Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 278, 5 September 1919 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1919.

SOUTH AMERICA'S SECRETS MAY BE LEARNED BY AIR

Developments of Virgin Territories Seen in Development of Aviation.

Already a Handley-Palge machine Is sailine; over the lower reaches of the

Magdalena, an Italian aviator has

crossed tha Andes from Atlantic to

Pacific and Uncle Sam has a big base for airplanes at Cristobal on the canal zone. One of the next steps will Boon be the carrying of the mails from the canal to adjacent countries. It has already been done from Cristobal to Balboa and from Cristobal to Bocas del Toro. ' "

Aerial transportation is especially

adapted to certain industries which rank high in northern South America

gold, platinum, silver, emeralds,

rubber and cinchona. Take the case of the out put of the Antloqula mineral region, for example, easily capable of being developed to the value of $50,000,000 per annum.

The present means of transportation

involves at least ten days often more

. when rivers are low to get the output to the sea. The quantity of metal to be carried annually, were the mines

adequately developed, would be about 100 ton3 a year. A hydroairplane, flying up the Magdalena andthe Cavea rivers all the way over the water, could easily carry half a ton in a few hours, worth approximately a quarter of a million dollars. The saving of nine days in getting this gold to the sea represents at a rate of interest of 6 per cent, more than $1,000. That this would pay all the expenses of. the trip and leave a big margin of profit is clear. Rubber by Dirigible. It will eventually pay to transport rubber by dirigible, If not by the heavier than air machines. - A dirigible arriving on the Putumayo on a sunny morning would put the fear of the Lord in the hearts of the rubber agents oppressing the Indians as no other expedient short of a railway could. It would not only expedite commerce: it Wjould be a big step upward for humanity. A plane could fly from Buenaventura, on the Pacific, to the Putumayo, in ore day and have daylight In which to land on the river. Of course the lack of a safe landing place is the big handicap at present. But a hydroairplane could follow the course of the Magdalena of the Causa to near the springs of the Putumayo close to Pasto, with only a few miles of divide to traverse, and could alight on the rivers with a good chance of safety in a pinch. I look for this feat to be performed before many moons. Some years ago I pointed out in our Panama paper that the air machine ought enormously simplify prospecting,, locating and the initial develop

ment of mineral deposits in wild '

countries. Take a concrete case: I know of a massif on the crest of a divide which I have every reason to believe to be a second Band, on geological grounds and from certain explorations made under immense difficulties. To reach this place required an expedition of three months, involving through dense Jungles, experiencing fevers, hunger, perils from wild beasta and wild men, to find a delectable short grass region on the interior plateau on which a machine might land. That reconnoisance could have been made in an airplane in one week the trip in less than a day, giving as much time for exploration as was devoted to it in the other method. Airplane in Prospecting. To make a railway to the locality would cost $5,000,000. This sum would assuredly not be invested without a prospect which could only be established by thorough expert examination and preliminary development, and this is almost impossible without a road or a railway. It is easily feasible by the use of the airplane. There are "hundreds of millions of gold hidden away in the mountains of northern South America which the sharp eye of the airplane can spy out. American business interests ought to wake up to this situation. British and other Interests are keenly alive to it. They mean to pay some of their debts out of South American coil with the help of their better developed aerial transportation, and are negotiating concessions right now. It is worth noting that airplanes would fly completely over the coast regions with their infections of yellow fever, malaria, etc., and ?o eliminate quarantine. Of course the airplane will not supersede the railway.

FRENCH OFFICER INSPECTS FUTURE U. S. GENERALS WHO ARE NOW IN EUROPE STUDYING BATTLEFIELDS

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General Curraer inspecting West Point cadets in front of the historic Ecole Poiytcchnique in Paris.

