The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-15
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Dirigible RICO Makes Safe
Flight From Britain to
Montreal, Canada.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD


BY EDWARD w. PicKARD
REAT BRITAIN'S big dirigible.
NJ the RICO. mace successful and
uneventful crossing Of. the Atlantic
ocean, taking off from Cardington,
Wales, and reaching Montreal about
76 hours later. There. at st. Hubert
airport, she was tied up to the, moor
ing mast that had been built for the
purpose. and her passengers landed.
well pleased with the, trip. .
Until the airship reached the vicin-
lty of Newfoundland she maintained a
speed Of between so and 20 knots, but
the ever-present fogs then forced
slowing down until she got well into
the Gulf of st. Lawrence. having
passed over the Belle Isle straits.
While passing over Quebec the airship
sustained some damage to the fabric
covering one of the fins, and the mo-
tors were shut off until repairs had
been made. This delayed the arrival
at Montreal somewhat and prevented
the tieing up of the ship to the moor
ing mast until early Friday morning.
Throughout the voyage radio commu-
nication was kept up with bases in
England and Canada and with ocean
liners. The northerly route was TAX
en-, following the great circle by way
Of north Ireland to a point south of
Cape Farewell, Greenland, then to
Belle Isle and along the st. Lawrence
river to Montreal.
Squadron Leader R.. S. Booth was
in command, with four officers and a
civilian crew of 80 men. Among the
few passengers were Lieut.. Com,
Charles Dennistoun Burney, managing
director of the firm that built the R.
100; Lieut.. Com. r. st. John Prentice
of the British aircraft carrier Cour-
ageous. and Maj G. H. Scott, famous
British airship commander.
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CANADA'S parliamentary elections
~ were watched with great interest
because the results are likely to be i'm
portant3 to the United States as we'll
as to the Dominion. The Liberal gov
eminent, headed by Mackenzie King,
was decisively defeated by the Con-
servatives, and Richard B. Bennett.
Conservative chief, will be the new
premier. Mr.. King himself was re-
elected to parliament, but many men,
bers of his cabinet lost out, these in
Guiding Finance Minister Charles A.
Dunning,, who drew up the budget in
creasing tariffs against the United
States and lowering them to Great
Britain, which constituted the main
issue of the campaign.
A quick call to a session Of the Ca
madam parliament is considered one
certain result Of the political upset.
Canada's extension of tariff prefer
ences to Great Britain. without exact
Ing tariff preferences in return. can be
expected to be withdrawn or modified
as the result of the election. The
electors turned it down in defeating
the government candidates. Canada,
in other words, will make its trade
treaties with the world. irrespective
of empire ties and sentiment.
The st. Lawrence seaway plan is
once more thrown in the realm of po-
litical controversy and uncertainty.
Higher tariffs against the United
States, in the absence of a Canadian
American trade agreement, are to be
expected under a Bennett premiership.
CTARTLING news came from China.
- A large Communist army took pos
session of Changsha, capital of Human
province, the government troops re-
firing without making any defense,
and the city of half million inhab-
itants, commercial. political and edu-
cational metropolis, was looted and
partly destroyed by the Reds. Ten
government buildings: were burned, as
were numerous foreign properties and
the japanese consulate. and the offices
of the Standard and Texas Oil COM
panies were robbed. Wealthy resi-
dents who were unable to escape were
tortured to death. The Red invaders
proclaimed a Soviet republic.
The burning and looting, says a dis
patch from Shanghai. was carried on
In systematic manner. The city