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...storms, while since 1918 no great advance in lighter-than-air aircraft has been made. With its much greater speed and ease of control and maneuver, the possibilities of the aeroplane seem to me to be much greater than those of the dirigible, though the lighter-than-air vessel will have its uses...
...forces and the funds for prohibition enforcement are not sufficient for the search of every foreign vessel...
...French are talking of retaliatory measures, and it is claimed that by enforcing certain existing laws virtually every American vessel could be kept out of French ports. Conferences of ship owners are taking place in England to decide on a concerted plan of action against the new prohibition ruling. It is suggested that foreign ships may call at Halifax instead of New York, or drop their liquors there and proceed to New York. It is also suggested that foreign vessels may station rum ships just outside the three-mile limit, leaving their liquors "on deposit " while they touch port...
...Morning Post: "Why should we not solemnly declare that in the interests of good fellowship, international solidarity and the true happiness of mankind no vessel which does not carry one case of champagne or the equivalent in whiskey or beer for each passenger and each member of the crew can enter a British port...
...other paraphernalia disappear. The Secretary of the Navy, Admirals, Captains and gobs jump into nets on the sides of the ship, with conspicuous lack of dignity, when a plane is about to alight. The getaway of an airplane is easy. But landing on the deck of the steaming war-vessel, pitching and rolling as it must, is a risky proposition. The deck looks broad to any one standing on it, but it is a mere strip to the anxious pilot. As the wheels of the airplane touch the landing surface, the pilot drops a large hook which engages with wires...