Show I I I I HONORS AND MEDALS AWAIT AWAITI fRENCH AERONAUT IN LONDON London July the Frenchman who made history h by flying across the English channel from L Les s Baraques to Dover a distance or of 21 miles In the time of a l less than halt half an hour anti his famous little monoplane both reach reached ed London this morn morning Ins the tho former to receive the monetary fruits ot of his ment In Ia the tho shape or of a check for and the tho latter to tn be placed on to the ll advant advantage advantage age of both a JAndon hospital and lb the enterprising proprietor of the only American department store here heN The aviator is 10 finding hero worship much more trying to endure than the I strain n of oC navigating the tho airs Re Remarkable Remarkable scones cones wore again od cd at Dover Doer this morning whon Af 1 returned there thoro to o attend a civil chU I his honor The Pt h hman man was mobbed by bj the enormoUs crowds and tho police had to come to his hi protectiOn so AO eager were ere th the en aD to greet him at close tore toreA A similar ovation awaited the ava avator tor In London his compatriots hang t at Victoria station In hI C numbers the help of the he finally succeeded In getting awaY and reached his hotel bote I where h he was HI presented with the tho cheek check at a lunch luncheon eon COD part Paul Cambon the tho Frenel om ami p dor der at London was pre present ent and worn I congratulated his 1 o arms arm was largely rc ros md and besIdes Secretary Continued qu page pase F FoUr ur i HONORS AND MEDALS AWAIT FRENCH AERONAUT from page 1 there thoro were Co Cal Capper head of the aeronautical work of the army Sir Edward Gre Grey secretary for foreign af affairs affairs fairs and Gen Sir Arthur Pat Ia Leut get geL E H Shackleton who re recently returned from an expedition t to the thc AntarctIc and Sir Thomas Lipton also were present present When M l Berlot arrived Mr Hal Haldane Haldane dane was the first to felicitate him Speaking Speaking In French the secretary o of war congratulated the aviator on his magnificent success which he said would give glye him a place In history a aby all by Isel itself as to have hae crossed the lie Eng Emig hish channel wa was an event marking a anew new er era You did It with wonderful ease added Mr Mi Haldane but you ou had great courage M 1 managed to get out a broken accented thank you but made no attempt to speak In Speaking his mother tongue ho he attributed his success to au an mi Im Immense mense amount of preliminary work worl worland and and said lie he was profoundly touched b by bythe the warmth of his welcome which he thought was quito out or of proportion to what he had accomplished AI All I had to do lie he said was to leave Calais on my loft and and make for Dyel Dover on m my right rIght iI Berlot was the one thou lion thousand sand pounds In bank notes In a splendid did silver cup cupI cupIt I It was announced at the lie that the Aero Club of Great Britain had decided to present e 1 wih with witha a gold medal to the omie con conferred on Wibur Wilbur and Oie Orville Wright t the American In London last May meriot fever fOer seems to have seiz seized ef ed a large part of the populace of Lon London on Those unable to see the fr frer fly or er himself have been besieging the lie store hero the compact little mono monoplane monoplane plane Is installed among other travel lug Ing requisites the tho machine being so sc small It looks hike a large toy rather than a practical fyer flyer Numerous honors and medals ar arc awaiting M 1 on this side ol oC the channel lie principal prize a gold cUp offered hy by CaptaIn W Il ham for fOl the first flight across tho English channel I it wi will he presented i to the tho aviator at the cub club dinner August Aeronautical experts here regard M feat as a indication of oC the thc monoplane type of machine over oer tho hut I biplane The rhe machino carried a weight In I to Its plane pIano surface than thon any other which Is considered n a great ad advantage vantage altage Experts Interviewed decare that the greater surface the i offers to rhe the wind would have tended I to make one turn turtle on encounter encounterIng lag Ing the lie aerial whirlpool which troubled troubie i so Paris Juul whole of Franco Francc FrancoIs Franccis Is wid wi with sm over il M Bier Blei lots lots feat In crossIng the tho English chant chan nel nd Al All the newspapers are filled with articles which reflect the I pride at the splendid nt of French prowess the tho pioneers of aviation like Eret Archdeacon George Bolson Boison Rent Rene Quinton Count Henri De La La Vaulx and ant i Henri Farman foresee the lie time In the thc near future when shen mart ma machinO chinO chines carrying passengers 1 wi will no ne the from to Algeria and the tho possibilities of the th aeroplane as an engine of oC war are dl cussed anew WhIle lucre thero Is much mud 1 sympathy for Cor Hubert Latham who I overslept yesterday morning moring the thc rejoices at ie the fact that tho thi Intrepid Berlot the first to cross cros 3 from Franco France to England The Tue weather has agin again tUrned hat bad I lo today rw at Calais and M 1 Is re report reported port ported d as alternately weeping and cursing his i ill luck lie Ho Is greaty greatly touched b by M I or r to divide lie tho prize If lie he succeeds in crossing the channel channel |