The countrymen of Bleriot and Paulhan will not be content to sit down under the cruel buffets which Outrageous fortune has delivered to their young airmen who have s0 gallantly astayed to cover the distance irom Paris to Tokyo in under 100 hours only to be baulked when within Sight of the goal. MB. Marcel Doret jand Francois Micholetti are the latest Victims of this adverse fate, They appeared to have made such remark-fable progress in the earlier stages their Might that even when. they reached Shanghai with a much diminished margin in hand it was expected {that they would succeed in their adventure. An unfortunate accident due {10 circumstances beyond their control made their case desperate by the. {time they rose from the ground here fon the last lap. They crashed in Japan not far from the spot where heir compatriot, M. Japy" came to ikrief. There will be the utmost sympathy with them both, hopes for their recovery and good wishes for the next attempt which they or some defeat the bogey who lis so stubber ly blocked the path of achievement.
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