The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-10
HIS HOPE FAILED
Zeppelin's Ambition Was to
Crush British Sea Rule.
OvereStimated Both Peace and
War Power of "Zeps."
COUNT LAID TO REST TODAY
Shared National Popularity
With Won Hindenburg.
EmperOr's Tribute: "GreateSt
Man of goth Century"
COUNT LAID TO REST TODAY

Berlin. March 1O.-The Berlin press
is filled with reviews of he life and
achievements of Count Won Zeppelin,
who shared with Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg the honor of national pop
ularity.
Count Won ZeppeIins fame, how
ever, was established when the field
marshal was practically unknown and
Berlin today recalls the time not long
gone by when airship rides from Dus-
seldOrf to Berlin by way of Hamburg
and Bremen were luxurious thrills to
be enjoyed at 200 marks a trip.
The obituary notices recall the de-
votion of Court Zeppelin to the real
izatior of his dream which was not
only manifested in matchless perseVer-
ance, but also in the sacrifice of his
private fortune. The papers recall
the cmperOrs tribute to the count
on his seventy fifth birthday when he
termed him the greatest man of the
twentieth century,
Came to L. 5. to Fight in Civil War.
1t is also recalled that. at the time OF
the American Civil war Count Yep
pelin. then 20 years of age, shipped
on a French corvette with the -pur-
pose of reaching the northern lines
by way Of Baltimore.
Count Zeppelin was i'll for less than
two weeks The immediate cause of
his death was pneumonia. His death
shroud is his favoritt Uhlan uniform,
IN which he was best known to the
public. OF the long list of orders and
decorations which were conferred up
on MN, he was probably prOudest of
the Iron cross which ne won in 1870
The massive oak and metal casket
IN which he viii be buried was sealed
TINS afternoon ana taken to Stuttgart
where the funeral will be held
Regret Ee Died Before Victory.
Thru all the glowing tributes of the
press ran the note Ct regret that the
great inventor altho he lived TO see
the war triumphs Of his inventive
genius, could not have lived a little
longer, 10 have witnessed the same
triumphs in peace time.
w 20 does not remember the sum-
merS of 1909 when a Zeppelin appear
ed over several German towns for the
iIrst time, asked the Berliner Tage-
blaJt today. drawing parallel be-
tween MOntgolfier, the French bal
icorist, and Count Won Zeppelin.
When Montgolfier flew from Mans
Held TO Paris. philosophers pictured
eternal peace thru this means of COM
mU1ic9tion- Then came the revoIu-
ton. the Napoleonic wars. Europe
swan in blood.
when d Zeppelin first flew over
the land, we had the optimistic feeling
IN the empires eternal peace. Like
Zeppelin we expected his airship to
glide in peaceful triumphs
Name Strikes Terror to Enemy
w. love Zeppelin's memory. espe-
cially for the zeal with which we fol-
lowed his aim, despite misfOrtunes his
parae cannot die. The name that I'M
til now has been dreadful to Ger
many's enemies will earn a better tri-
umph when peaces comes. He will
never be forgotten. The Fatherland
loves him as he loved the Fatherland' -
Last but not least, Count Zeppelin
always had before his eyes the defeat
Of England's sea rule" declared the
Nossicne Zeitung. What Zeppelin
expected in case of war, was realized,
but he did not live to see the ultimate
victory
Pack Into Barbarism"
For all who knew Zeppelin it is
= tragedy that he had to die before
the war was fought to a decisive
finish" asserted the Deutsche Tages
ZeitunE. AT the beginning of the war
he was convinced it was a fight for
Germanys existence and therefore he
wanted 10 use all weapons, regardless
Of all dreams of a future understand
ing"
-'ae Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts