TiiF, Progrf-ss of the World. 



The Peril in the Air : A dirigible's shadow across the cornfields. 



world, should Ik- the first to wcIcohh- the 

 |)roletariat of all countries to their civic 

 paradise. It is pleasing to note that the 

 (Jovernment of Victoria, which was advised 

 to purchase its railway material from 

 Krupp's, has decided that the order be 

 given to British firms. So the spirit of 

 Fniperial loyalty, or rather Imperial co- 

 fraternity, displays itself increasinglv and 

 most gratifyingly. 



Tiicrc has been no more 



The Peril significant happening 



the Air. during the month of June, 



and none more fraught 

 with thought - compelling consecpiences, 

 than the imexpected flight of the new 

 (iermaii Zepiielin over neutral territory 

 and tor ,i long ilistance. It detnonstrates 

 to the uorld more clearly thiii has been 

 realised at |)resent thai the artilicial but 

 jealously guarded frontiers of the past no 

 longer have the same value. In one way 



this is for the good, since artificial divisions 

 on the map often breed actual divisions 

 amongst the peoples congregated on each 

 side of them. But in another sense the 

 Zeppelin flight is ominous of new perils, 

 and perils of which we can only say that 

 they are so imminent that thcv should bo at 

 once taken into serious consideration. What 

 must have been the feelings of the good 

 citizens of Amsterdam when they beiield 

 floating over them a giant dirigible capable 

 of destroying half their city, and flying the 

 Hag of a foreign nation, and at that a nation 

 whose friendliness lias often been suspect in 

 its disinterestedness r And yet the Dutch 

 people arc accustomed to think of 

 |)ossibilities of war, and know something 

 of its inconveniences! Imagine for a 

 moMK-nt what wduIiI happen if to-day a 

 giant /e|)pelin a|)peared over Lontlon, 

 luiannounced, fi\ing the (ierman flag, and 

 without anv indication ot her errand 1 



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