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...said his knowledge of the Shenandoah disaster was "based on hearsay, general knowledge of the weather and my experiences." He had never been aboard the Shenandoah, had however seen her in the distance, had studied dirigibles here and abroad. He said that what he meant when he said that the survivors were muzzled was that "psychologically they were afraid to talk." He said that he knew that the Shenandoah was overweight because her cruising range was reduced. Little more. He was excused...
Several officers who served aboard the ill-fated Shenandoah testified that the fatal flight was voluntarily undertaken, that the ship was in good condition, and that they did not regard it as unfit...
Little anxiety for the personal safety and comfort of former Sultan Mohammed VI of Turkey was felt in 1922, when eluding the Kemalists he fled from Constaninople aboard a British warship, and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey turned his realm into the republic of which Mustapha Kemal Pasha is now president...
Last week his remains were disinterred and transferred to Berlin aboard a special train. There the body rested in state at Grace Church, inclosed in a simple walnut coffin, and was visited by thousands of Berliners, who filed reverently past "The Flying Siegfried...
Certain "spokesmen" aboard the Sphynx "quoted" General Sarrail as follows: "I had the situation well in hand in Syria. . . . Then we were attacked at Damascus by rebels . . . and as I could not surrender the town there had to be fighting in the streets. . . . The British consul very nearly provoked a panic when I told him that I must bombard the Moslem quarters of the town. . . . The romantic versions of the affair in the English press indicate that somebody wanted to give the public its money's worth. . . . The French Government has always received full reports from me, except during...