Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-07-19
THE MERCY CALL OF THE SEA
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planes, and a fight takes place on
nearly every clear moonlight night. /
There is a constant booming of the
guns Of defense for two or three
hours at time.
The planes come up the Thames t
river and locate the city by counting /
bridges that cross the river.
Zeppelins quilt coming some time
ago. That Is because the British in |
vented a shell that would set the |
Zeppelin on fire. So long as British |
shells merely punctured the bottoms
OF the zeppelins the Germans didn't
mind, but with the infiammable shell, |
they restrict their raids to the air
planes
The object is to terrorize the Brit
ish women and children with the
hope OF bringing England to Ger
man peace.
They terrorize many OF the women
and children, but the effect il direct
ly opposite that sought by the raid
ers, for it only leads the British peo-
pie TO resent the inhuman type OF
warfare, makes them fight the harder
to down the militarism that orders
1t. More than that, it helps to arouse
all Christendom against the brutal
warfare Of Germany.
Four OF these raids were made in
the four weeks that was in London
In three OF them an airplane got
through and each time women and
children were killed.
It is probably true that the Ger
mans try TO hit definite objects in
their flight, but the difficulty in aim
ing well can be realized IL you can
imagine yourself on a fast flying ex-
press train on the edge OF a preci-
pice. and trying to throw missile
from car window to hit an object in
a canyon two miles below you.
The man in the bomb-throwing
airplane is flying at the speed OF at
least eighty or ninety miles an hour.
The British guns keep him something
like two miles above the city, possi-
bly, more. 1t is always night time
when he comes, and he has to locate
his objects by their distance from the
river and proximity to the bridges,
which appear as mere streaks across
: the silvery thread of the river. But
). hit the object sought or miss 1t. their
/ bombs come and usually with deadly
D effect on others than those aimed at.
One bomb hit a motor bus carry
! ing 40 persons, and there was moth
ing left of bus or passengers. That
: weight of wire and metal and explo-
sives falling two miles or more will
go through any building that it hits,
i and a single bomb will wreck build
: ing so feet square.
2 One hit hospital, killing a moth
er, her child and injuring the doc
: tor in charge.
3 During one raid went to the top
|, of building at the outskirts of Lon
! don to watch the explosion of the
i shells. There were constant flashes
as they burst high up, scattering their
. pieces of steel and driving back the
! raiders.
There is always danger in London
from falling shrapnel while the raid
is on, for the shells are fired to fill
/ he air, let the pieces fall where they
may.
That makes 1t dangerous to be on
the streets, and very few people can
: be seen going about.
: Women and children in their
fright go to the subways. seeking
,, refuge on the platforms OF the under
J ground stations or in the moving
{. trains. Hundreds Of thousands were
4 seen during one raid. women and very
, young children being huddIed togeth-
/ er awaiting the "AlI clear signal 80
/. they could return to their homes
with safety.
Germany is as stupid as she is cru
( 81 in this method of warfare, for II
> demonstrates that she does not under
stand the British character at all, fail
ing absolutely in the object sought.
>