Evening journal., 1914-10-20
BY KARI II. Won WIEGAND.

written for the United Press).
LIEGE, Sept 11-(By Courier via
Maastricht and Rotterdam TO New
York; That Germany Is preparing
an aerial attack or invasion of Eng
land with her feet &C Zeppelins. is
the general impression among Off .
GERS here, so far as ! could get any
of them to express an opinion. That
same impression is in the public
mind I'm Berlin and elsewhere.
"Where are all the Zeppelins and
what are they doing" / asked a
member of the Flying Corps.
"Just wait and seer he replied.
ENGLAND gave us a little surprise off
Heligoland. we will give her a little
surprise before long
There appear to be but few Zeppe-
Inns with the armies in the field II
is dangerous to ask questions or seek
information but indications are and
have been told from various sources,
that the Zeppelins are being concen-
trated close to the North Sea. II is
said that the completion of several
new Zeppelin sis being awaited
Just how many Zeppeins Germany
| has, no one outside of the govern
ment knows. Before the war. the
official record was less than 10. There
are reasons for believing that Ger
many has more, in fact, many more
The Zeppelins and the AZ Centimeter
mortar, are the two mysteries of the
war so far You can take your
choice from the stories that are
afloat about these two weapons
Among these are. tina. the manu-
| featured parts of a large number of
Zeppelins had been made at the Yep
pelin works in FriederiChshafen and
stored ready 10 be put together when
| the emergency arose. The Zeppelin
Works are said to DE working day
and night Both in Berlin and here
have been told that Germany has
now a fleet of Ga aerial cruisers.
| From other sources ] was told that
as soon as a fleet of 80 Zeppelins
could be sent across the channel the
aerial attack on England will begin.
That the Germans will make some
/ daring coup with their aerial fleet
and that in the near future, there
is some reason for believing II is
quite possible that they are merely
waiting for a suitable base Ant
werp. Ostend or Calais. The stories
Of the number of Zeppelins Ger
many now has. must be taken for
what they are worth. Aside from
the undoubted fact that Zeppelins
are being turned out as fast as pos
sible. no one knows anything about
the size of the feet except the gov
eminent officials and they won't tell.
In some quarters the opinion pre-
walls that the English fleet will be at
tackled simultaneously by Zeppelns
and the German feet In other words,
the big battle will be fought in the
air, on the sea and under the sea,
all at the same time.
Although It is somewhat early to
draw conclusions, the Zeppelins have
shown in Liegc and Antwerp, that
as a weapon of Offense they far sur
| pass the aeroplanes Tnis also has
been stated to me d. members of
the Flying Corps, who have declared
that the scouting and reconnoiterinp
OF the German Cavalry Of the Air.
has contributed largely "a the Ger
man successes. but tha- as offensiv.
weapons the Zeppelins are far su
peror.
The German aerOplane carry IL
one and four pound bombs huns
in racks on the sides of the machine
The dropping of these bombs
through the air sets a little propel-
Ter into motion which screws in the
contact point or primer" so that
the bomb will explode upon hitting