The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-10

German army in the distance He
then sent his car rapidly downward
and descended beside his army. The
Bristol and the Bleriot retired hastily
The battle had covered seventy-five
miles.
On descending Werner found his
plane nddled with bullsSs, but he
patched up the punctures and later
witnessed the battle Of lie Cateau over
the position that he had discovered
Here again the English, after plucky
resistance, were driven back The
Germans attacked with two fanking
movements and q storuing advance
against the middle OF the English po-
sitiOn, and through main strength and
the extraordinary spirit Of the attack.
forced the enemy back The army OF
100000 had in a few days been re-
duced to 10000
Drops Bombs on Paris.
Later on Werner was instructed 10
fly over Paris. Here he dropped sew
eral bombs, some with good effect.
though others did not explode He
carried two kinds of bombs, one a
round shell about the size Of a base
ball and weighing II pounds, the 9TH
er shaped like a small artillery shell
and weighing AZ pounds. These lat
ter, when they exploded, were power
ful enough to tear up paved streets
and wreck houses. Werner also
told Of dropping notes into Paris. call
ing the French such hated names as
''cOchon.'
The flyers are the only men who
really are seeing this war They have
the enemy's position under them and
can study il TO their hearts content
Only lucky shot can dislOdge them,
and their chief danger is from the at
lacking ayiators. The German scouts
usually fly at a height of LOO yards
On dark days they fly at the edge Of
the clouds and slip in and out for OBJ
servation from this excellent screen.
Accurate Aim at 1000 Yards.
Extraordinary stories about Zeppel-
ins are to be heard in Germany, some
of which are almost incredible One
account is Of the method used by Yep
pelins in throwing bombs. A recent
invention, I am told, permits a Yep
pelin, when there are clouds, TO fly
I high and unseen from the ground and
to let down basket containing a man
who then, by telephone. signals the
airship what position to take
In cloudless times the bombs are
/ dropped from an apparatus hung d.
rectly below the airship, the bombs
/ being hung on two fingers. When the
| position Of the target is determined,
the fingers open and the bomb falls.
These bombs are said TO be twelve
inches in diameter and two feet long
/ The damage they can do is terrific
! Houses in the neighborhood OF the ex-
! plosion collapse as though made Of
/ cards, and they can tear up streets for
a distance Of scores Of yards.
zepPeIIns to Attack Fleet
am told that practically all Yep
/ peIins have retired from active assis-
lance in taking Notifications and are
conferred around the North sea, where
they are to assist in an attack on the
British fleet The outcome OF such e
battle will be highly important, for it
/ will determine whether dirigible can
measure up against a warship- If it
can, the German fleet will not be badly
outnumbered in the conflict about TO
! take place, for the British fleet is in
sufficiently supplied with balloon guns.
/ as only few Of these are in existence.
We hear, too, remarkable stories
/ about the number Of Zeppelins. At the
| outbreak Of the war there were TWEEN
] ty-two on record Today the report
i of their number varies from ffty-six
/ to ninety. Material for Zeppelins is
said to have been stored at points
| throughout the empire, where IL could
be put together in a few days, and
this scheme has added Zeppelins TO
/ the air fleet at the rate OF two week
This story is improbable, for the
German army does not possess a suffi-
cient number Of men trained in oper-
ating dirigibles.
Differ on Bomb-HurIing Ethics
The German aeropianes have done
! excellent service There are several
/ hundred machines in operation. and
! comparatively few have been shot
/ down.
know Of one young man, son OF
one Of Germany's most prominent men.
/ who flew to Paris early in the war. He
was fired on repeatedly, and each time
! descended gradually TO a prearranged
4 Q0pOlB HnCuCCs d1l6L TIE EuELllg u
| lieved him to have been killed, he con-
i tinued his trip.
When asked if he had thrown bombs
| on Paris, he answered simply: NO. 1
/ don't carry bombs" This would indi-
cate that there may be a difference OF
/ opinion in the army itself as 70 the
ethics of bomb throwing
The astounding advance Of the Ger
mans has been analysed by a military
| expert, who says that II is due 70
/ four points; heavy artillery, aviators,
| field kitchens and pedestrian feats Of
/ large troop groups The first two
/ points are now generally recognized
I uaifinu for the rnrd Of cnrnnd