderstandings botweon our countries have been'dispelled, all causes of friction removed, and, tho Ibond* of an enduring friendship have booh established. , It is but fair to re'ebgniso that tho Corporation of tho City has played a very important part in this rapprochcmOnt. 'A few years ago, when, becauso they did not attempt to examine the questions which might cause a conflict botwoen them and have S frank explanation, the two nations regarded

each other with,a certain amount.of distrust, it was in business;circles.in.:Paris;.and hero in the City Corporation, that tho partisans of a rapprochoment between the'two countries fouml tho most officnoious support, and it is there that they discovered a real appreciation iof ,tho i.nterqsts. pi ,t!)p„ tw,o, ,cflu.n,tries_ and a desiro for •an understanding,, tho weight of which was'soon folt by, the,two. Governments:. "Nowadays the rqlations, of free peoples no longer'depend caprice or personal inlteres,ts'o'f.'thTOe''wlio_'govorii..'tlie'in; they are ruled by...'public7ppiriioh;'.'anU, public opinion, passing e.n'ors.Jnptwithsta'flding, is, after all, invariably. guided by national interests. Betwoeri two neighbouring countries, whose industries'do not compefo,'who exchange exory year products valuihg.'two milliards of francs, who, .afford eactu'othei;,.financial, support • indispensable to both, whose Governments are inspired by a-common ideal of progress and .liberty, it'may.bo said'that misunderstanding .is contrary to" nature. Tho City of London understood this,'and.'assisted in' the most effective fashion in the'establishment of this entente cordialo," which constitutes the best guarantee.' of the world's peaco.'"'

• : -• ''ANARCHIST LECTURE. ' . M'ss.Emma, Goldman,,who,was: described on the'.,handbills,.asj'thc, well-known American Anarchist, " lectured'to a small audience at the Hdborn Town Hair upon if-'Tho Labour Struggle in America." '„.,. ..,.,,, , ~: According to,, Miss Goldman, American workmen are in,a r vcry bad'way:; The coun : try has ceased to bo an attraction to the free pooplo of BiiropoJ''with'"the'.oxcdption.of the Russians, who'(iro'.driveri:ther6'l)y "the hand of, the bloody Czar, Black; Hundreds, and .the'Pogroins.'' , '>''Capitalist , hypocritically say th'ey'clo riot''like"'immigration, but capitalism !could.not','o'xist,24',horn's without immigration..;, ".,'Y„. ','.,'„',"'., „';,".; v . Miss Goldman appears to have'a very poor opinion of trade unionism and' its leaders, who,, she-' declared;' cdn'never die for their ideal;. as-'thoy'!ha,ve''''no' l idealr l '''. ( ' | As long as trade unionism is carried o'nfor<th'e purpose of promoting good'feeling,.between the robber and the robbed;; then the"'loaders can do nothing' but what they v are'doing.''''" :,' Tho lecturer ridiculed tho .manner in which strikes are carried 'on in''"America, but was hopeful of the future., Tho more. progressive Labour people,' the 'more advanced working men, Miss Goldman;wdht/on'to say, have come to understand, something radically.- different'" must'" ~b"e inaugurated..-.; As an i instance.,... that;-i,v they can •bo successful, she mentioned,.•,-itjie. Western miners'. strike,' which hasi beenj going on in Colorado, for the past five yeara ; < The now famous trial of Hoywood, the.union secretary, ■took place in connection, with,.this, strike, and ■Miss Goldman laid tho blame.foftitho prosecution upon the capitalists, who-did!not wish to got rid of Heywood so much as'tb get rid of tho .union. But according to the speaker,/because ;"tho miners of the.West knew liow;to.hahdla,dyhamite." , Tho meeting was not-enthusiastic. ; •' SOCIALISM AND RELIGION. :: No'better;'illustrttjiojrßf tha"care which should ; _exercise''beforo; they_ associate .'themselves in' any" way.'with Socialism, can be 1 given '(says' the' "Standard") than ti--call attention to "the'following "utterances of a prominent'-Socialist; -Mr.™ Robert Blatchford, "Clarion"':— '" I ,; "l"d6'"n'ot"b'clieve';th'a't < Clirifetianity dr '

Buddhism -or -'Judaism' orllahometanisT, is true.- L'do not beliove that' any ono

of these rcligion'sus'iiccessaiiy'.'. I do not

believe', that "any' one 'of them- affords a perfect nile of"lifo."-"' .'?>'<•'• w, i , "I ilony the'- existence' ■of-a-Heavenly ■' leather:.'"!", dKfiy"th6 'efficacy'_of prayer. I deny-tlie'.providence) i.of 'Gotl; I deny tho truth of trie-Old' Testament and the New Testament. '■ Idenythe'truth of tho • Gospels. • 1 'do'not-'beliove-'any miracle, over '-was i performecl. . .I.; do -riot bolievo that Christ was'divine- I.do riot believe • •that- Christ died for:inan; ■ I-'.tlo not' believe that Hoover rose dead. I am- strongly -inclino'dUdi bdliovo that Ho never "existed at'all:'':.-' :'.•:::... •"''l-'dqny that'Chrisb' ; in"'any''Way or in any. senso .ever-interceded .'for • man or saved.man.or.reconciled God.to man or man to God. - Idcny that the love or tho help..<nvthe'.intercession:"of Christ, or Buddha',' ..:oe.'Mahomet, ,-br '.Ihe Virgin Mary,' is of any-;.uso ;to; any .man. "I do-not believe there-is any Heavoil, and I-scorn'tho'idoa of' Hell..'i'

