The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-08

THE FAILURE OF THE ZEPPELINS

enormous p%F yssr' ,Ss ass heard e Of the dreadful military possibilities. til.
TO %h ihsr PTG ssPsI gsri SsIS.S only Iva after . many eetastToDnss tsa, E me-
creator. was the greatest German OF our ume BUt hem Z sp In Their
and ostend. a square or two Of houses de rH~ DG@G q ar S6sS N A UGtrrr
missed BY a wide "msyin st tneU World I5 Sn 1eS n m@ missiles were directed
III" m nar fS@gtndes comparable not no =, with a Black Hand outrage. but with
atmosphere IF a story by II, G. %eh Se ''"'n '"' GID through the
ere not N" dsspp rnGeI 'ea The OF III those Sc at the head Of the German army
cruisers oniy and 20 real h sy,s ns% Una n Zeppelins could be scout
then % r niT military journals During the siege of Port Arthur. more
i5e Sa rs6 decks Of Russian warships The Russians never binked. and
S Epact np IL long Gag ago convinced military experts that not much is to be
aroDDa Tn ss, srf supreme moment when bombs might have been
French force, crossed from ENGLAND to the Continent Nearly ~Pyn a bur tGsS
S SoaT5 easily e., Sill have been pierced by a bomb of proper design. Yet " . haye
p5 S G.s and Belgium, nor upon the REGIMENTS themselves as they isnddeS
w e assume g that these troops were transported and landed a night ign IS
'e'rohIghts Nigh, have ventured upon a n attack ""'"' with
5 no y Si5siSle aiT;9iDs it win be found in the espI9rs !" Of I Isse' S SS%Sr
KEN wo S.. Mhsre were the zeppelns when these stronghoids were
The mere existence Of that wonderful nv" 'isceE nj SsfsI aGsRdP' In In truth
reduced fort after fort in Belgium. shows how little tn GsIm men p.h hss
Gus. expensive aruiery. IL II g = zepn spPe1 ans WY construct such ponder
dcauon by the simple expeGent oF reIes vn p s m0 a SIesituIreted fort
explosive from a height of a mile NJ = rev huhdIedWeight Of high
bury y f' n co o9 ms1Os so ,is dTas ld for days owe hils foot BY foot and
Wilder insn ali all oSn bbo T1bd ST on3,u supols like a NUT
zzts snsu Germany a. with the intention Of invading England with a feet Of
g moT'g Sfrr,n They know that huge sheds must be built to house a aei Of
Tetire f fToT r 5omf w ,T. IN &c a a rule to which hssOr IL must
S 6riHs a ld sil.bs sseG h.6 have be been bull, a. Brqs.sls and four At Antwerp to
n9P TeP SsD,. a spent years in trying to devise a way Of lettering hts
be attributed some Of the catastrophe in which his ships i%Si S.s se 7.
80, -. pp'lns 'qure = hundred sheds and Ter
n'W mas noi nan that many. n the ships were actually buut for :,
NV, h.ss' ION hey could not carry more than a few regiments 20 small I.
lheF hitnE capacity relatively to their size -
How useful Germany "a Zoppefrs nav hoes, o- -. -,
W mHnp- OF rance no only other nation which has q dei onn.r.h
H WIN nat o. Gesmany y . shall know only after a treaty Of peace has beer
N-eu y daU winch al slip through the air with tho snecd - :.
SNsF "em ad cruise about for 80 hours. which f. Rted rt so.IL'
"tWN uI nocturnal prowhng. which carries machine gun To ,o,oI :.
rN,' HIopNth's. % obviously p piece Of mechanism that bss 49, -
n' "m' ar ih"N. To send up y Zeppelin IN order 10 ustob, a. -.
!" NHW'l> h' would be- reckless under ordinary urstsp C.l
ptL"h-. acceptance and small dUigblss perform mai tML .v.a.splrr
NUih"l 'ndangerng many lives and without entslfns a boavg s-WE
.Nh 10 employ te Ioppenns for DAYLIGHT reronpoFt.r,. a. .- mH
oW also hazardous. An aeropsne is In much srauor e. gW".
Hu'n s"ller a. a vehicle. 20 much cheaper as AN nycs,r..,, - :"
""Ma naturally be selected for ordinary scouune No vo,da. ,,N,"u
90 "'f'Nu' Vi us mufho pr ~ atruulanp Ind the egnIoftg ~ ~ -"
but very little Of the dirube 'NP"N " NN pilot.
WALDEMAR KAENpFFrBT
Managing Editor OF the srIen5sc ~.
Copyright 1915. by the Philadelphia Public L.s,..