Jrr.v. 1911. 



making or an object of greed. 

 No one %\ill ever be able to 

 claim the stars as an exclusive 

 possession. On the other 

 hand there is no tendency 

 towards socialism, for does 

 not "one star differ from 

 another star in glory " ? and 

 do not all the planets obey 

 their ruler, the Sun ? 



Should not all who '■ con- 

 sider the heavens '" learn that 

 in them is universal peace 

 as a result of universal law 

 and order ? 



There is nothing that binds 

 races or nationalities together, 

 promotes comprehension, and 

 fosters friendh' rivalry, like 

 having a common object of 



KNOWLEDGE. 



Figure J. 



Janssen Medal of the Societe Astronomiciue 



de France. 



255 



individual we honour the 

 nation to which he belongs, 

 and promote a kindly feeling 

 between the winner and donor 

 of the gift. 



Other nations win our 

 medals and rewards, and we, 

 in our turn, receive theirs, the 

 onh- qualification necessary 

 being sterling worth. 



Then, in the matter of 

 icork, heart\' and effective 

 cooperation is no longer 

 a dream but a reality, 

 amongst the students of the 

 heavenly science, for it is 

 an actual fact that in the 

 pursuit of astronomical 

 research and observation, 

 all nations, peo[5les, and 



interest which appeals only 

 to the highest emotions with- 

 out exciting the baser passions 

 of mankind — and such, un- 

 doubtedlv. is astronom\-. 



I do not think it is 

 generallv known that all 

 astronomical honours and 

 rewards are distributee 

 according to merit, irrespec- 

 tive of nationality. For 

 example, the Gold Medal of 

 the Royal Astronomical 

 Society is given to astro- 

 nomers of all nations and 

 creeds, and tongues, so long 

 as their merit is established 

 by the work they have done. 

 .\nd in thus honouring the 



Figure 4. 



One of the Medals 



of the Societe 



Astronoiuique de 



I'rance. 



Figure 5. 

 The Valz Medal of Paris. 



languages are united. 



Eclipse expeditions are 

 ever a means of fostering 

 amity between astronomers 

 (if different nationalities, par- 

 ticularly when the eclipse 

 happens to be visible from 

 some desert island where the 

 yarious members of the party 

 are throw n much together ! 



There is an International 

 Congress on the " Map of 

 the Sky." held at Paris. 

 This congress is composed 

 of seventy leading astro- 

 nomers, representing twenty- 

 two countries, scattered all 

 over the globe. These 

 "peace-promoters'" meet to 



