The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
Extremely Powerful Armored Batteries Have Made lego
land Cermany's Gibraltar Attitude of Denmark
MAY Help or Halt Invaders

| could he landed in Denmark, and The In
all probability would have TO hc dine
before a naval raid could he made upon
| the Ravens in which Germany now sc,s
fit to husband her battle suuadrons
move of this sort would OF course in.
volve Danish neutrality. and to Ne sue.
cessful would have to take the Germans
unawares.
TO begin with, n map Of the PruSsan
railways in Schleswig Iolstcin shows
| how thoroughly that region is covered
and the ease with which troops could
be moved to the frontier. This bring,
us to the point OF evaluating the Zep.
pellns.
Very recently reports have come at
frequent intervals regarding the flights
| OF German airships over Copenhagen
and the neighboring waters. Whether
or not a battleship has much to fear
from aerial attack there Is no room for
doubt about the consequences that
might follow bombs dropped upon unar-
mored or defenceless transports BY
means Of these ships of the air the
Germans would no doubt seek to watch
every move on the part OF hostile
force and keep equally alive to Den.
marks naval and military activities
Just what might happen to n transport
can be gathered from a fairly circum.
stantih though hitherto unpublished
report that has come to this country
from neutral sources regarding the Br l.
ish auxiliary cruiser Aquitania.
Germany has sent her Zeppelns over
Ostend, one of the points OF landing for
the British troops. Not long ago the
Aquitania appeared in the offing with
outward evidences OF serious DAMAGE
amidships. Her upper works were torn
away in the shape OF n big V shaped
rent, which was officially explained as
the consequence of n collision. Looking
through powerful glasses it was clear
that the colliding ship. IL such. must
have swept over the converted liner.
From another source the damage was
declared to have been tho work W A
| bomb dropped from a German air craft.
This was all the more credible because
! OF the frequency with which Zeppelins
mad been seen scouting aloft in the
neighborhood.
II the British and the Russian navy
together undertake to dig out the Ger.
man feet we shall learn more abou,
the destructive possibilities Of torpedo
the present struggle. The offence
would logically place the burden of at
tack upon these swift and light draught
vessels. Boats of this sort would b..
the only ones likely to suffer least in
sweeping In upon and over areas ut
mined waters. 1t il known what The
japanese were able TO do at Port
Arthur. Are the Russians and the Brit
| igb with thar cs1, d,
destroyers, ready to badger the German
| squadron in this fashion?
1t would be strategically suhidal to
try to do this work with heavy armorei
ships. Success, If won. would be at a
tremendous cost, and 1t Is doubtful H.
at best, the result would be more than
temporarily to hamper the mobility o.
the German squadron by cluttering up
the channels with the wreckage Of mis-
forlorn hope.
The Kalser's navy Is not likely 20 h.
dug out before It is ready TO move ~
before II is ready to Join battle with It's
enemies under circumstances that give
promise of German success The att.
tude of Denmark may halt. hamper, 81
help the invaders, but the Kaiser's
ships will not be fastened into action
They have nothing to gain by precipi.
tous activity. and every week Of delay
makes 1t possible to strengthen the
force. Indeed, If the latest reports are
correct the German Admiralty is busy
making its ships more formidable than
ever. The kaiser's siege ordnance ha.
taken Europe by surprise. II is pos.
sible that his navy has somethng
equally potent in store for its foes