Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-05-29

take the zeppelin menace seriously.
In Berlin one ID not permitted to hear
anything OF the zeps. Inquiry re-
gafding them, 10 discouraged. Ven-
turssome persons have from time to
time been permitted 1ights on Taube
connected with the army has been
allowed to even go near q Zeppelin.
There Is little talk about them. One
grows into the habit Of thinking the
universally expressed confidence in
the Zeppelin as bit Of whtstling UP
wind. Then, suddenly. on this ride
from the Dutch border through Col-
ogne and Mainz to Switzerland, we
began to see and hear Of them. Their
houses are scattered over the coun-s
try. Here and there one sees them
loom in the distance. One hears that
today or yesterday this Zeppelin or
that was out for an, airing.
Training Zeppeain Crews.
We mean business, said q Ger
flying CORPS. But we are not ready
to unloose our Zeppelins yet. We are
building machines as rapidly as pos
stble. but 1t Is even more essential
that We build crews. That Is why the
Zeppelin houses are hidden back here
In the interior. Our men can get the
practice I,r they need in safety: From
Zeppelin In loaded with full crew Of
future pilots and sent off on raid.
The trips to England have not been
made with View to infitcting definite
INJURY upon our enemy. Our object
has been to rehearse our men in the
parts they are to play, and to familiar-
ixe them with the ground over which
one day they must fly"
1t seems certain to me that Ger.
many is making preparations against
another winter campaign. The tre-
mendous campaign for seeding every
available inch is one proof. Every
one who has travelled through Ger.
many is familiar with the little gar.
dens Of workingmen. laid out about
that would otherwise be waste. In,
normal times the owner Of this gar
den spends his spare days and even
ings working at 1t. Sometimes the
family make picnic at the farm =
and all sleep there in jovial ,disco,n.
fort. Almost always the garden rent
ers spend their Sundays there. with
mother to the baby.
Not only Is each Of these gardens
green and glowing now, but every inch
Of land is being cultivated along the
railroad tracks up to the very rails.
1t Is in these structures that the gov
ernment proposes 10 mouse tne year 3
crop against the winters needs. They
are unquestionably a war measure. At
Lubbock and elsewhere I was told of
refrigerating establishments that had
been taken over by the government,
and are even now being filled with
meat--which Is not to be touched be.
fore next winter. L
1--WE may not need it before spring. ;"
is an optimistic statement one often
hears
There is assuredly no general short-
age of food in Germany now, all
though there is an admitted shortage
Of white -four and a growing scarcity
of potatoes. But the necessity Of
economy is being hammered into the
people. They are told to save, save.
save! Eat less; it will be good for
you: drink less; grain which has been
used for mailing will be required for
-four: throw nothing away! This very
excellent advice meets ones eyes at
every turn. When one takes into con-
sideration the admitted plenty which
exists today. this can only mean one
thing: :.
It is precaution against another
winter of war,