Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-28
MONSTER CANNON"
FINALLY LOCATED
Is In Forest of st. Gobain, Sew.
enty.six Miles from the
Paris City Hall.
JULES VERNE OUTDONE.
Paris Paper Declares the Gun IL he,lIy
French Invcntion-Cost s@yooo
20 Fire IL ONE.

Paris March A.-Thc German "monWer
cannon" which has been btmbarding
Poris has been located in tho forest Of st,
Copain, west of Laon. end exactly l2o kilo-
metres approximately Is niles) from the
Paris city hail.
| The gun bombardsd Paris during the
greater part Of Sunday. Tho day was
ushcTcd In by loud explosions from tho
1o-inch shclls. and Immediately the alarm
to take cover was sounded This occurred
nc 6:55 o'clock anc many pc, sons sought
shelter, bus greater numbcrs Of them up
peared In tire etrceU on their way 10 tho
| churches. whoa we're alnrost as woil f.lsl
! as usual.
At first the shells began sfrtv.nx at in.
tervais of 20 minutes, ana the dctona:ions,
considering tho Sunday cain, seemed
louder than those Of Saturday. The popu-
| lace. however, refused to &c 6istrs cted
from their Sunday hablto to any great OK
| tent.
For the benefit of that portion Of the
populace which had been led to believe
| the Germans had broken through the
| lines and were bombardng Paris from
nearby positions, a semi-official note was
issued during the day. This warned the
people against believing pessmistic re-
ports.
MESSAGE OF ASSURANCE.
1.-The French front is intact" said the
note. ANY assertion to the contrary
is lie."
The bombardment of the Capital end
ed around one o'clock and as late as
three o'clock no explosions had been
heard for more than an hour The
"clear signal was sounded at $40
o'clock.
Although during the earlier hours of
the bombardment the shells arrived on
twenty minute intervals, later in the
day they began arriving every fifteen
minutes on the average, and some OF
them even fell twelve minutes apart.
During the early hours of the morn
ing traffic in the streets of Paris was
shut down or curtailed. but fore noon
both the subways and tram"ays began
running again. In the afternoon the
streets of the city showed great ami
nation.
FRENCH WILL TRY TO DODGE.
The government has decided that in the
future the bombardment Of Paris by long
distance guns shall not interrupt the
normal life Of the capital, but that the
population shall be warned Of lombard
ment by distinctive means, differing from
the usual warnings sent out in cases Of
air raids. Drums will be beaten and the
police will sound whistles. The public
services. the trains in the subways, the
tramways and the automobile buses will
!, continue to be operated normally. but any
formation Of crowds in the street 10 pro-
hibited.
The comment of the French press this
morning was about evenly divided between
the big gun which is bombing the city
from back of the German lines and the
terrific hattie ra ring m the Rritiah frOut
The tone Of the comment on the lombard.
ment was of establishment at the feast.
bility Of the performance. AS to the battle.
favorable ending Of 1t is confidently
expected
CANNOT CONCEAL ADMIRATION.
The newspapers do not conceal their
admiration for the mechanical feat of
the Germans in constructing their new
weapon, but speak passionately Of the
useless barbarity of the bombardment.
The Matin says 1t is consoling to note
that the number Of victims Is small. but
it asks for reprisals on German cities.
Prof. Paul Painleve. former premier
and president "e she Academy Of
Sciences, told the Excelsior that by using
tungsten in the fabrication Of the pro-
jectile, the shells would be of about
half the diameter OF steel shells Of an
atmosphere resistance would be less. this
accounting for the extremely long range.
He also touched upon tho possibility, Of
"a propeller being employed on the PFC
jectile.
JULES VERNE HAD GUN IN MIND.
lie Petit Journal says that Jules Verns
had forcsecn this gun, and 1t declares.
moreover, that ttsis a French invention.
More than q year ago." It adds. 'wc
discovered the secret Of hiring our cannon
more than 100 Kilometres. The secret
lies in the greater suppression OF tile
atmospheric resistance"
IT'S EFFECT POLITICAL.
Tho Echo DO Parts declares the bonn
bardncnt is designed to give the imprcs.
sion that F'.:rls tE within the range Of
tn, German grEs. IL Ia poiittcA. can
n?r," the r:"npater seys
Trem!e- ClemencoRLs newspaper,
L'Ho:nmc Fibre. asscrts that the pass.
word OF the hour Is "tocfi.isrce"
w" are facing an enemy who wishes
to end Z 81 soon ms possible" :; Gays
That suits US. Every she'll that fAlis
into Taris drives deeper into Us IRE
conf, icnco liz an ultimate victory"
TIE acwsprpcr I.c Journal In it's oy:iels
regarding the gun says 1t is Of 80 mil
iimetre5 c0libre and OF Austrian menu
facture. Il is very i-'icato picso OF
machinery. In must 20 handled BY
EXPORT mnthematic iaEs and summers the
newspaper adds as the loading and point
Ing Ia a difficult tark. II dsciarss saAn
shot costa about $4.V0.