When Amundsen undertakes the feat of flying across the uncharted spaces from Alaska to 5} che will add to the world's interest' in "aircraft and Tong distance Journeys, There aves. many Possibilities to. the undertaking. the way of discovery and of estabishing "newer and shorter route that his plans are arousing enthusiastic discussion, Roald Amundsen is a modes rman, a worker. 'This writer had the pleasure of sharing a platform swith' him last year, he talking about the North Pole and the other subject being Tibet. It was a toss) tip who should speak first. He was 40 modest that he. said sincerely that he was much more interested in heating about adventure in Tibet than he was in telling of his own work, But his right to speak is undisputed. At the Philadelphia Forum the other day" he outlined his project, iz that a non-stop flight could be made from Alaska 40 Spitzbergen in 21 hours, though 4 descent, upon smooth ice, would probably be necessary on the way. The area over, which Amundsen would fly includes " million square Miles which has always. been garded s unknown and entirely conjectural. In one day, he proposes to look down upon goal which has never been attained. His indomitable work may be the means of, transforming that whole area, his methods are a. contra indeed from the attempts at surface sledging. Establishment of fir travel on that lane wil the linking of the continents by the shortest possible route.
The Arctic wastes, formerly an unconquerable barrier, will be a trail, and international goodwill must grow with the shortening of the lines of communication, S. Budget Lowest Since War The projected budget for 1926, you will Tearned by cable, is $2,580,000,000 less than the budget for 1921 and about half a billion Tess than the appropriations made during the last session of Congress. forthe government's expenses during the fiscal year of 1925. More of the nation's capital will in the hands. of the people' and Jess in the hands of the government during the coming' four years than Government: will put into operation will combine farther tax reductions and, at the same time, such a strict cur lof federal expenditure that inereasingly Inrge annual surpluses will be possible. This will mean that, the public "debt, the interest on which alone is ' $880,000,000, be gradually redeemed, To tran: Nate this project from paper figures results will require expert business ingenuity on the part of! every branch of the Government. The problem is much the same as the taipan of Jardine's or any ether of your big China houses would have to fice to show an' increasingly greater profit at the jond of each succeeding although his annual gross. retu would be constantly decreasing.
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