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Show I1ALLOON ARCTIC TRIP HALTEO. i Scientists Say It Is Impracticable to Reach Pole In Airship. lleilin. Fel). l'J. --Dirigible b.ilooiiiiig i not yet sufficiently aih'Hiu-ed to ItiHiitv an attempt to teach the nmtl. pole l) this means. This in the con-i con-i IiihUiu leached b tho '.e.ppelln ex liediMon to SplUbui(jofi. toidlni, to n lepou nuule b Pior inn HigalsUt u intuilKi of Mie expedition i .i tie 1 1 ii scientific Hoclct) I'tie expedition v. hull inihiileU l'tu Hsry if PuifcHtii weiti io I Spitsbergen to Investigate the possl" blllty tit reaching tho pole In n Zeppelin Zep-pelin dirigible. ' j Prince SlglBmund of Prussia, 1'J ears old, n cousin of tho emperor, Is-the Is-the second Hohenr.otlcrn scion to ln terest hlmseir nctlvely In aviation. I I'rlnce Henry of Prussia passed tho tests for a diploma as pilot, and tho young Prince Slglsmund Is building an neroplane. It Is stnted in military circles Hint extensive experiments with flying ma chines will be undei taken In connection connec-tion with the 1911 "Kaiser inaiieu-vers" inaiieu-vers" on the 'const of the Baltic sea.' As tho Ocrman battleship fleet Is to cooperate with three arm) coips and sen coast defense, both navnl and army aviators will linxe mi oppoitun-Itj oppoitun-Itj to p'.oio their value In action Ten (lei mail officers hao obtained diplomas as .ivlatlou pilots and mo-Instructing mo-Instructing otlu r military ai Intern alii of whom will be called upon to take, part In a preliminary exhibition bo fore the emperor In April. m |