. That; ; dcciaratioh,..,w,ha'teyer,;,protests may be made to: the: contrary, .st.a'hds.vas an essen-tial-part of-:-tlie".'Cxtreme -Socialist creed. Mr.Nßobort Blatchford, who made it, is one' of the.most,.able..:leaders of,the; party, and, being a very.-brilliant, and:,particularly attractive -writer,- has-mado'more-[converts to. 'Socialism, .than any other 'me .Socialists ..of..,the.,;Labour. > ,pat:ty, allege tnat his declaration of: Atheism :gaye. the Unionists the-.victory'.at.;Kirkdale,,;and'tho effect f his .outspokenness—not his, Atheism—ism —is the subject of a .ch.orus.of la.me.nt in."The Labour Leader"' from Miv- Ramsay-- Maqdonald and 'Mr. J..BruccGlasier.,-,But,' La; His roply, an "Tho CJ.arion > '!., l Mr„;Blatclif9rd,;is not only unrepentant,'but he; tells.-Mr. Ramsay Mac d'onald, plainly "-that- beforeT.'Socialism can triumph religious..faith.must.bo, destroyed:— : "I took, jny own cqurse years ago," lie-, says, ''believing that Uib'^Christian religion was untruo, and believing that ■ all supernatural religions were inimical to human progress, and foreseeing that a conflict -.between -Socialism liud religion , (so called): was, inevitable,.'.'!" attacked tho- Christian; religion.„., , . ■„., It i had to be clone, 'and it will have to bo'fin;islicd." No half.'and'half'measures will - jsorvo.'... .. ... '■ ;.I.'believe that I did right, and,l -believe that,.!!, "did wisely, ' -, and I b'olicvo thattho Socialism that will finally',! triumph "will' be .the" Socialism of 'Not giiiltyj' antLdf'.'Ne^ys.'irbmnowhere,' I.beliqve if the Labour .party fought liirkdalo over again;'' upon, 'sagacious' ■ lines, "they 'would Bo - again defeated. Arid I .believe that if thoy fought it upon my lines they would/win'.'.' ',' 7' ..V; '-IN HYDE PARK.T Contrary 'to''custom, there' wero practically no Socialist orattirsVin'Hyde Park last Sunday." One; gentleman - ( with a'.'strong Irish brogue—he statetF later on that'ho was proud ho was''hot'''ah 'Eriglish'mari—stood beneatii the'dripping'trees near th'd'Marblo Arch, and amused "his listeners by ■ anathematising everything i and everybody: r Unfortunately, .ho;-forgot to explain how-lie would remedy this I :'existing c«ri'ditiohs7."!"He ''certainly did drop one hint: •'''Now;"j he'' exclaimed, "wo have got Victor Grayson. '--The -people of the West Riding had'got hold of the ideal candidate, and no Radical: or Tory could take him-.from them."'•< Liberals'ho> classified as rogues, and Conservatives as f'tiefs." !, 'Englishmen; apparently, wero in his sight .the-.' worst of '.'-mankind.' "Everywhere tho: British -flag flies to-day<thero is poverty and. misery and"-' slavery, and i- corruption.'' .Even the Labour party in'tho'Houso of Commons did not satisfy .this' orator. "I have watched these men-," ho'shouted, "who profess, to bo friends of tho working man, and I know thorn. They aro .'tiofsi'i It is only ;.'tiefs' that. got on woll. I. was never a .'tief-.f V "Take rint, intorest, rtaxation, and •profit-away, and you will have-no fraud," was another piece of wisdoml.ho-gave to the crowd. The sight of a soldier,, among his audience led-him to another subject. "Fancy the state of socioty to-day j -when men are paid a shilling a day to shoot,,down their fathers .and mothers:and: brothers. Soldiers . are nothing.-rbut hired- •,

'.Then ho. jumped to ; thov.peoplo who lived opposite his stand—the: inhabitants of Park Lane. They ought, to., bo hanged, for some reason or other. -In France; during tho Involution, they.;-,had.,known ..better how to manage this sort of ; thing.:. "Over six thousand, of the. . d^—d thiovos wore taken and thrown' on pno. side and lost, L their heads, thank God. Take care that; does not happen herein England I" .•■ ~, ,: 'His auujonco-wore much ; , amused at his statements, most of which, w.ere couched in outrageous terms and many of which woro treasonable, wliilo he, depended upon tno grossest .languages for ..raising a, laugh, .'t was not a. pleasant; exhibition, and doubtlqss ther.o "others', besides] himself who ;woro; glad that not an Englishman.'"".'" '•■'"■-■■■■ -f-;