The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

Special Correspondence 10 rms sUN.
LONDON. May 2@-The Ddiiy Mats
correspondent at Rotterdam sends an in
teresting story OF German plans and
German surprises:
Talking to a young German chemist
the other day I asked him Why he
was not at the front. There are no
chemists in the firing line, he replied.
one chemist Is worth more than a
battalion OF soldiers 20 the fathcrland.'
At the time | thought he was referring
to the preparation OF drugs for the hos
pitfalls, but when ! heard OF the German
use OF poisonous gas | realized what
ne meant. The same man declared.
Sooner than Germany should he wiped
out as a nation We would destroy Eu-
rope. We would not hesitate TO let
loose cholera bacilli on the armles OF
our enem!es.'
German SURF Rises are both negative
and positive: negative because h. will
not suffer In the way we think. positive
because he will employ against us new
and more formidable engines OF destruc-
ton. Two or three months ago prac-
tically everybody In England imagined
Germany was on the verge OF starvation
To-day ! dare say meat IL cheaper in
Germany than IN England certainly II
Is cheaper than In Holland. Germany
has 30 much coffee that II Is actually
being sold to Holland. Germany's whine
about starvation was for the benefit OF
neutral Countries. Germany's national
ization OF foodstufYs was "A scientific pre-
caution. not n desperate remedy. II We
could only hit Germany In tn. stomach
peace would he very near, but the DER
man protects his stomach AS his l'fe.
That part OF agricultural Germany
which Il not a wheat field Ia a vegetable
garden and when the harvest is Ieaped
Germany will laugh at threats Of star
walton.
Germany Well Prepared.
when German officials began to coll
.ect copper u~tensils In Belgium a tri-
umphant cry was raised in England that
Germany was short of copper. But II IL
tho British army that In short OF shells.
Outraged to collect marks and hat
marks we thought Germany was shor,
Of gold. Germany's gold reserve II
equal to her needs. German wharves
are piled high with cotton. German
streets are full Of young men. German
industries are free from strikes. Ger
many has no drink problem. And the
war has been In ress nearly ten
months.
.TW-hat are Germany., no.,sva ,,r.
prises7 when tho war broke out many
thought that Germany had less than
q score OF submarines. How many she
has now built and building can be
imagined when II is known that Ger
mans boast that submarines are being
turned out at the rate Of one a fort
night. That is probably an exaggera-
ton. but ! know for a fact that within
tho last three or four months twelve
have been constructed ~ tho Hoboken
works at Antwerp. These. however. are
which threaten our great liners. hut
they are very dangerous to our mer-
chantmen in the North Sea. The new
giant submarines which arc Germany's
particular pride and boast are able to
discharge torpedoes fore and aft even
when awash, Their system of air stor-
age Is remarkably ingenious. and their
speed Is something like eighteen knots.
Ii IL the ambition OF every young Ger
man naval officer TO serve IN a sub
marine. for submarine crews are the
darlings OF the nation. ff and wheU the
German Grand Fleet comes out TO fight
It will be guarded by a crlnoline OF
submarines.
Facts About New ZeppeIins.
Now that the Zeppelin menace Is re
ceiviD& more serious consideration In
England facts about the big 'gasbags'
may prove interesting. The latest Yep
pelins are AZ great an Improvement on
the ZeppeTlns of three or four years ago
as the modern %aeropIane Is al improve
ment on the machines first flown by Far
man and Paulhan. They can travel for
days by theIp own power; they can rise
swiftly and easily to an enormous
height. n they a carry sufficient
death and nre to mak a little hell OF
their own, Bombs already dropped on
English towns are not the bombs re-
served for London. As n bowler tries
a few balls to exercise his arm and get
his length. so the Zeppelin crews have
been conducting a few trial flights TO
get ready for the big adventure. They
will not come in ones or twos to Lon
don. but In squadrons advancing from
tho four points Of the compass hidden
by fog bombs and protected by war
planes. Beyond range Of Gunfire they
will seek to set London ablaxe while
their warplancs engage our warplanes
in the lower air. TIL Zeppelin danger
Is a real and imminent danger, and con
tempt for he German 'gasbaE should
haya M place in Olr cOuncila