Monsignor Benson's Prophecy

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 9, 1 March 1923, Page 25

Monsignor Benson's Prophecy

Of the thousands who stood in the streets of London and watched the results of the general election flashed from the electric screens, few, perhaps, realised that they were witnessing the fulfilment of a prediction made by ttobcrt Hugh Benson some fifteen years ago (says the Universe). Readers of The Dawn- of All will remember that Father Benson anticipated several scientific wonders, not the least remarkable of which was some device as the scintillating sign by means of which news of vital interest might be immediately broadcasted over important centres. The scintillating sign is now an accomplished fact, and the dream of the novelist has been realised much earlier than he predicted. His conception of the international air-mail has already been realised, though not yet in the form of his prediction he conceived it as an air-ship and not an aeroplane transport service.