Evening star., 1924-07-31

head and a rushing torrent under
| meath.
At this point the flyers were asked
if all countries didn't look more or
less alike from the air.
| No" said Smith, they look almost
as different, I guess. as they do
from the ground. You notice at once
| the different ways the land is cult
waited, the change in the styles of
architecture and the difference in the
ways in which the towns are laid out.
as you fly over one country after an
other. For instance, the funny little
Chinese villages, each Of them with a
tower at both ends, were absolutely
different from those we had seen in
| Japan, and just as unlike those we
| flew over on our way across India.
| Prettiest Stretch Toward London.
stretch of country we've yet flown
over was that after Aleppo. when we
| left the desert behind. and right
! along to London. It's all so green
and beautifully cultivated, and the
little toy villages, standing out in the
midst of green plains and on noun
tain sides, are a treat TO see.
| where were you hottest and cold
est?' was another question.
| Il guess we suffered post from the
heat around Multan, in India, between
| Delhi and Karachi. 1t was about l16
|
and if you put your arm over the
| side where the sun could get at it,
| it would be scorched. 1t was mighty
hot, too. all through Indo-China; in
fact We were grilled steadily all the
way from Hongkong to Constanti-
nople, and in Bagdad especially it
was something fierce.
Wind BIew Two Ways.
AS for the cold, that was worst
| !, L. lr,, Il,
lands. At one stage during that flight
we were flying through snow for
| three hours. while below US a thing
was happening that I'd never seen or
| heard of before The wind appeared
| to be blowing two ways at once,
at the same time, SO that they drove
| into each other al some points and
| churned into the most wonderful
| foam l guess anybody ever saw.
There's one thing particularly I'd
| like to say" Smith added. 1T has
been stated in the French papers that
! we were delayed in Constantinople
| because the Turkish officials insisted
| on examining our machines, and the
| impression has been given that we
were treated badly there. The fact
| is. that a no point in the flight, un-
| less it was in Japan, haze we received
finer treatment than we got in Con-
| stantinople.
| THE military and air officers did
| everything they could think of to
make US feel at home; nobody could
| have been more polite and consider
ate. Those Turkish officers are all
clean, handsome men and very fine
fellows.
There was one big general who
came out to San Stefano to meet us
and couldn't do enough. He said that
| he had arranged a few entertain
! ments in our honor, and hoped we
could manage to accept some of them,
| but that he realized we were in
hurry and wouldn't take 1T amiss if
we couldn't spare the time. OF
course, one expects certain amount
| of courtesy from the officials in
country; but what shows the real
feeling of a nation toward you is the
behavior Of the common people. anS
wherever we drove in Constantinople
| the people in the streets waved their
hands and -cheered US and showed
their good will in every way that they
could. AS for being held US, we had
planned to stay there three days, and
actually were there one.
Well Treated in Orient.
Everybody in japan was politeness
itself, too. especially the officers
Every one of those we met had a little
map of the fight. some of which they
had made themselves, and they were
interested in every detail At two
places they had the school children
out to sing our national anthem
I'm Toxic we went into a big store
to buy some things we needed As