Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-29
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

and are fully Belgians again, even in
the matter of our accent"
Yet French papers continue to say
mat these people are French. Should
there not, then, be a war between
France and Belgium?
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Berlin Submits
To Second american Invasion"
Berliner Tageblatt.-Berlin has lust
submitted. this time with eoua-
nimity. to a second American in
yasion." Two hundred cadets from the
American cruiser Arkansas had hardly
left Berlin when there arrived at the
capital 80 cadets from the battleship
Wyoming on a sightseeing excursion.
The visitors stopped at the Central
Hotel, Comdr. Foxwell being in charge
Of the detachment.
During the evening every one was
impressed with the sight of our Ameri-
can guests walking about the streets
IN their handsome uniforms. and we
believe that the feeling was reciprocated
ON the part of the Americans by what
they saw of Berlin and its people,
Though their first acquaintance were
made at night.
The next day they made a cornpre-
hensive tour of the city, and in the
AFTERNOON they were driven to Pots
dam tl7 miles) to see the royal palaces.
In the evening they were entertained
at the kindergarten.
Then they visited the flying field at
Tempelhof, and such of them as de-
sired had an opportunity to see Berlin
rrom the air in flight over the city.
X
Soviet Vegetable
Planting Program Fails.
U. S. S. r. Economic Review Mos
cow.-The consumers operatives pro-
gram for planting 100000 hectares
OF vegetable gardens was only 81 per
cent fulfilled June l, the sowings
amounting to l72,780 hectares (4S1 $50
acres). In some of the regions, how
ever the plan has been overfulhIled.
In April OF this year there were 1928
foreign specialists in Soviet industries
under the supervision of the Supreme
Economic Council. OF these, about a
half are engineers and techntcians and
the remainder skilled workmen Ger
mans make up about two-thirCls of the
total number, with Americans. about
one-ffth, ranking next. Coal mining
employed 500 of these specialists: metal
mrgy, ISL; building construction. 3I5:
automobile and tractor manufacturing.
295; other machine building, 23l; lum-
DeI ope1dbIons, l49, non-ferrouS metals,
1873; chemicals, 10l, oil, IS. and there
are large number of other foreign
experts and workers IN fields not under
the supervision of the Supreme Eco
nomic Council, such as railways, the
food industries, etc.
Denmark Delivers
Motor LifebOat to Belgium.
Danish Commercial Review. Co.
penhagen.-At the International Ship
ping Exhibition in Antwerp last
year Denmark was represented for in
stance by one of her most modern
motor lifeboats This boat was the
center of much attention and was
awarded the grand prix.
AT the request of the Belgian gov
eminent the boat was demonstrated off
the port of Newport. with such salts
factory results that similar boat was
ordered from the naval dockyard at
Copenhagen for the Belgian Lifeboat
Service. This lifeboat is now ready; it
has been christened Minister Lippens
and will be stationed at Newport. It
has been built Of oak, has a length of
1913 meters, beam of 295 meters,
and a draught aft of 0.5 meters.
The screw is protected by a tunnel,
and the boat itself is unsuitable owing
TO its copper air-chsknbers. It's speed
Is about seven knots.