Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-02
GERMANY PLANNING
BIG SHIPPING CANAL
Engineers at Work On Project
Aviation Not Become q
Regular Profession.

Berlin. Special: The River Rhtn>,
1.-THE German Rhine." as the Father
lands national ong describes it, MAY
eventually be made q German stream
from that corner of the Black forest.
where it first enters the empire. to its
mouth. Plans for q great ship cAna1
to open he streams way entirely
through German territory to the North
Sea. first broached when Bismarck wac
in power and known to have had mis-
approval, a now been prepared, with
full engineering and financial details.
and will be laid before the government.
the Riechstag, the parlfanaents OF the
federated states and the municipalities
interested in the project.
The canal. according to these Cdans
will leave the Rhine near Wesa. fol-
low the boundary OF Olla closely
and join the River Ems not far fr"tn
L.eer. The city of Emden, at h mouth
of the Ems. would nus become the
harbor city of two great German rivers
and shipping. which now enters he
Rhine through Dutch territory. would
need fear 10 embargo by hostile aavi-
cation or tariff regulations. The esti-
mated cost Of the undertaking is $1S.-
100000, some $4,000, 900 less than that
OF the Rhine-Hanover canal, now under
construction. Apart from the advant-
ages which this new mouth to the
III NOalA XIV w
1T would result in the reclamation OF
considerable stretches of moorland. the
so called Bourtanger Moor, through
which the canal would run for fits en-
tire length. This, it is believed. will
appeal strongly to the government. as
the emperor, in his address from the
throne last year, announced the gov
ernment's Intention of systematically
pushing h reclamation and settlement
OF nOOriands.
Progress in Aviation.
Flying is recognized as a regular
profession and professional aviaaors
employed by German aerOplane buitd-
ers. are held entitled to the benefits Of
the state insurance act IL killed q in
jured in Nights executed IN testing Or
selling aeroplanes. by q decision Just
given by the Imperial Insurance trih-
Schendel, n OF the best known Ger
man aviators. and his mechanidaR.
August VOss. who were killed at johann
nithal. June 8. 1911. while attempting
TO break the worlds record for height.
The widow of voss claimed for hetvef
and child from the Union II skilled
Mechanics and Electricians. to which
her husband belonged. the Insurance
provided by law. namely. an annuity
equal to two-ffths Of her husbands
risk in this profession. rs German av-
fators having been killed already. me
union appealed to the insurance tri-
bunal for a decision. This is to the eff
feet that while the union is entitled to-
refuse to pay the legal accident irs,ir-
competitions 1T must pay when it's
member is injured in the regular per
formance of his duties as a purely tech
meal employe Of an aeroplane firm.
The court took The ground that the
nigh ascent was a necessary test of
thea ability Of the machine, further that
Voss. as III mechanician and not the
aviator, was not responsible for the
extreme to which the test wa carried.
American Consul csnsu.sd.
The United States consul general, A.
M. Thackara. and his staff have besr
soundly scOlded by an indignant Ger
man for writing to him in English, and
the organ of h Information Gersaaa
Lang society &c g large branch of
the scolding. The complainant wrete.
to the consulate general asking GER
tain information regarding United
States tariff schedules. This was seat
to him.. y as is customary in the
c%onsulates in Germany, in English. 1y,,
recipient protested and the consulate
general wrote an explanatory letter.
pointing to the regular custom Of the
office and the fact that no complaint
nGu eseF oeen mace against 1t. But
this letter, too. was in English, and the
fact moved the recipient 10 an indtg-
nant answer, which the language 90
ciety's magazine publishes with ap.
proving comment.
Il find it very astonishing and very
remarkable" wrote the aggrieved Ger
man. that you have written your an,
sWer to me In English. You come to M
especially to further the 81
your nation. N IL is your duty to
write only German in Germany to Ger
mans: Any other course is q misuse NJ
the hospitality which we extend to
o in the fullest measure"