Evening journal., 1915-09-24
ALLIES TO TURN
WARBIRD FLOCK
against KAISER
Engineer Back From France
Tells of Proposed Great
Air Raid
HORDES OF AEROPLANES
TO SWOOP UPON GERMANS

Germany whose zeppelins have
spread terror TO London and
other places. within a month may be
suffering the Same sort Of terror, Will
be battling with foes lowering above
her in the air, but more numerous
than ever Germany has been able TO
send soaring above her enemies.
This is the information brought 10
Wilmington. II came from an engi-
neer whose oompany-not n local
concerns at present making mill
lions of dollars worth of munitions
OF war for the allies. He has just
come from France To mention his
name would be to interfere with the
! business OF the concern which he rep
1 resents and TO cause endless trouble
/ 10 the engineer and his friends
The allies are convinced, especially
! the French, that success in this war and
/ the early termination of the war de-
pends upon the success Of the air raid
ers, he says. Aeroplanes and dirigihles
are hard to combat. This makes them
valuable But their success depends
upon their number as well as upon the
daring Of the aviator. Though there
have been numerous raids made both ly
dirigibles and aeroplanes the amount OF
damage done has been comparatively
small
This difficulty, says the engineer, vii
be overcome by the number Of aero
planes used. and he asserts that II
other countries Of the allies at the pres
ent time 10000 aeroplanes are unde
construction and nearly ready to star
/ 4t.. InN tsaIa aals d
world has ever seen. These aeroplane
vary in size from those that will carr
a single aviator TO machines which wi
successfully carry two tons.
Men have been trained and are be
, ing trained for the work OF destruc
tion which these machines will carr
: on. The plan is bold but " Is feas
- bic, declare the engineers who an
I familiar with ~ No longer viii on
:, or two daring aviators take thei
machines and circle over the heaC
% Of the enemy. but a hundred or mol
" OF them. so many that they will r,
y semble a flock Of birds. will sail ovs
the doomed place and from the CLOUD
y will come a shower of bombs whic
cannot fail to bring destruction 10 n
. place beneath them.
1he principal aim OF these thOI
sands OF aviators will he the Germa
" supply stations and the German line
Of communication II is the mos
daring scheme ever conceived in mod
ern warfare. but. according to III
!. story, IL will be put into effect and
y will be put into effect soon.
or course there will be airmen sa,
- rihced but war is war and the soldie
~ will take his same chance in the al
as he will on land for T. will be ia
his country. II is declared that wlfil
Ie Germany has been devoting its after
8 tion to the building OF submarines
70 France and some of the other nations
but especially France. have bee
s. building aeroplanes. Every availabl
place has been used for the purpos
and now they are nearly ready. In
few weeks at least. perhaps I'm
v shorter time the vast air feet will h
Il ready to soar aloft. the engineer froi
o the war zone says and a flock of wa
y birds such as the world has nevc
e seen will be turned loose Il is d.
d clared that the plan has been keI
y quiet until plans for the air raid hay
l. been practically completed.