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Show run . jl ROUTE Prince Suggests Pcking-Paril Line, and It Is Adopted. Journy of Aeronaut Will B Mad Partly Ovtr Grtat Desert of Gobi Station Will Be Laid Along the Trane-Slberlan. rarU. After taking the advice of lending experts on climatic and otner conditions likely to affect the I'eklDg-I'arls I'eklDg-I'arls air race, I'rlnce Moighese being among thone consulted, a meeting m held at tho olttces of La Matin recent ly, at which the first detlnlte otUciui program was drawn up. The scheme submitted by 1'rlnca Horgheso has been adopted. It bus been settled that the race shall begin next September, at about the beginning begin-ning of the month, when, according to the data received from the weather bureau of KunmIii, the Siberian rainy season la well over, not only along tho Trann SllnTlan, but In China, and when other weather conditions are also favorable. Tho Btiggehtlon of Prince llorghesn that the Ureat Insert of (Sold be traversed, trav-ersed, tho route being I'eklng to Kalian, Kal-ian, Tuerln, I'rgn, Kakbta and Lake llalkal, wns adopted, as not only offering offer-ing the best moans ot arriving at Siberia, Si-beria, but us being admirably suited for landings. Other reasons are that It Is frequented by caravans and that a telegraph line gives an Ideal Indication Indica-tion of the route. The rest of tho Journey will be made by way of Irkutsk, Omsk, Kazan, Moscow, Mos-cow, Warsaw, Vienna, Trlest, (Senoa, Avignon and Lyons, as already announced an-nounced In these columns. Stocks of petrol and spare parta ar to be spread along the Trans Siberian, also across tho (Sold desert at short distances, while tho food ipieKtlon meets Its solution by the lact that tho route follows railway stations and Inhabited In-habited districts, throughout. Kaeh entrant will be required to pay a deposit of H.imiii, which will bo refunded re-funded If bo makes the proper start, from I'eklng, but will, ir forfeited, bo added to tho amount of the prizes. In an interview Prince. llorghesn stated that. In his opinion, the (Sold tlcMeit presented the only practical y i A (ft '0 - "iU i-t i V n : . 1 - ' - r-, -SJ- V ' .. . , - - -.rfV-s":v j U f-rr- r:r-5'E ! In Modern Peking menns for the airmen to reach Lake llalkal, as the Mukden Harbin route taken by the railroad Involves surmounting sur-mounting the high Khlngan chain of mountains as well as over 4u() miles or mountainous country Just berore reaching the lake. Names continue to be sent In for the race, among the latest being those of two young French pilots, who, although al-though they have only recently obtained ob-tained their dlylooiae. are confident of success. |
