Bisbee daily review., 1914-08-30

 Tudor British expert and organizer of flying, looping and bomb dropping ex- hibitions in the British provinces, who is in this country, declares that the German Zeppelin alrships are the greatest menace to the allied armies and navies. He said:
 lt has long been noticed that where the English and French constructors of aircraft had rushed into print with their designs, Improvements and man ufacturers of auxiliary aeroplane parts of German builders had been ex. tremely reticent and 1t was only by the accomplishment of aerial records that the truth became known that the German machines had reached a point of far greater efficiency than those of other countries design
 "It must now be accepted that some good reason lay behind the determina- ton of the German War Office to con tinue building Zeppelins In face of the many smash-ups and loss of crews or ill-fated airships from time to time. Just the same the construction of them went steadily forward and, it is reasonable to assume, the number of them shown in comparative statistics does not by any means represent the number that are ready to play a part in the war of the world
 For some years past the invasion Of Britain by Germany has been the bogy of the British nation almost to a point of frightening babes into slum- ber as the French peasants were wont to do before the Franco-Prussion war, but ] do not suppose that any thought of the building of the Zeppelins oc- casioned uneasiness where the stolid Briusher had mentally relegated that type of airship to the scrap heap as a factor in warfare
 "ln my own opinion it win 0e Jne Zeppelin that will open up a new and terrible era in the history of night warfare carrying destruction m a form hitherto undreamed of and be- yond all realization in its terrors.
 "Coucident with the advance of the building of air craft. so has advancer the construction of the aeroplane gun capable of carrying an enormous dis tance and highly flexible In us uper. alton to follow the course of an aerial machine just a seasily as an expert sportsman can follow the flight of a bird before the pressure of his trig- ger at the right moment The shooting down of aeroplanes is but pigeon shooting
 This fact places the daylight use of Zepperlins of less advantage than of their utility in night wor5, but Tn the darkness of night one of these colossal realizations of the dreams of Jules Verne could, silently and un- seen, sail over fleet of warships or a sleeping army corps. drop a line of bomb dropping in a slow movement, steering in line or circle, and result in a greater havoc and losses thar no oth- CT form of fighting could possibly ac- complish Add to this the fearful de moralization that would follow the assault by SO fearsome and unseen an enemy and some, though faint, idea could be acquired of this revelation of the advance of civilization and science.
 "To define matters ever clearer, a Zeppelin could leave its base. whether inland or near seaport, and by the use of distance barographs could be guided precisely over a fleet or on encamped army. Powerful search lights flashed downward, even but mo- mentariiy, and the aid of highly pow cred binoculars. would show the bomb troopers the best course and points for their deadly work, and a timing of the dropping O fla series of bombc could not but only result in an annihi- lation of fleets or entire armies long before anything could be done with aeroplane guns Co cut short the devas- tation
 It is universally known that where both the English and French armies have airships somewhat of the Zeppe- lin type they are oumumbered and out classed by the Germans, who have palpahly pinned their faith on effl- ciency uushared by any other couutry.
 "ln daylight warfare Che risk of de-