The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-10
SOME INCIDENTS OF THE war THAT
ARE STILL UNSOLvED MYSTERIES
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European war thar q public which secs
In the papers the news Of greater
things than the world has seen In
centuries has little attenticn for the
minor Incidents Behind the great
campaigns and the national movements
and sentiments which make up the
bulk OF the war news there Is whole
wilderness OF dramatic and picturesque
and mysterious happenings, which pass
by unremarked In the rush Of larger
things simply because the mind can
not follow them all.
Yet there Is much reason to think
that the literature and the legends OF
the war win hundred years from now
cluster for the most part around Incl.
dents Of which little has been heard
as yet. and that little forgotten. Many
things which have been passed over
by governments and press and people
with the barest notice, because more
immediate things were occupying the
attention. will be taken up later by stu
dents and found 10 possess all the
qualities that make for stories aud
dramas and legends--and Il Is to be
feared that BY the time students get
down to the mInutae OF the war.
legends will have all but crowded GU;
the truth on everything except the ma
jcr events, and a good many OF those.
Besides these incidents, there are
other matters the entire truth about
which Is known 10 one or more chan.
eellories or war ministries, but has so
far been kept secret by the censorship,
for fear OF exciting popular turmoil.
and there IL still third class Of In
cldents that have never been adequate
ly explained--the truth about which Is
perhaps known TO no one and for
which perhaps no explanation ever
will come to light.
Fret AeropIsns Raid.
In this latter class Is what was re-
garded as the frst aeroplane raid Of
the war. On August 2, 1914. the day
after Germany's declaration of war on
Russia, but before war had been de-
clared or hostilities commenced be-
tween Germany and France--the news
came from Berlin that a French aero
plane had dropped bombs on Nurn-
berg. Now, aerial warfare was still
novelty at that tlme--the ltalo-
Turkish war and the Balkan conflicts
had seen the hares. beginning OF bomb
dropping and aIr-scouting. and the
news OF this raid on Bavarlan city
aroused considerable interest. But
there was 50 much news from every
where In those first days that II got
only few lines, with no detailed ex-
PLANTATION except that the machine had
appeared. dropped bombs, which did no
damage, and had been driven OF by
artillery. The next day came declara-
lions OF war right and left, the lnva-
sion OF Belgium. hghting before Liege
and the air attack on Nurnberg was
no longer matter Of interest.
The recollection Of II persisted In
Germany. II became part OF the his
tory Of the first week Of the war; so
there was some surprise when Ger
man semiotiicial sources, In n passing
reference to the Incident months later,
called II a Russian aeroplane. Evil
IDENTIFY the Germans themselves didn't
know where the mysterious hier came
from. Now, the paint OF all this lies
In the location OF Nurnberg--in north
ern Bavaria, some 200 miles from the
nearest point OF the French frontier
and nearly twice as far from the Dor
der Of Russian Poland. Flights VI
greater length than this have been
made during the war; TO attack
Nurnberg from either yerdun or
Warsaw was not physical impossi-
bllity. But why Nurnberg' II was
the only city attacked; the next day
a French filer was shot down near the
German-Dutch frontier. west OF Cor
logne, but there were no more raids
Into Germany for more than a year
And Nurnbere. this city far in the In
terror. Is known principally for tie
beauties Of Its medieval streets. Ii
is no military center Of Importance
or was not before the war.
Between Nurnberg and the French
frontier. or Nurnberg and the Russian
frontier. lie railroad centers. mobili-
cation depots munstion arsenals, base
fortresses innumerable; why should a
single aeroplane pass all these by and
fly to the very center ~ Germany TO
drop bombs on monuments OF art?
Even the Germans had not begun to de-
stroy historic monuments IN those days.
So strange did the incident appear
that British and French authorities
have been inclined to accuse the Ger.
mans OF deliberately inventing the
whole thing 10 arouse feeling against
France, But apparently many. per
sons saw bombs dropped, and the Ger
mans would hardly have gone so far
SIS this to build up fictitious story.
So the worlds first aeTurlaue raid Is
| still q mystery. aud perhaps II VIII
aeyer be known who was the solitary
| tiier or wheace he came.
Mystery Ct the Far East
Another mystery which offers ready.
made q Met for marvellous adven-