The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-31
GERMANY KEEPING
OIL IN HER LAMPS
No Sea Coast to Defend, but
Navy Ready for Possible
Emergencies.
RELICS OF PRIMEVAL AGE
LONDON MUSEUM ENRICHED BY
RECENT DISCOVERIES.

London, Dec 30.-That aviation has
taken a strong hold In Australia IS
shown by the offer Of a government
prize there for new invention for
ighter-than-air machine.
The Austrian government oneFs $z0'-
600. to be supplemented by a similar
amount publicly subscribed, for the IN
ventiOn of a flying machine when can
be put to practical military use.
The competition is restricted to resi-
dents in Australia, and models ana de
signs are to be ready by the END OF
March, 1910.
Sine sideIights.
An interesting sidelight on the fight
which Germany and England openly or
secretly are making for the supremacy
of the sea, is apparent in the following
paragraphs-one quoting from an Eng
Iisbman prominent I'm naval affairs the
other from a speech by the kaiser's sec
ond son.
Sir John Bingham, president of the
admiralty division of the hlgh court,
in the course Of his speech at banquet
Of the Shipbrokers' Benevolent society,
recently said: Germany has no coast
line or foreign possessions of any conse-
uuence. Then why is it this large heet
(Germanl IS held like a pistol at our
heads within d few miles OF our
shores?
eve. with our extensive coasts and
our colonies spread over the whole
world. need an enormous navy. Ger
many does not: / am unable, am sor-
~ to say, to find any explanation OF the
existence Of that navy except this
that il is held in reserve for future use
and for a use which cannot be agree
able to us"
Prince Eitel Frederick, the kaiser's
second son, speaking at Berlin. after
the recent launching Of Dreadnought
battleship, said:
ssT'he svtematic and regular develop
ment of our high seas fleet is the pest
guarantee for peace and the ranquH
expansion Of our industry. The heet
is becoming ever more the vehicle OF the
German imperial idea.
"Our countrynen across the seas are
best aware of that, and this city VIII
gladly corrOborate my words. Without
Sharing their lives and health by day
and night, under blazing suns and IN
winters cold, officers and men have
been inspired by only one wish-name-
w, to reach the highest point OF readl-
ness for war
Aim to Be Ready.
Although the Germans themselves say
that they have no intention of attack
ing England in the future, the kaisers
son does not hesitate to say that the
aim of the Germans is to reach the
highest point Of readiness for war.
This is significant enough in itself, but
3 az Nartr
the next few years the British navy Will
be increased by about 10 per cent and
the German navy by about 20 per cent
Is there more than one possible conciu-
sion which can be drawn as TO the atu-
tude Of Germany toward England?
With the news that eX-President
Roosevelt is about to seturn from mis-
hunting trip into the interior Of British
East Africa, comes the official report
that a royal party, composed Of the
Duke and Duchess Of COnnaught, Prin-
cess Patricia and Prince Arthur, VIII
depart from here in the third week OF
January on a journey to NairObi.
According TO present arrangements
the duke will go on big game shooting
expedition similar to the one Roosevelt
conducted This is not the sole pur-
pose the duke has in mind; he is also
DESTROYS Of seeing the progress that has
been made in British East Africa since
his visit there in 1906.
Three years ago the Duke Of Con-
naught, with the Duchess and Princess
Patricia, visited Nairobi, Uganda and
the Great Lakes, and was greatly inn
pressed by the work accomplished by
the administration and the railway en-
gineers, in spite Of enormous difficulties.
Tunnel Contemplated.
After four years Of continuous labor,
giving employment to 1880 men, the
great tunnel connecting Argentina and
Chile has recently been completed.
Work went on during those four
years, night and day, regardless of Sun
days or holidays, and the accomplish
ment is regarded as one of the wonders
of the age in engineering work.
The tunnel is $3.50 yards long, and is
about 1000 feet above the sea.
The tunnel runs below the pass of
Cumbre, beginning at Las Cuevas, in
Argentina, and ending at CaracOles, in
Chill.
The railway will at once be construct
ed, and 1t viii probably be possible for
a train to pass through the tunnel next
March.
London contractors and engineers had
charge Of the work.
London, as it was in the early stone
age, is to be the first scene in the great
pageant to be held at the Crystal pal
ace next summer in connection with the
festival Of empire. Frank Lascelles, |
who is producing the STORY of Lon
dOn," with the aid of $1,000 performers, /
is intent on presenting a memorable
spectacle.
The visitor to the pageant ground viii
see, not the rolling hills of Surrey, but
towering mountains and pine forests. |
On the edge of the lake in the palace
grounds the mud huts of the ancient
BrltOns will be grouped.
herd of deer will make its appear
ance, and then the ancient BritOns
clothed in skins will go out to hunt
When they return it viii be, not with
deer as spoil, but huge bear.
Curtain Effect.
It is the aim of the producer to avoid |
any suspicion of theatricality Mr.
Lascelles and his assistants are, there |
fore, proposing a curtain" effect both /
picturesque and novel
While the spectator is gazing on the /
ancient Britons returning from the /
hunt. a dense white cloud viii rise slow
~ between him and the actors, and /
when it passes away another scene will /
be presented.
The cloud curtain is a developiNent /
Of the steam curtain invented by Wag-
neT, and used By him when producing
his own works. At the evening per-
Torrance Of the pageant the cloud will |