Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-03
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| mission of a message from the wireless sta
ton at Carnarvon, England, to Australia are
of scientific interest, but likely to lead to
| some misconception in the public mind,
writes correspondent from London to THE
| Manchester Guardian - The feat as performs
ed was unquestionably unprecedented and
opens up new field o. potential wirel ISIS de-
velopment, but it must not be supposed that
| there is anything particularly new In the TACT
that a message has been conveyed through
| the ether from Great Britain to the Antip.
odes.
For some years past there have been wire
less plants capable of sending messages to
any part of the world, case in point being
the German station at Nauen, which in 1918
put in commission apparatus fully capable OF
this performance. Having worked up in the
course Of ten or twelve years from range
of $500 kilometers with a 1OO-meter mast
| and 10 kilowatts in the aerial, Nauen, three
years ago, erected mast system the Hottest
mast in which Is 200 meters high, and with
400 kilowatts in the aerial found no dificul-
| ty in reaching the uttermost parts OF the
earth. still more powerful station has re-
Gently been opened on Long Island, United
States: and Bordeaux which, with ITS 1000
kilowatt arcs, communicates easily with Indo.
China, is only little way behind Long Is~
land.
Even from Leafield, in Oxfordshire, which
| is intended only to communicate ordinarily
with Cairo thus forming the 9rst link in the
imperial wireless chain, it may be posslnle
| under favorable atmospheric conditions 10
reach the most remote parts o. the empire
| The significance Of the Carnarvon expert
ment lies not so much in the distance covered
| as the economy of the method adopted IN orr
! der to cover it. The astonishing thing Is tnar
| it should have been possible to wireless
through all these thousands Of miles of ether
with only 100 kilowatts in the aerial as
| against the 400 necessary In the case OF the
high-frequency machine generator used at
| Nauen.
From Dr. FIeming's lecture last week on
long-distance autobiography it appears that
| this wonderful result has been made possible
| by the installation of a blank" OF twelve
! giant thermionic valves the bulbs OF Wnlch
are q foot long and seven inches In diameter
| The advantages Of the valve for moderate
ranges are we'll known, but it has rested with
| the Marconi company to demonstrate It's ca"
pacity in the case Of distances to cover Whlcn
either the high frequency alternator, such as
| is used at Nauen, or the arc, as employed at
Bordeaux, and it may be added, Leafield has
| hitherto been considered essential AS Dr.
Fleming pointed out, the use OF the valve
| means a double economy, since not only
much smaller capital outlay is required, but
also duplication of plant is avoided, for 1T Is
quite unlikely that every one OF twelve or
more valves would fall at once.
| H Mexican Cotton
Mexico's cotton crop this year will not be
more than $4,000 bales, as compared to
normal annual crop of 125,0OO bales, ac-
cording to recent estimates.
The decrease is said to be the result Of the
determination of growers in the Laguna uis-
trict where the bulk of the crop is pro.
duced, not to cultivate their telds until
market prices are higher.
| Hindenburg Kicks
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg said IN q
recent interview that the new German coli
ors. black, red md gold ought never to
have been adopted, as to him they symbolic
the fratrcidal warfare in 1856 between
Prussia and other German states.
A historian in the ''vorwaerts' DEFENDS
the co1ors Of the republican flag on the
ground that they date back to medieval times
The Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria. 1t appears,
made black, red and gold the colors OF his
army as far back as 1885.
In 1916 when the first German students
societies were founded, black, red and gold
we're adopted as The banner of liberty and
nrogress Reactionary authorities later for-
babe the co'ors. but in 1913 they were again
adopted as symbolizing German unity AGAIN
thew came under the official ban, Tor BIS
marck disliked black, red and gold, and de-
spite strenuous efforts in many quarters to
retain the / they were rejected In 1871 as
the new German empires co'ors. Black
white and red became instead the official
German flag
The writer cites poetry by Heine and
Freiligrath at the time Of the democratic
awakening in Germany, some seventy or
eighty years ago, when black was represent
ed as symbolzing the death of tyranny, RED
! meant blood and gold stood for the sacred
flame Of freedom.
In Germany
LA~.- n4,11
Berlin, according to a report from the Lone
don staff Of the Manchester Guardian.
Germany is at work. There Is plenty to
lido. Large industries are going at full speed,
large works of various kinds are in progress
railways tramways, bridges and housebuilds
ing in some parts and new employment in
} the shipping world signify this. was told
} that the output in many factories fully reaches
the high rate Of wartime production"
This statement was made by General Booth,
who returned from brief visit Germany,
where, on the old-established Repentance day,
he held crowded services in the Salvation
Army's new public hall in Berlin. So far as
the Salvation Army work was concerned he
had had a useful time, the general told
Manchester Guardian representative. The re-
Ilgious meetings had been crowded and en-
thusiastic, and 800 officers representing many
parts of Germany, remained to attend con-
ference.
| His own observation, which was, however,
said General Booth, limited, together with the
reports of reliable people, led him to one or
two conclusions. "First of all about Ger
many's industrial activity. 1t can be said OF
all classes Of people that they have mind to