The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-24
PETITION AGAINST
AER0PLANE IN WAR
Signed by 200 Notable People and Issued
by International Arbitration
League at London.

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200 notable people has been issued by
the international Arbitration league, pro.
testing against the use of aerial vessels
in war The signatorles appeal to all
/ governments to foster an international
understanding which shall preserve the
world from "a new hideousness of war
fare" and deprecate the suggestion that
aerial warfare. by reason OF its horror,
must frighten men from war and that
the art Of flying will never reach full
development without the stimulus Of
war.
A stranger coming suddenly into the
district near Creditor. Devonshire, this
month would have thought that the van
guard of an invading army was Skin,
mishing with the defenders OF London.
But it was only 1000 farmers engaged
in the determination of the wood pigeon,
a bind which had become a notorious
crop pest in that county. Il IS estimated
that the first days shooting resulted in.
a bag of 10000 birds The district Sc
lected for the hunt comprises ten square
miles OF wooded hills aud dales. The
birds have long selected this spot as
their favorite resting place and com
paratively few of them attempted to-
escape from its boundaries when the
slaughter was on.
The New England company, one of tbs
Oldest missionary organizations in the
world, will celebrate its 250th anniver
sary this mGnth It is an interesting
coincidence that Robert Boyle, one Of the
contributors to the Harvard university
foundation and founder of the Royal so
eiety. which celebrates its 2oGth anniver-
sary next July, should have been promi-
nentlv connected with the missionary
society of the same age. Like the Royal
society. the New England company eN-
listed for some years in a different form
before its actual Incorporation by royal
charter in Fcbruaay, 1862.
Edward Winslow, governor OF Massa- (
chusetts, came to England IN l649 and
besought Parliament to pass an act for
the establishment of a Society Tor this
Propagation of the Gospel among the In
dians of New England. The act was
passed and the society was former with
sixteen citizens of London to further the
work. Commissioners were appointed in
New England to keep the home society
informed of what was done. At the time
of the Restoration some anxiety was eN-
messed for the future of the society, but
charles III. gave favorable consideration
to proposal to incorporate it by royal
charter
change of territory was necessitated
Inv the American Revolution, and it was
decided TO move the scene OF the soeiety'5
onerations to New Brunswick. The work
has been carried on ever since among the
Indians of Canada and for some time
also in the West Indies. II has been
proposed that in lieu of more formal
celebration of the 250th anniversary
history Of the operations OF the
venerable company be published.
1t is said that the censorship on the
press in Russia has been revived with
All of its former severity and one OF the
first sufferers was an American newspa-
per which had cartoon which It hal
copied from a humorous publication blot
ted ont of the copies mailed to Russian
But the greatest volume OF
complaint against the operations OF the