Evening star., 1924-01-20


United States OF America.-The naval
rigid airship Shenandoah, with twenty-one
souls aboard was torn from her mooring mast
Lakehurst, n. j., at about o'clock
Wednesday night by windfaw of about
seventy miles per hour but rode out the fifty
five mile gale and swung back to her hangar
at about o'clock the next morning. APP
parently the serious damage suffered refers it
self to the wrenching away from the mooring
mast The latter undergoing a ten-day
test at the time. The elements to be
thanked for making the test thorough The
airmen now know the limit of wind velocity
at which it is safe to hold on to a mooring
mast An airship can always slip her moor
inss and the experience of wednesday night
ment that the Shenandoah Will always be safe
when in flight.
Safe. that is. unless damaged as she was on
this occasion; for to the layman it does seem
that damage little serious, if suffered in the
very doubtful. But. observed above,
the danger of such damage should be consider
ed eliminated for the future: the damage
which included destruction of two of the
twenty helium containers and collapse of the
upper stabilizing fin, which later made steer
ing very difficult. The experts jubilant
the affair, declaring that the Shenandoah
has whoopingly demonstrated the staunch-
ness required for the proposed Arctic expedi-
ton, though some legisa tors seems to think
taking flight the ship was in extreme danger.
threatening 10 crash to earth; but ballast and
levers she rose at once. She was handled
superbly.
ne ships radio worked. handsomely, and
it therefore a wonderful night for the
fans.
Apparently a slight irritation is begin
ming be felt in Great Britain over seiz-
by prohibition authorities. beyond the
threemile limit of vessels flying the British
flag.
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Great Britnin.--The king opened parlia-
ment with the usual magnificence on January
10. The speech from the throne is poor
thing II is indeed the last public utterance
OF the conservative government prior to resis
naticn and the tomb 1t has dank boquet
the vivacity of funeral march OF course
there is reference to the grim specter in
the ofIing, formally it presupposes indefinite
lease of life. a paternalstic program of
social amelioration is presented; but it is all
perfunctory and depressing. The thoughts
of the trainers are quite properly on the
grave which yawns
Thereafter debate on the address. Mr.. Mac
Donald tore the speech to tatters but his tone
not lacking in Il certain amenity. On
and touched the cord of sentfmentality. The
debate continued through the next day ON
the 18th Mr. j. r. Clynes, boxed for the job
of labor leader of the house. proposed
government in the form of amendment to
the address of the house thanking the king
for his speech. Then more debate. At last.
Mr.. ASquith. chief of the liberals got upon his
legs. the elegant saying is. If Mr.. Macdonald
and Mr.. Clynes had been unkind in their
references 20 the doomed government. Mr.. As
quith cruel and whitening. 1T would he
a waste of time" said he, Ito indulge in the
task Staying suicide. | propose to vote,
and advise all my friends to vote. in favor of
the amendment" That the death knell.
The kelpjes shrfeked from the serpentine, and
the grim specter was visible, stalking through
the hall. Mr.. Asquith presented a vigorous