The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-21

On Making Rain.
Enoiand's Black Cloud.
Mra Astor "Immisrant"
~ ARTHUR BRISBANE .

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MFR. Cole, formerly member OF the
ROYAL Air Force, announces at Port
Arthur. Ontario scheme for making
rain.
He intends ITO spray the clouds
with liquid air" He and his father
arc forming IAN aerial irrigation COM
panye to produce rain at will
II may interest Mr.. Cole to know
that about twenty years ago, before
the fsying machine had been per-
feeted this writer suggested the use
of exactly that scheme. the idea being
TO use lighter than-air balloons or
high towers, with explosive shells tol
scatter the liquid air" The plan was
developed on paper. with Merrill
Goddard, editor of the Sunday Amer
lean. TO the point where il was shown
that II would work.
This may save Mr.. Cole expense.
Needless to say. like all other in
ventors, the writer has an improve
ment on the plan which he firmly
believes will work. and which prob
ably won't
In England has come the real crisis
1t interests the whole world A mil
Ton coal men are striking. Labor.
which is now as fully class con-
scious" In England as ever was the
ssrmsn Social Democratic Party be
fore the war, may hack the coal min
srE with a general strike.
The first day after the strike fifty
Ire injured in clash in London.
There are black clouds over Brit
in. with the troubles in the Far East,
Uprising among Asaties ruled by
England. war in Ireland and the
workers OF England threatening.
The English have in Lloyd George
as able and resourcefui a leader as
here is in the world. undoubtedly
3ut when crowd of bona fide work
,Ts in London carry the red flag,
ghen the most powerful leader next
1 o Lloyd George. Smillie. of the min
RS. talks Of taking over the property
II the nation on what is practically
Russian Soviet basis, the stua-
ion may bee too much even for the
iesourceful Lloyd George.
Certainly when that gentleman
omes to die he will end busy, event
i al life
First. he worked for the rich. They
lated him because as chancellor of
! he exchequer he put them on their
ieet With wise taxation Then he
arried England through the war.
kiifully manipulating the United
fitates. among other nations as he
i'd IL
Now the workers have turned
4 galnst him. and denounce him as the
'gealth OF England denounced him ten
ears ago. And Northcliffe. most
powerful individual in England, is
lelping to push Lloyd George over
the edge.
II he goes over the edge. the Brit
sh Empire, as ii now stands, may go
1gith him 1t Is a house divided
gainst itself
MIR McAdpo is advocating the
] eag 6 os Nations His liust. Bur
| 2 wGAlld not lvihe any sfihis pros
ferrous clients to take in forty bank
rapt partners and give them control.
hat is What Uncle Sam would do.
the league became law.
McAdool says that if we don't enter
tne league we shall have to spend a
freat deal OF money arming our
elves against attack Possibly, but
We should have to be armed anyhow.
nd especially if we were in the
league. II is better to decide our own
Preparations for war. making cur
swn appropriations, than to have a
foreign council telling us what we
hall spend and where and agains;
whom We shall do the fighting.
As matter of fact, with a strong
iayy. including flying machines and
submarines. we need not worry about
attack
II any European nation wanted tc
ght US now. it would first have tc
orrow from us the money for fight
iag Even England would hardly rs
p negotiate that kind OF a loan
Mrs. Astor' accompanied by man,
tfbcials. viii board the incoming
.Adriatie. go down TO the steerage. ant
- through the full procedure t,
Fhich the alien arriving in this coun
iFy is subjected" so said the an.
I.ouncement
Mrs. Astor did nothing of the kind
he could not With commissions
Il immigration at one side, the presi
cent Of the Merchants Association a
be other. With her benevolent smil
md her nice furs. Mrs. Astor wa
NOT pushed IN the ribs and toll
wait over there until you ar
wanted She was not handled a
hey handle hefers at the stock yard,
she went through her little expert
'nce, as Catherine of Russia travels
ghen they showed her in the distanc
pros porous cities that were painte
In signboards.
The only way to know the full pro
edure 10 which an alien immigrau
subjected is to be an alien immi
rant Then you get the whole pr1
edure
According 20 an Italian scientis
iquhed hydrogen gas is the comm
nel tor meter vehicles
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