Three h jndred members of this year'a graduating class of West Point, some of whom will probably

be the generals of the next jreneration, are now visitinjr and studying European battlefields. They were

inspected recently in the French capital by General Curmer of the French awny

AMERICAN ARMY AMAZED OLDER NATIONS, SAYS FAMOUS SPANIARD

BY VICENTI BLASCO IBANEZ The armistice came so quickly, ending the war when we least expected it, that a certain confusion arose about the military operations of the past period. And as the American army took part in overwhelming force during thi3 period, it suffered the consequences of such confusion. The allied nations in their enthusiasm over the triumph did not pay much attention to the operation that had brought on the final victory. On

Europe Couldn't Understand Surprise has been added to surprise Europeans could not understand how an army born in the summer of 1917 could accomplish anything worth mentioning before two or three years. "Armies are not Jtnprovised, however rich and powerful a country may be," said the military specialists with authority. But in the spring of 1918 the few American divisions assisted in the counter offensive which saved Paris, and in the fall, on their own responsl-

the contrary, in all good faith, they 1 vuuy, unaer me uirecuon oi rersnmg, tell into CTpat errors and disregarded they vied with the European armies

the heroism which had so vitally as

sisted in the last hour in breaking down the final resistance of the enemy. It was the general belief at that time that the American army, organization at the last omment, of men who had never before madewar, had limited Itself to playing an inferior role. There was even one military writer who asserted that the Americans had occupied the lines just to fill up the gaps left by the more seasoned French and English troops, the only one who could make an offensive. The modesty of the Americans, who after having done such wonderful things, said nothing about their own exploits, contributed greatly to thi3 general injustice. To day these mistakes and errors are recognized, and Europe knows all that the soldiers of the Union did on her soil in those few months.

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in gaining the victory. It is really amazing that the American republic has been able to improvise in a year an army equal to those that Europe was able to put in the field only after four years of warfare and long periods of military preparation. This is the thing that many Europeans consider the greatest feat of the United States, and this from a country that everyone considers a land of miracles. But even more than the rapidity with which the army was organized, they admire the Americans' ability for soldiering. The great majority of them were men in civil life, citizens of a republic which had no compulsory military service, and who, for that reason, hsd never been in the ranks, and lived without even the rudimentary military instruction. Yet, these citizens when they put on a uniform and took up arms became in a few months as thoroughgoing soldiers as the French and English, who had had three years of experience and took part rom the first In the most blody and decisive operations of the close of the war. This leads to the idea that a vigorous, free, educated people, even though it live in peace, can organize itself for war with more rapidity and intelligence than those automatons, subjected to military despotism, who. after forty years of mechanical discipline and of painstaking preparations, were finally defeated.

LERSMER GOES TO BERLIN

(By Associated Press PARIS, Sept. 5 Baron Kurt Von Lersmer. chief of the German peace commission, left last night for Berlin, where he will remain for a few days.

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I i (Portland Oregonian) . . . There are plants which eat and ; drink, some whih bleed when bruised, ! and others that are sensitive to the! slightest touch. There are beans which Jump and ! seeds which cause laughter. A certain Mexican plant changes Its ! color three times a day, when white in j the morning, to red at noon and the ' blue in the evening. It gives out a strong perfume, while sometimes it is perfectly inodorous. The aroma of i another Mexican plant is said to make I people lose their way, and to render : them unable to return to their home j until the smell ceases. ' . , i One of the most remarkable plants ' is a South American orchid which i takes a drink whenever it feels thirsty , by. letting down a tube into the water. : The tube is coiled up on the top of the j plant when not required for use. In Arabia there is a plant whose . seeds produce effects similar to those caused by laughing gas. The natives i

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immediate vicinity it emits sufficient light to enable a person to read the smallest print. One of the most wonderfully constituted plants is the ballthrowing one. It is a small fungu3 about the size of a pea, which throws a ball several inches with a distinctly audible report.

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Clemencean Expresses Gratitude to Hoover

PARIS, Sepi. 6. Premier Clemenceau received Herbert Hoover, direct- : or-general of the International Relief ; organization before the latter's depart- , ure for London today and told him ; that the French government appreciat- ' ed his services for the common cause 1 since the beginning of the war. The j Premier also discussed with Mr. Hoov-! er, the general economic situation and ' measures which will bring about a re i sumption cf normal commercial activ-: ity and a restoration of the economic balance. "We hope to see you among us i

again soon to continue ihe work we have undertaken in common for the welfare of Europe and the whole world," M. Clemenceau concluded.

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Germans Organize Air Force of Policemen

BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 5. It is announced that in connection with the reorganization of the German police system, a network has been nrn.

vided of police aviators, charged with

preventing the migration of capital from Germany, as well as with the ordinary police duties. A landing space for police aeroplanes has already been provided on the Swiss frontier and similar establishments are planned for Hanover, Breslau, Hamburg, anl elsewhere.

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