The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-13
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UNITED Press Leases SIRE Service
[7y Wilbur s. Forr \ United Press
Staff CORR 'dent.l
LONDON, July -With the sIo-
gan '<xin the wa I'M the air!" Eng
iish aeronauticz Sen today launched
a movement fc S.e creation Of min
tstery Of avI7 and the building Of
4 feet Of y aeropIanes to deluse
German amm- iition works and supply
routes with bombs.
1. BIN Desbeids, lecturer In aero
nautics at the royal military academy
at WootWich, 10 the real leader Of the
campaign to create gigantic air fleet.
He 10 supported by Il. G. Wells, Brit
ish novelist; c. c. Grey, London aero
nautical editor, and score Of experts
In aviation. This plan Is to organize
public sentiment through lectures and
newspaper articles behind the idea
that EngIand's salvation is in the air.
Batter down the Rhine bridges by
daily air raids and trench warfare In
France is ended" said a statement Is
sued In support Of the new movement
today. "send 10000 aeroplanes, carry
Ing five bombs each, over the krupp
munition works and the German arm
les will be paralyzed.
"Destroy the nine bridges over the
transported to the German armies and
the kaiser will be on his knees."
Collaborating with other experts,
Desbeids has prepared a table show
Ing that an average Of one military
train every ten minutes crossed each
Of the fifteen bridges spanning the
four hours 2,16o trains laden with
food, ammunition and reinforcements
for the German armies In the west
cross the Rhine, later passing over the
nine bridges that span the Meuse. One
thousand aeropIanes within a weeks
time. could destroy every bridge over
the Mouse and the Rhine, Desbalds
estimated.
Wells summed up 10000 aeroplanes
with this suggestion: "If we can
smash the krupp works BY aeropIane
raids we can bamstripg Germany. We
want aeroplanes going 70 and coming
from Germany like ants about an ant
hill, but going each with 800 pounds
Of explosive and coming back empty,
until tho war ends. We want daily
service Of destruction to Germany"
TWO TRAWLERs SUNK.
LoWEsTOFT, England, July 49,
Crews Of the trawIers Merlin and
Emerald, sheIled and sunk by subma-
rines yesterday, were landed here TO-
day.
The Merlin was 3,172 ton vessel
from Hull. The Emerald was from
the port Of Grimsby and displaced
$50 tons.
MUCH NEEDED REST.
LONDON, July 13.-Minister Of
David Lloyd George who
abeented himself from his office while
Of an Impending clash with
Lord Kitchener and Premier Asquit!,
we're In circulation last week, resumed
nls duties today. II was stated at
his office that he had returned "fror,
! much needed rest in Wales.'
NO STRIKES ALLOWED.
LONDON, July 13-The government
today took its most drastic step in the
to speed up the production
II war munitions. In an official proc
amation dealing with the south Wales
>odI mining o'Spute' tne government
that Il will not countenanee
strikes or lockouts that interfere with
he production Of ammunition.
Announcement Of the governments
course was made In the house Of COM
mons by President Walter Runclman,
II the board Of trade. Runciman said !
hat the dispute threatened to result !
n nearly $1,000 miners quitting work
Il = time when the government was |
,sins every endeavor to hasten the
,utput Of war munitions.
The government, he said. had there
ore, decided to Invoke the powers |