The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-30

Who had fallen. the four sur
vsyed their prsyra quartet OF
BULLDOGS around q mastiff,
Four machine guns let loose
. torrent OF lead. In 10 seconds
400 shois had penetrated the
bag. In 20 seconds the motors
and propellcrs were wrecked.
Gas escaped from a hundred
rents.
The mAstiH OF the air turned
on It's side. collapsed and start
cd i,s drop TO earth. n mile be-
low.
II landed. q mass OF debris. In
PfceAdiliy circusl
Tho terrified thousands
surEed close. completely envsi
opinE tho wreckaE-.
TerritoriAis Of the home
suart. none too keen about lab
blnk their own countryinen.
tried 10 clear tho square 1t the
point OF bayonets and failed-s
Fire fighters. with hose and
water. succeeded.
General officers cams mp and
inspected the debris.
Not a man 81 It's crew was
alive-ths bullet holes In their
manEief bodies testlfying that
they had been Killed before the
machine had oven begun It's
descent
All OF the foregoing 10 purely
irnaEinay--it 10 every London
cr's imagination today
London may pretend that n
believes II IN ASSURED. But
London ia on the alert London
ia PREPARED.
With the Germans within
easy striking distance. England
can do we'll TO fear the worst.
The stolid Anglo-saxon IL be-
ginning TO get over the belief
that the force OF 100000 men
under Sir John French would be
sufficient to subdue tho Teuton.
Now the Teuton IL at the
gates Of tho tight little isle. and
the tight little isle Ia getting
worried.
Belgium IL hardly more than
a two-hours' trip for Zeppelin
70 London.
An aerial raid could be &C
complished. n IN feared. with
hardly more difficulty than
those on Paris n month ago.
Here's tho German plan:
There will be a great move
men Of Iandsturm troops from
central Germany TO ostend and
zeebrUsae. where they will
await an opportunity 10 cross
20 the Ergllsh shore and march
on London, where zsppeilns and
Taubes will have caused havoc
and demorallxsd the population.
While this Is taking place
Admiral Won Inpenohl's fleet
now confined at WIIheImshsven,
Will steam out Into the North
Sea for the great fight.
These German oalculatIons
rest on the hypothesis that the
south coast Of England will bs
left absolutely without prosco-
ton. all o. Admiral Sir John
Jelileoe's shlps being engaged
In the great North Sea battle.
Germany is constructing new
balloon sheds In Belgium and
even Count Zeppelin admits
London Ia tho objective.
Even now the streets are
dimmed, few small lights are
permitted I'm tho houses. Tho
Inhabitants arc studying what
air craft can do.
They are hearing all about
tho bombs, and oven moro
dreaded steel arrows.
FIVE HUNDRED OF THESE
ARROWS CAN BE DROPPED
WITH ONE SWOOPi
With a Zeppelin flying 1000
feet above the earth, arrows and
bullets reach the ground at
velocity OF $50 feet per second.
Shrapnel bullets. Weighing 20
TO the pound, would reach the
earth with the power OF 100 foot.
pounds.
As go foot-pounds 10 sufficient
to put man out OF action. their
death dealing effectiveness can
easily BIO imagined.
AT an altitude OF n mile the
arrows and bullets would drop
with a velocity OF $50 feet por
second.
The heavier bombs some OF
which are OF steel. rs inches In
diameter-wouId. OF course,