In a world imperfectly balanced in regard fo causes and effects the workings of fate con= Uinue to remain a factor of inexplicable consequence. In the alister of triumph—there seems always the shadow of tragedy, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime. Minis. ter, returned from Berchtesgaden, Godesburg jand Munich with a guarantee for European pence in his pocket. From the consequences of fa former peace treaty which ended a War, circumstances which threatened a greater war had developed and the aged Premier took the {initiative to extract from it a formula which tore nations from each other's throats. Since then he has been alternately praised and con-emued but there has been no war, and although the situation is extremely complicated Jit must be said for his intervention that there is no immediate likelihood of war, Now comes Hate with its tragic hand, The Lockheed twin-engined aeroplane which flew him to Germany and, incidentally, provided him with his first aerial fight, crashed a few days after the momentous conferences had been concluded.
it had crashed during a Aight to Germany: the history of the world might have. been tremendously changed for he alone possessed those calming and subduing influences which triumphed over war, A telegram. from Lone iden now brings the sad news that Captain E.G. L, Robinson, the pilot who flew him on these historic fights, has been killed in an aeroplane crash near Bristol when the machine in which he was travelling as passenger burst into flames. It is impossible to regard with-Jout a sense of profound regret this sacrifice of humble instrument which contributed to Mr. Chamberlain's greatness. The air has not been smpletely conquered yet, Neither has the sea fas far as absence of risk' is concerned, but in such momentous periods it may not' be the divine will but the human wish that the triumph be reflected and a reward bestowed more fitting than being burnt to death
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