The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
Huge War in
Air Planned
BY England
Continued from FtJth roos

these airships-Zeppelins and o....
types-and she has been exceedingly
busy adding to their number dnr,n.
the past nine months. Several as.
known to have been DESTROYED or $40
ously damaged. but how many hs,,.
been constructed to repair tho TO-.
or what number Of airships Gernsnn
has at the present time, is not know,
The latest type Of Zeppelin is ov.,
six hundred feet In length. II ca,
maintain an average speed Of asv
miles an hour, and is capable Of WOW.
ages exceeding 1000 miles. II carrs
a crew OF twenty-four with quick A..
ing guns and a ton OF explosives.
1t is not unusual for Zeppellns m ;.
referred to as gasbags, and thor. 4. .
wide impression that IL a zcppelin 4,
punctured by a number Of steel dar,
such as airmen carry. or IL an IN.
cenditry bomb Is dropped IN Il. ,bs
result will be n mass OF ruins. RI,
in the later type many of these dan.
gers are guarded against.
II In known that Germany hss NJ,
uluii - SuvsNditc Nldt ~ eNPn NEltAr
than aluminium and which is as fexi.
BILE as steel. In addition this substance
offers considerable resistance 10 hr,I.
let's. Moreover, a non-inhammab,e sa,
in liquid form has been discovered
This gas Is generated by permitting
the ordinary atmosphere TO come If
contact with the liquid. Disastrous
explosions are obviated and the ar.
ship can be filed while aloft.
There is a report that the German,
have invented a fog bomb, which Or
being released gives rise to a dens4
fog. This prevents the airship from
being located by those below. But 4,
necessarily follows that the aIrsh,n
crew are at the Same time deprived a.
a view Of their various detectives. and
thus this method OF defence has H.,
drawbacks as we'll as its advantages.
The weakness Of the airshir il tina,
II can be o~utdistanced by the aero.
plane. and moreover the latter can
climb above II. In order to keep on,
Of range Of anti-aircraft guns Il ,s
necessary to rise to a height of at leas.
1000 feet. but at this altitude object.
below are very tndistinct and the pilots
have usually found it necessary t1
descend to an altitude Of 1000 feet IN
order to accomplish their pirposa
Zeppelins and other big aircraf, Wi!
lind their greatest in the shapa
OF fast aeroplanes up above them.
That these huge airships are not -
easily destroyed as is imagined va,
proved by a recent tussle in the ar
One of them paid a visit 10 England
and though attacked ard driven of ,y
six aeroplanes II managed to return
to its base. The Admiralty reported
that IL had been damaged, hut tia
extent OF the damage was not asccr.
taincd. and in any case it succeeded II
keeping aloft.
Germany has five important basc'
for these huge dirigibie aircraft. and
with T%eutonic th~oroughncss they ara
situated at strategic points. Tho head.
quarters are at Berlin. while the o,he-
bases are situated at etra ssbure.
Frankfort. Poscn and WilhclnsHafen.
Thus two face the French and ono N.
Russians. The station at Wilhclrs.
hafen has particular interest as heinz
on the property where Count Zeppelin
has conducted most Of his experiments.
with his unwieldy craft. In addition
there is a base at Helgoland which has
been specially developed as a menace
to England.
The alrshlps when they do make an
attack will be attended by q fleet ~
a%eroplanes In much the same way As
dreadnoughts are attended by desrros-
ers. To these aeroplanes will he a.
lotted the task OF covering the ar
ships and engaging hostile a~ircra'.
which the allied forces Will send ont
to meet them.
Every ~precaution has been taken hy
the British Admiralty and War OfIce
10 deal with an attack in force, and l.
may he taken for granted that they
have a few trump cards which ave
been kept carefully out of sight.
Recent raids by Zeppelins over Eng
land were probably designed for the
purpose OF theatrical effect o" 70
fr!ghten England. 1t is queer that -"
Germans with their ancestral ap'ifgte
for philosophy and their profound
study OF the human mind shou'd con-
tinue to labor under the dolu~.oU that
their airship raids cause panic. ny
spread n "Schrcck" or sudden horror
and so are likely to shake the ..in-
try's confidence and compel q = pla-
clanor for peace.
II a hundred Zeppelins, capable ..
discharging 5000 explosive sne'
besides incendiary bombs, Wcr" - ar
rive simultaneously over London hey
would probably massacre at least a.
many unarmed and peaceful, p,'pl"
as were sunk with the Ius!tiulo NM
they might possibly burn d c'ol
many row OF houses, Caus.ns "N'h
inconvenience to the inhabitants am
storekeepers, besides heavy '.-s -
insurance companies.
Though nobody outside OF GERMANY
believes suCh an invasion "o'''
bring the forces of the Kf.7"r one
single degree nearer to fina. victory
il might he n terrible thing for me
English. But raids carried oG' h' on"
or two of these expensive dni r5'. or
risky machines-what purpo-" me
Germans imagine them To- s''Fo.
Much OF the success ~ The ''-sa
Naval Air Service ~ IN" rnr-1 ~
the foresight and enthusiasm u' WINS
ton Churchill. who, from t N'''
day that he took up his ror'.' ~
First Lord OF the Admiralty LA'. re
day of his retirement from 'NHi ht'
office recently. always gavo no.
most encouragement 10 -" v'' o'
A.. rb,,,,t . IN