Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
var PROGRAM Is now COMPLETE
Zeppelin Stations for Gordon About
Empires Frontier.
BIG GUNS FOR OFFENSIVE DUTY
KrupPs Turn Out Weapons to Destroy
Attacking Air Fleets.
GREAT DEMAND FOR AERoRLAKEs
Au Germany HnthaalnNtie over
Aerial Navigation and BiE shOPs
Are BuNy TurninE out
the MaehineA
~ MAInoL.M CLARKE.

BY MALCOLM CLARKE
BERLIN. April 1s.-lspscisi Dispatch To
( The Bee g-1t is not alone In bhttleshiEs
and a. my corps 1hBf Germany Il pressing
10 the front In preparation for the newt
able time when the sword must decide the
question q European, i not T5rld. suprsIn-
Rcg-
From The time Count Zeppelin demoa-
strarsa the fact that he WAS nd vision
arT dreamer. hu1 had solved TIE problem
4 q aerial nHviEstion- the German war o.
I rics had never wRvered IN ats fBfth that
the dlriE1hls RirEbip would be a great
I II not nOnfrollinE factor. in the nsEr WAY
in which the fRthsr1Rnd should engage,
I and rs a result the kaiser has n his ais
I posBI a rest Of fourteen aerial WBrEh3ps
ranging from l4O 70 s5s feet In length and
with speed sRnE5as from tNeliIy-une l..
thirry-ssven and 0ne-hsli niles an h0ur-
There are nine more building one nearly
80 feet 5onE and another having an ssti-
mated speed 0f fifiy miles an hour
Ten or 3 dozen factories and dock
yards" where n4rshlpE are manufactured
On systenn11e lines are al WUrk Twelve
OF fiftssn permanent EHrRges-ssvsrEl of
them slHb0rstely equipped -ststiuns--oDt
4 The frontiers. IN the proximity CT The sea
and al inland centsrs. A special battalion
4 Of nsRT9y LBDD officers. engineers and me1-
trained IN al the sxigEncieE Of aerial nav
iEEt10n, iE ready 10 take the air. Ger
many's ErsE1 ordnanoe-nBkerE, 1he Krupps
and EhrhArdrs, are per1scrlng G1rshsp-6es-
Etruytng artillery and experimenting with
guns and explosives for offensive spera-
4 t30nE from n hsiEht- Airahip mEnsuEers
have become q regular fesruro of the
Rr1nT's work
FsrtIfvInE the AR.
The Arny'H sebene u aerial eefense-
4 ne1isuTla1es a ehHan of permanent STA
tionE. which VIII eventually extend In a
EHHssEi1lE sezieirels through thu north and
east TIE i6eA IL that Ger-nMny shall bs
for12fied IN the air Along her entire Wreuuh
and Russian fr0nftsrR and IN the area
thanking the sea Every fortress Wt1hln
this area IN 10 be provided with one or
more vessels. Al present military HirBhip
stations are standing Al Metz. Cologne
FrEnkfur1, Berlin FrisdTdchEhAfsn, al 0f
which can BnSuum0aR1s Two more rcs sells
Uf the largest type Gsa-Eensr8tinE plants
are attached 10 the military alrship sta
riunE. which are 10 be Duplicated gradually
Bt KH strategic points 80 the -,fssr~ EroKk.
While working hard on the offensive pro
gram, The defensive has not bsen neglected.
The KrEpTs have perfected three airship
dsstrug-ers. one stationary 1eld piece
with an extreme range in height Of szN
yards, another for Dountlng ON an arm
cred motor car. with an extreme range q
s.ssb yards. and Z naval TsieoG. which Wau
huri a 1urty-pound Eru5sotils 10 the snur-
zD0us height Of p go yards
For AL TIE Krupp guns a time-tuss is
used. IL iE claimed thai the fuse is par
fHctly safe 70 hEnd1s- yet 80 oelicGfely ad-
5usted that Il win dstona1e the shell i'm
-nsdistsly on pdsr1anE the hun Of an air
ship OF balloon The Krupp ninEhip-8estroy-
ing guns are Elso pr8vaded win traosrE.
whereby the trajectory can be followed by
day OF night
Germany is Enthused.
Germany is universally enthusiastic over
rs future IN the air" Aerial NAVY
leagues already number hundreds o. thDn-
sands of members Several universities and
technical colleges have establishes aero
nautical prafess0rEhips The lzsissr Is sn-
oourBElnE lhs officers ns his army ana
navy To interest themselves more and MORE
IN aerial navigation. TIE richly endowed
Motor Airship Study ssr.sty." composed
q mini0nA4rs captains Ct industry. !.
ready with unlimited fun6s 20 support ans
AsraE1 enterprise RirEhip o. asroplE1s.
Hhich promises 70 Increase ths sEtbsrlEnd' 5
Elr0wsEB IN ths clouds B0th Ihs society
and the army are building hsroplanes q
their DEn and of foreign EyttenE the
German wright company having Teffscied
facilities for turning on five htplEnsE a
month AZ their works IN TeCeL Ten ma
chimes are already in ea-nmiaEiun Hnd n
the army~H disposal
Csunrry Life fer Crs1n Prsn-r.
Great interest," has been awakened il rhs
provinces q Germany by The news thar the
kaiser mas advised the crown prince 70
spend some years In the country -'in order
10 become hcgusintHd vim me rural go1su-
lEf3un- as his father ard grandfather sid
before him. il he sEBsctes thas as fuH ARM
nH3ur he N'in take urer fhs command q q
regiment Al BreslRu or ststtzn. buf the
Paine provinces claim thHt they need a
prince more beng farther away from me
seat o. royalty A DreH6en writer. HeFr
Ungern- declares lha1 The crown prince
Uught really 10 be sent 70 the provinces 70
farm land Tor taree years. and thus beoams
acquainted Win the way 81 the NE Q,
PrzsEla-E EreateE1 class He EEyE- --T,hs
Cn0Nu Prince Frle6Ts1h william 1E already
an Army uff5osr. a sRlsr. ans an amateur
seboulmlAEtsr. fer he once examines IN .
PotEdsm schp1l Way should be not alE1
be an AETiruiturlEle7 Ths crown prince 4,
said n11 10 relish the rnEt8aa1Ion- but. 40
nor1ing 20 The reParL tbe Esiser consoles
atm wa ths taet that FrefsI1ck tie Carsai
} 6e1lAret 1hst ne rims be spent When hsir
IN command cf q provincial ueg1uenf va
tts hEppisEi q hia Ife
&a1ns IRportaMt Dlaeorerfea-
Ths NoaEiarhe NeltulG pEbliEheE an ir-
tereElinF dearripxiun ~ -ths kraah result