Much has been made of the possibility of communicating with Mars. Projectiles with a speed of ten miles per second could make the journey and the discovery of an antigravitational force would also do the trick. Signalling by wireless is a possibility although the language difficulty would be very serious. Possibly a start could be made with numbers. Telepathists and spiritualists have already communicated but unfortunately the messages do not agree with one Future research will probably clear up the doubt as to the regularity of the "canals," and it may be that even in 1924 we shall know whether we have any Martian neighbours or not. The question is an extraordinarily interesting one from a philosophical point of view and may even like other apparently useless inquiries lead to the strangest practical results.
Carty on the morning of the 15th instant, states the "Chung Hua Hsin Pao," one Loh Si-hwa, a con tractor's employee, was brutally stabbed and killed at the corner of Rue Amiral Bayle and Rue Lafayette, where a number of buildings are being constructed. The police have taken ~the matter in hand and investigations are being made.
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