The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-02
GERMANY PLANNING A
BIG SHIPPING CANAL
Engineers at Work On Project
Aviation Not Become a
Regular Profession.

Berlin. Special: The River Rhine,
'.the German Rhine" as the Father
lands national o describes 1t, may
eventually be made a German stream
from that corner Of the Black forest,
where it first enters the empire. to its
mouth. Plans for a great ship canal
to open the streams way entirely
through German territory 10 the North
Sea. first preached when Bismarck was
in power and known to nave a his
approval, have now been prepared, with
full engineering n financial details,
and will be laid before the government,
the RiechstaS. the parliaments of the
federated states and the municipalities
interested in the project.
nh canal, according to these plans,
will leave the Rhine nea Vessel, fol-
low the boundary Of Holland closely
and Join the River Ems not far from
Leer. The city of Emden. at the mouth
harbor city Of two great German rivers
and shipping, which now enters the
Rhine through Dutch territory. Would
need fear no embargo by hostile navi-
cation or tariff regulations. The esti-
mated cost Of the undertaking is $751;
,750,00 some 100000 less than that
of the Rhine-Hanover canal. nov under
construction. Apart from the advant-
ages which this new mouth to the
Rhine would afford shipping interests,
it would result in the reclamation Of
considerable stretches Of moorland, the
so called Bourtanger Moor. through
which the canal would run for its 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 the reclamation and settlement
of moorlands.
Progress in Aviation.
Flying is recognized as a regular
profession and professional aviators
employed by German aeroplane build
ers, are held entitled to the benefits of
the state insurance act If killed or in
selling aeroplanes, by a decision just
given by h Imperial Insurance trib-
unal. The case was hat of George
Schendel, n of the best known Ger
aviators, III his mechanician,
August Voss, who We're killed at johann
ntthal, June 9, 1911, while attempting
to break the worlds record for height.
The widow of voss claimed for herself
and child from the Union Of Skilled
Mechanics n Electricians, to which
her husband belonged, the insurance
provided by law. namely, an annuity
equal to two-fifths Of her husbands
annual wages. In view of the extreme
ism III ILLS pIOIeSSlon, 20 GerHan aV-
iators having been killed already, the
union appealed to the insurance tri-
for a decision. This is to the eff
that while the union is entitled to
to pay the legal accident insur-
ance for casualties incurred in sport
competitions, 1t must pay when it's
member is injured in the regular per-
Of his duties as a purely tech
meal employee Of an aeroplane firm.
The court took the ground that the
! ascent was a necessary test of
ability of the machine, further tina
Voss, as the mechanician and not the
aviator, was not responsible for the
extreme to Which the test was carried.
American Consul censured.
The United States consul general. A.
NJ. Thackara, and his staff have been
soundly scolded by an indignant Ger
man for writing to him in English, and
the organ Of the Information German
Language society, a large branch of
which exists in New York, has approved
the scolding. The complainant wrote
the consulate general asking GER
information regarding United
States tariff schedules. This was sent
to him, but. as is customary in the
correspondence Of all United States
.consulates In Germany, in English. The
protested and the consulate
general wrote an explanatory letter,
to the regular custom of the
office and the fact that no complaint
had ever been made against it. But
this letter. too, was in English, and the
moved the recipient to an indig-
answer, which the language So
magazine publishes with APP
proving comment.
Il find 1t very astonishing and very
wrote the aggrieved Ger
man, that you have written your an
swer to me in English. You come to us
especially to further the of
your nation. and it is your duty to
write only German In Germany to Ger
mans. Any other course is a misuse Of
the hospitality which we extend to
you In the fullest measure"