'A machine-gun can write its own Autograyis an the air with og much indwiduality asa cinema star can Sign ner autograph in the album of a motion picture "fan," was the somewhat startling statement of Colonel Menry Jowett Furber, an inventor, an economist, an oticer of the Legion of Honour, and one time resident of the International Olyims pie Games, One of the distinguished visitors to Shanghai from the United States, as delegate to the recent Red Cross Conference held at Tokyo, the Colonel sat in his suite at the Cathay Hotel, and discussed armaments and present day problems, with some of Col. Furber's invention, a sound~ ranging device, located fand many massed batteries and ships during the Great War. Because its purpose was for the killing of men, the Colonel would accept no money for his invention, but presented it to the United States and Allies, "Bach gun has a different type of sound, which can be recognized. by the wavy line it produces on tel phic tape," explained the Colonel, when questioned about his statement concerning machine-guns, At this point the Colonel stepped out of his character as an inventor, and as on authority on economics, subject taught by him in American universities, discussed present day problems. would not need the help of my sound ranging device, to locate the centre of commercial gravity in the Far East," concluded the Colonel.
"Shanghai will be one of, if not the largest, city in the world' before another half, century has passed,
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