Show carrier Il geons in france englishmen it appears enjoy ia franc a curious privilege which is rigidly withheld from germans and belgians it is that of flying carrier pigeons this however as explained by mr in hia curiola lecture OB this subject is ou alis strict condition that both the larda ana the senders are english in belgium alone according to this authority there aro racing birds which in cisa of a war would be put at the disposal of the government and every ons of these ia a trained bird they used it is stated to train them 0 ar the south of but that u now interdicted interdict ed and no bird from bel gium or germany ia allowed to be trained in france the fear of course ia that in the event of a war aliese trained pigeons would ba smuggled into the interior and thus information could b carried out london news |