Whether the Queen Mary had the intention to try for the record in making her frst crossing of the Allantlc seems now to be Immaterial, The fog has decided for her. It seems to be quite Impossible for her hhis Riband. This of course does not from making a. tater Claim to that honour. Indeed it is to be assumed that, with the present experience behind her, she will duly ut forth the real effort to. justify the faith imposed in her. The passage. apart from the fog, seems. to have been pleasant and increased admiration for the beautiful lady's Qualities. There. will be sympathy for the Captain and his passengers in their encounter of what appears to have been a specially thick fog. Fog at sea is ever a. disquieting visitant, "Few people listen to the Scund of the. foy-horn with " any degree of comfort. On the Atlantic at this time of the year the experience ithe more troubling, especially to navigators, owing to the prevalence of the iceberg menace. Fortunately modern science has now provided ships with unfailing detectors 0 that every conceivable precaution can be taken, British memories, however, are always uneasy wher there is tall of fox on the Atlantic. There will consequently be great' relief when Sir Pagar Britten can signal that his liner has safely passed through the denseness which has slowed down his engines to less than halt-speed.
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