Evening journal., 1918-11-06
TON BOMBS ARE
Held IN RESERVE
Berlin to Feel Full Force
of Allied Air
Power
GIANT SHELLS
ARE BEING HELD
BY HAROLD Z. RECHTOL.


LONDON. England, Nov. 6.-Nothing
Ike the real power Of America in the
air has yet been felt by the Germans
Nor is the constant bombing Of Ger
man military obieciives along the Rhine
in any sense the Allies last world In
letting the Germans know what war Is
like
The other day in a speech, Bonar
Law said the Allied bombings were
having a tremendous effect on the
morale Of the German people, and
added:
Il shall say nothing more on that
head, except this: That weapon IS not
yet endedw
What did he mean9 Are the Allies
preparing for a blow at the Germans
from the sky, so vast and terrible that
II might bring a German "blow-up'
and utter surrender?
Did he refer 20 the great stacks Of
mammoth bombs stored, waiting for
the day, somewhere IN France?'
Bombs that tip the scale at over ton2
SO big that one man standing on an
others shoulders can scarcely look
over one Of them when its on end?
The Illustrated Sunday Herald says
the bombing OF Berlin. with enormous
damage, may be expected, for the AL
lies have got Berlin on their slatel"
One OF the boys" writing in the
Herald, says that bombing machines
are now carrying bombs Of an incred-
ihie size.
"They cannot be dropped from less
than 5000 feet. When LET loose, they
rend every atom OF the air. Gigantic air
pockets result. At 1000 feet the ma
chine would be IN a maelstrom and on
the edge OF disaster. The explosions are
terrifying
Each bomb contains shattering
charge far bigger In proportion to its
weight than any long-range she'll, and
they pull the scale at over a ton.
"The big bombing machines now az
the front, and ready whenever want
cd, are so fltted that the bomber never
handles the bombs, and does not see
them. They are slung on loops OF
wire and released by levers from the
observers seat. lie does II with great
est ease, accuracy and safety. without
taking his eyes off the objective.
For the trips with these giant ex.
plosives. every objective is schooled
into the plots and observers brains
long before the starting night.
weeks before our boys go TO Berlin,
they would onow the Wilhelmstrasse,
the Bristol, the railway stations and
every other Hun pile worth smashing.
Every one Of these big bombs, and
most of the smaller type, are armed
with sights as accurate as those OF big
guns.
"Once over Berlin, the thing would
be easy. There are, OF course, the long
days Of preparation; the practice OF
tactics with the fighting scouts; the
steady and sustained tests OF the big
bombers' engines; the schooling In the
obiectives, and the practice With the
dummies
Il have met a blue-eyed pilot ready
10 lead the Job. know some hundreds
OF boys at the attention 10 act as COM
panles, with those mighty bombs | saw
a few days ago somewhere in France
Take II from me, they are not there
FOR ornament.
"And the boys--haye we plenty OF
'one-ton' boys7
"Recently l have sampled the glor-
ious, light-hearted, daring youths
dCfOss lu6 hkOuuos sldNo cVth 1lo
brilliant Frenchmen in Mangin's adj
vance. I have stood dazzled by our
own incompatible boys far back be-
hind ST. Quentin.
and what magnificent combination
they Will be for Mr.. Bonar Laws
weapon which is not yet endedp
"And the machines7 Easily the finest
triumphs OF aircraft production, from
fall TO nose; easiest TO fly and ma,
neuver, most powerfully engined, and
most workmanllke and clean In execu-
tIon yet seen In the air."
What would be likely TO be the effect
on Germany and on the progress OF the
war, II hundreds Of these young. eager,
hlglhly-trained allied sirmen, equipped
with the last word in long-dlstance
bombers and lighting scouts and
bombs, were given the word: ITO Ber-
linr' Just as General Foch hurled re-
serve army In a tremendous surprise
blow at the German lines?
Your guess is as good as anybody's.