The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-27
ENGLAND FEARS
 AERIAL DANGERS Large Number of Aerial Yes sells to Be Constructed FOR WAR PURPOSES English Parliament May Provide for the Payment of Expenses of Can
 didates-TO Give Poor Men Chance

London, November 26.-(Special.) )-The English naval and military authorities are at last beginning to realize how im- perative it is to provide without delay against the new danger which threatens the country from the air above in the form of German aeroplanes and dirigl- bles. MT. Arthur Allen, who made the trip across the channel on board the Lebandy dirigible, has reported to the English government that he has strong ly impressed with its value as an 1n- strument of war, and that it. has conciu- sively proved the possibility or transpor- ting enough of an aerial army to Eng- land to do incalculable damage py orop- ping bombs in the big cities.
 It is also admitted that it will be next to impossible to stop the use or the alrship in war by an international agree ment when theitwo largest powers on the continent have already invested fnany thousands in military aeroplanes ana ol- rigibles |,
 learn that the British government is, therefore, contemplating the construc- ton of % dirigibles and @ very large number of aeroplanes to be finished be- | fore F months have passed.
 Now when the payments of members Of the house of commons is practically sure to be adopted in England the liberal party and many conservatives agree that the present time offers golden opportu- nity of securing a parliament freely open to poor men. Within a very short time the present parliament or the one following 1t, if there is to be another general election within a few months, will be asked to pass bill to the enect that all election expenses of all candl- dates polling 15 per cent and over Of the total number of voters registered are to be paid by the state. The limit of 15 per cent will prevent irresponsible candidates from entering the contest at public eX- pense. All subscriptions, either from the candidate of his wife, if given within . six months of the election are to be in cluded in his return of election expenses and reckoned as part of his maximum expenditure. This quite moderate pro- posal would provide an automatic check upon lavish ground baiting." The wealthy candidate would thus be com pelled to exercise a continuous restraint on his dubious generosity, for if he did not he would have dissipated the whole or part of his maximum before the election began.
 All individuals and organizations which spend more than S5 in an election are to be compelled to register themselves with the head postmaster of the constit- uency At the close of the election they should be required to send in a return of their election expenses of exactly the K same character as the condiate and sim llarly subject to penalties
 A huge tooth of the mammoth 'Ele- phas Primigenius" has been found by workmen engaged in excavating on the Great North road at Biggleswade, Bed fordshire for the sewerage scheme. It was feet below the surface.
 MT Worthington Smith of Dunstable, an authority on prehistoric man. has ex- E amined the tooth says the Standard, | and states that the mammoth was a Ncommon animal in northern Bedfordshire 100000 years ago.
 That man lived in company with the mammoth which owned this Biggleswade tooth Is considered to be proven by the discovery of palaeolithic implements Tn the gravel pits at Biggleswade
 Tuo documents. which lie in full view of visitors to Westminster Abbey chap terhouse are extremely interesting in connection with the supposed discovery of the body of Henry VI, in St. George chapel, Windsor.
 Form any centuries those manuscripts have suggested that Henry VT was bur jed in the abbey. One of the parch- ments which bears the sign manuel of Henry VII, is bond from George Fas- \ cet. the abbot of Westminster, dated July 26. 14sS, to pay s50O to aid the king ! In transferring the body Of ms uncie' Henry VI, from Windsor Collegiate church to the abbey church at Vest minister.
 The second manuscript Is equally em- tha been paid. It is the "roll of accempt' of John fslip. sacrist of Westminster abbey, dat rd Michaelmas Day, 15Ol, containing other items the payment of the $zooo.
 With these and other records before them the chroniclers Of old believed that the body was actually removed to some unknown place in the abbey
 Had not Henry VI himself on the oc- pasion of a visit to the abbey said, Lend me your staff, good Lord Cromwell. Is It not fitting I should have place here, where my fathers and my ancestors lie, hear St. Edward?'
 And then, pointing with white staff 10 a spot between the tombs of Edward he Confessor. founder of the abbey, and Henry III, the builder of the church, he ,aid to the nobles, who were with him, sHere, methinketh. is a convenient place. rorsooth, forsooth, here v&l we lie.'
 Taking an iron pike the master mason ,r the abbey traced the position of the rave. the marks being discernable to nany generations of pilgrims.
 Tn Henry WITS time every preparation vas undoubtedly made at the abbey for he reception of the body of Henry Vi. Eom windsor, but the formers will and \ mat of Henry VII, no less clearly indi- \ late that it remained in the south aisle 4,f St. Georges chapel, Windsor, where Fhe bones have just been found. New Through Train Service