The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-17
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

| Especial Gable from the international
| News Servicc.)
London, April 17.-As the husband
of an English princess and also as a
lover of sport King Alfonso of Spain
| is dear to the heart of the people, so
IL is with no little anxiety that the
English note that the Spanish throne
is tottering under the continuous
blows rained upon the royal family by
the Spanish republicans, who confid
emily announce that Spain will be a
republic like Portugal, before five
years have passed and possibly before
the end of the present year.
The republicans of Spain have re-
Gently altered their tactics. Instead OF
attacking the monarchial system as
before they now attack the young king
whom they daily describe as licenti-
Gus and vicious idler without any 9th
er interests than that of enjoying the
pleasures of life at the expense of his
poor tax ridden people. Day after
day they print statements showing
how the king and his family are drain
ing the country without rendering any
public service whatever in return. So
violent nave lHeSe dtldckS DeCoiIle
that the advisers of the king have con-
sidered it necessary to take official
notice of them and have published
statement of royal revenues and eX-
penses, showing that the king and his
family give work and pay wages to
more than 5000 families, the majority
of whom belong to the working class.
In spite of this, luminosity against
the king is rapidly growing, owing
more than anything else to the fact
that NJ ursaiz. former secretary of
the treasury stated on the floor of the
Spanish cabinet that the king and his
whole family were set of embezzlers
and had had the audacity to invest
most of their private fortune in the
Spanish national debt.
Words like these were not spoken
in vain in the midst of highly emo
tional people like the Spanish. who in
their ignorance take the accusation to
mean that King Alfonso is a traitor TO
the country and that it would be a pa
triotic deed to murder him or drive
him out of the country.
In the little suburban village of Hen
don less than seven miles. as the
crow flies from the royal palace of
Buckingham, Sir Hiram Maxim. be-
cause of his great love Of peace, is
planning TO construct the most formid-
able engines of destruction the world
has ever seen. hoping to make war
impossible in a near future.
IN, ,,l, -,
prising nearly 400 acres. Mr.. Maxim,
Mr. Graham White nd NJ. Beriot,
working together 10. the first time,
will erect the most up-to-date aero
plane factory i'm the world in which
aeroplanes are to be built, half d doz-
en- of which will be enough TO defend
the coast of England against any at
tempted German attack and send the
kaiser's pro- rCnclads to the bottom
of the Nor with thousands OF
men befo shall have been able
to aim jaoa guns.
But this viii not be all. With every
CONSTITUTIONAL facility at their COM
mand, and with a large staff of skilled
workers to call upon, these three re-
nowned experts will collaborate in the
construction of new types of aero
planes which will be built in the fac
tory and Immediately tested on the
neighboring aerodrome by special
pilots. Mr. Graham White, NJ. Bleriot
and Sir Hiram Maxim will direct keen
attention to the development Of the
war aeroplane; TO the evolution of
simple, proctocal machines to encour-
age the sporting and pleasure seek
ing aspects Of airmanship; and also
to the building of special passenger
carrying types of aeroplanes.
All three, judging from their expert
knowledge OF flying, believe that, now
the aeroplane has emerged from the
experimental into the practical, there
will be during the coming season,
vast forward stride in connection with
airmanship. chiefly as regards it's
military and sporting possibilities, and
also in the matter of pleasure cruises
and organized tours through the air
To popularize the making of tours
throughout England by aeroplanes.
also to stimulate week end aero
plane trips undertaken in the same
way as motor car week GnQS are
now enjoyed. Mr.. Graham White and
others are seeking to arrange special
aerodromes, with sheds and facilities
: to be erected at pleasure resorts
, throughout the country.
r Not only for reconoitering and dis
patch carrying. but also for destruc-
ton work. a field in which Sir Hiram
J Maxim will experiment exclusively,
will aeroplanes be constructed.
, The port of London and afterwards
several other English ports are to
have their Ellis Islands in order to
sift the ever increa sing tide of immi-
grants arriving in England, including
even those who are passing through
here on the way TO America. Every
man. woman and child arriving here
will have to declare that he is no an
, archist, socialist or admrer of Ber-
. nard Shaw that he is not a fugitive