The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-02
BRITAIN AT MERCY /.
OF GERMAN A|RSH|PS
Grave Warning to England Con,
tanned i'll Article in Monthly
Review
STRATEGIC PLANS VOID
Fact That English Cities Can BE
Bo,nbardcd From Cloudland
Now Demonstrated
LONDON. March I.

iONDoN. Mafcn j. ~
grave warning to England Is con-
iaincd in an article IN tic current mum
her OF the Review of Reviews. entitled
'Brtairs Peril IN the Air in which the
wrtcr points 6ut that this country ia
entirely detcrseess against aerial at
tack nc sass:
nj Iieiigo!and, llicl Cuxhaven. VII
helalsiiaven. Dusseldorf. Frankfort and
Cologne are housed German air warshios.
any one of which is capable OF arriving
over this country within seven hourz
without any warning. without any poe
sibity oc ntcrruption and with the
frees, possible hand with regard to po-
tential destruction. II is interesting 10
know thai whereas Germany has concen-
trntcd eisi, airship stations in face OF
our new stratec:c frontier she has only
thought II necessary to have one air camp
on the Riissan frontier. one near tho
Austrian frontier and three or four on
the French frontier
II Germany's naval increase 3. sum
cent 20 change tho ontirc s;ratcgic plans
"i tic British government even although
II IL loudly proclaimed that the German
meet Is really no serious menace 10 British
n1"al SUPREMACY 1. IS time for thig ex
traordinarv concentration OF the German
aerial force. against which We can Dit
nothing. TO receive the earnest attention
or British ministers
Hanging the Guilty Minister'S
In the past the mistakes OF ministers
nave been retrieved and this country
mas rnucidled through; but with regard to
n possible attack from the air there Will
% no possibility OF muddlinG through.
ana IN" disorcanizcd aud ranic-stricken
surNivors OF the population OF London
VIII have the sole. although sorry salts
action. before passlng under German
listers
German has evolved. at immense trou-
hle and expense. IN aerial dreadncusht
winch VIII remain in the air for four
days and nights, viii ny at n speed or
MY miles an hour. will carry several
machine guns and is capable OF carving
ana dropping 2Gon pounds OF incendiary
bombs upon land station
During the recent practice a small
canvas float was set adrift on Lake con-
stance. From an airship about siz miles
away. and circinG IN the air At an nj
ttnde OF about 200 feet. a gunner so,
tho exact range with his third ahot. wIiIeh
was fred only fcw seconds after NE
iirst. The target was quickly iiddlea and
though the exact results were kept score.
by ofhciai order of the German govern
inent. 81 Is known that the percentage
of hits was close 10 100
ANY DIG OF seve-a! German alrLHir.
already in existence could now. thanks
TO improvements effected since September.
1911. easily cross the North sea ana ra,n
explosives on Portsmouth
The Peril Imminent
The peril IL imminent and may at any
/ moment be winsing its way toward us a,
a good nifty miles an hour OF more. bur
the peril can 'ie met by immediate action
y great voluntary giving for aercplane.
is imperative, and II is possible. Let each
county. each great city Or town. each coil
lection OF villages in the homeland and
the empire give one or moro aeroplanes to
the state.
Provinces which have given nothing
because they could not give :. superdread-
nought can give one or more airships
Let every mayor, every lord lieuten-
ant Of county, open a lis, for subscrip-
tons Very useful addition 10 many
such lists would be- found II each member
OF parliament were 20 emulate the Rou-
mdnian deputies and give i've days par.
Elementary pay 30 tho national cause