The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-07
AEROPLANES ARE
DISTURBING PEACE
Submarines Are Also Detri-
mental to Happiness
THE DETECTIVES CONFER
Are Called BY Scotland Yard to Consfd-
err Methods of Protecting Lives of
Royalty From Anarchistic
PIOtters
THE DETECTIVES CONFER

| London, Aug. 6.-(Special THAT aero
planes are disturbing the peace of the
heavens above and the submarines that
of the waters. and that some terrible
divine punishment will strike us If we
do not give up these modern activities Is
the firm belief of many English clergy
men of the old school, and one of them,
the well known preacher, Canon H B.
Rawnsley. has in full earnest implored
the British government to put a stop to
flying and diving in all forms
In order to get from his own lips an
expression of his opinion on aviation.
yesterday visited Canon Rawnsley In
his study. and found him more than
willing to speak.
TT is to many, and I might say to
most of the English clergy, horrible to
think that the idea of the war balloon
and the war aeroplane has come to stay.
Not content with war on earth we are
to have war in heaven, and 1t is this
knowledge which l believe is at the
bottom of much of our feverish haste to
become conquerors of the air, and of
much of the intense interest publicly
manifested in aviation meetings.
My quarrel with the flying man,
whether he be mounted on monoplane or
diving beneath a Dongelle, is that he Is
importing into what was meant to be a
restful heaven an element of unrest II
peace was not possible on earth at least
the now untraveled heaven cast round
our restlessness its rest" and though l
can sympathize with the Psalmist who
said oh, that / had wings like dove,
for then would 1 flee away and be at
rest no one who has heard the roar of
the motors and seen the crossing and
recrossing of the vast aerial cars above
an aviation field can feel that In that
heaven the dove would have much
chance of finding what it sought.
1T Is very real and very disturbing
element that is now being introduced in
to the quiet and calm of the ever arching
heaven, and the only way to put an end
to it will be for the government to for
bid it altogether
The postoffice telephone cable recently
laid between Dover and Cape Grisnez
promises to result in the placing of new
continental centers within telephone
range of Great Britain.
The electrical conditions of submarine
cables make telephone communication
through them difficult as compared with
such communication carried on overland
lines, and any improvement in their eff
ficiency will have q marked effect in
extending the distance through which
telephone speech is possible.
In the case of the new cable its eff
ficiency has been increased more than
three times beyond the value which 1t
would have if 1t had not been specially
treated.
This improved efficiency is due to the
insertion of loading coils in the cable
at intervals of one knot, and so making
speech more distinct.
The French government proposes to lay
second new cable across the channel,
and 1t will thus be possible to provide for
the increased traffic likely to result from
the proposed reduction of charges for con-
yersations between England and France
In the meantime 1t is proposed to use
the new English cable for experiments in
conversation between London and Am
sterdam. and possibly Berlin and other
cities in Germany.