Arizona republican., 1918-03-25
Republican A. P, Leased WIrel


 PARIS, March 24.-The German monster eannonu which has been bonn bardinq Paris has been located in the forest of St. Gobain, west of Laon, and exactly 122 kIometers, approximately 76 miles from the Paris city hall.
 The gun, says the Mstin, is sstab, isheI near Anlzy, in St. Gobain forest. This would place 1t some what further south, in the wooded area, and 1t IS estimated the distance is about 70 miles from Paris.
 Palm Sunday in Paris was ushered in by the loud explosion of one of the ten-i inch shells fired by the Germans from their new gun, more than 70 miles distant, at 6 55 o'clock this morn ing. The alarm was sounded immedi- ately.
 Paris People Unshaken
 Many people took shelter, but larger numbers appeared in the streets on the way to churches, which were al- most as crowded as usual, the women who sell palm leaves doing their ous- tomary thriving business.
 The shells arrived at regular inter- vals of 20 minutes at first. The de- tonations seemed louder, amid the eP= uihdlN 6uHudN tdliit lidh StSlSiuoys but they seemed to have lost their power to disturb the population, which refused to be distracted from it's Sum day habits to any great extent.
 In the absence of means of trans pOrtation q great many persons were seen on the streets leading to the center of the city, walking to keep their appointments,
 Speed Up Bombardment
 The rapidity of the fire increased after the first few shells landed, ex- plosions following each other every Ia minutes on the average. Seme of the shots came after an interval of only F minutes.
 The comments of the French press this morning were about evenly divided between the big gun which is lombard ing tn city from back of the German lines and the terrific battle raging on the British front. The tone of the com ment on the bombardment is one of astonishment at the feasibility of the performance while as to the battle the favorable ending of it is confidently expected
 The newspapers do not conceal their admiration for the mechanical feat of the Germans in constructing their new weapon, but speak passionately of the
 
 Number of Victims Small
 The Matin says it Is eenseling to note that the number of victims is small, hut it asks for reprisals on Ger man cities.
 Professor Paul Painleve, former pre- mier and president of the Academy of Sciences, told the Excelsior that by using tungsten in the fabrication of the projeetile, the tungsten shells would be of about half the diameter of stee shells of an even weight and that therefore, the atmospheric resistance would be less, this accounting for the extremely long range. He also touched upon the possibility of a prepellor be- ing employed on the prejectile,
 Alfred Capus, in the Figaro, alludei to the making of the gun as greai mechanical feat, but points out that a! a military factor the weapon is en. tirely inefficaeious. The Petit Parisier comments upon the hombardment as al extremely minor incident as compared with the gigantic battle in progress oi the British front
 Gun Forseen by Jules Verne
 Le Petit Journal says Jules Vern, had forseen this gun and it declares moreover that 1t is a French invention More than a year ago." it adds, w, discovered the secret of firing our can non more than 100 kilometers. Tn secret Pies in the greater suppression of the atmospheric resistance"
 The Echo de Paris declares the bonn bardment is designed to give the i'm pression that Paris is within the rang of the German guns. Tt is a politiea cannon" the newspaper says,
 Premier Clemenceau's newspaper LHomme Libre says ths password O the hour is confidence.
 Old Tiger Ready for Huns
 Germany" it declares, "has wishe to make it & complete offensive on al fronts-the land, water and air fronts as we'll as the front of the rear.' w are facing an enemy who wishes to en it as soon as possible. That suits u, Every shell that falls into Paris drive deeper into us the confidence in a ultimate victory"
 The newspaper Le Journal, in it's art icle regarding the gun, says the piec of 240 millimeters calibre is of Aust rian manufacture, It is very dellcat piece of machinery which must b handled by expert mathematicians an gunners, the newspaper adds, as tn loading and pointing is a difficult tasi It declares each shot costs about s4,o0,
 This is new conception of ou enemies, the newspaper comments.
 Ordnance Experts at Sea
 The ordnance experts were not read last night to commit themselves as whether the shell was a sort of aeris torpedo driven by propellers; whethe an inner proJectile contained in tn original shell is released by an ex plosive after the shell has travelled certain distance from, tha ~u, z