Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1908 — OBJECTS TO AERONAUTS. [ARTICLE]

OBJECTS TO AERONAUTS.

Holland Passes Laws Against Visit crs From the Clouds. The increasing frequency wits which balloons have come"to earth of late in-various parts of Holland ha; led to a bill being laid before the Netherlands Second Chamoer with a view to.putting a stop to these u»welcome visits. The bill, says the London Globe, is aimed mainly at balloons belonging to the German Aeronautical Societies in the region oi he Lower Rhine as in mc.;t cases i has been found that when the ba! loons nave landed the occupants ot the car have been officers of the German army,, ’and - in matin; these balloon trips into Du.ch lerri ;ory very naturally is thought to w connected witn spying out the coun ..ry. Henceforth, every aeronaut landing in the Netherlands will have to par a fine of £SO or go to prison for three months.