Evening journal., 1918-03-26
PAhIS DOESN'T Mind
SFELLS o. Giant Gun
Quietly Goes About lis Bus
ness Duricg NJ , slery
Bon FardmPnt
LITTLE | AMAGE
IS DONE rs CITY

PARIS, March 2O.-Nolmng since the
beglnn. .ng Of the war has so tho. oughly
brought French mo. ale-that quality
Of spirit that marks the fighting worth
Of a nation or an army--to a test as
the mysterious shcllng Of the city Of
Paris by German inst ument of wa,
the exact nature Of which the old
nance experts have not explained.
A new engine of warfare, said TO be
The most powerful ever construct q, is
pouring shells into the city intermt-
iently. The French public regards ihe
wonderful attack in The light Of some
Jul Verne story, ought into practi-
cal use and being by the mathematical
cunning Of the German ballstic eX-
perts.
The Official statement that the bonn
bardment Of Paris has not come from
the air. but from a long-rang gun was
past the belief Of the ordinary mind
The people OF the city were still freshly
In mind OF the fact that Fridays air
raid had been made Then, when the
sirens were suddenly sounded saturday
morning, the populace said
"The Gothas again." and went. with
the Parlsian fashion of glumbllng ialo
their cellars and subway entrances. The
city has become accustomed to air
raids, but Parisians were surprised at
a bombardment that came in the day
time.
There had been no daytime raid on
Paris since May OF 1915. Therefore, the
people wondered how it came about
that shells were breaking in town dur
ing the daylight hours They also no
tictd some difference between the
shells that had come from the raidins
airplanes and Zenpelne and those that
were falling In the new attgcf. rheri
was much less violence TO be found in
the new shell.
AT the ftst explanation was offered
that the air machines which the Ger
mans were detailing for the attacks
were smaller than the types that had
preceded them and were carrying
shell Of lower caliber.
The boulevardiers went their usual
course Small parties crowded the ter
race and sat at the small sidewalk
tables taking such refreshment as
Paris permits itself in times OF stress.
The city life seemed TO continue nor
mally. and then there came a holiday
aspect Nobody went TO work Every
one had his nose tilted airvard and the
RuDit EuAc IhNlu hlill AluhN NAN oh
occasional French airplane scouting for
the enemy. and the promenaders i'm
clined to the idea that the Germans
were still high i'm the clouds
on the roofs of Paris are stationed
men who have little wireless machines
glued to their heads These receivers
are tuned to catch the reports Of the
wireless observers on the airplanes
above. At 4 o'clock In the afternoon the
lofty observers sent through the ether
the MESSAGE that "all is clear That
message meant that there We're no Ger
man arplanes in sight. Wheref0r Paris,
being reassured, can always turn TO
the waiter with confidence and have
its little appetizer. But at o'clock
on the following morning Paris had its
real jolt.
There came several heavy explosions.
The sirens on the tall buildings man
ned by soldiers whose task 10 Is TO tell
the city when an air raid is IN prospect
began shriekng Bombs began to drop
in various parts Of the city Then the
morning papers came along with the
confirmation OF the story that a great
German or Austrian gun was shooting
seventy-fve miles into the city.
There were three lines Of expert eX-
planatlon from the ordnance ofhcers.
They We're.
That a gun had been developed with
SUFFICIENT length and pressure resistance
10 fire a projectile for the seventy-flve
miles.
That a gun had been developed that
could be used. through the sub-cali-
bre p"nclple for sending a small
projectile from a large gun.
That a Zeppelin was firing on the
city from a distance and It's altitude
served TO prove the range.
In your own country, Colonel Aston
Hamilton. one Of the foremost ballistlc
experts Of the world prepared tables
for a range Of $1,000 yards, or some
thing like thirty-one miles, for t2-
inch gun. Colonel Hamilton Is now in
France with the American forces
Il Is TO Be hoped that the gun vii
very shortly be silenced. says the Fig
aro which gives the following quota
ton from a man who is said TO be In q
position TO snow:
The 3S0-milimeter gun which bonn
barded Dunkirk two years ago from a
distance Of twenty-five miles was To-
Gated by our airplanes and soon put out
OF action The same methods will be
adopted with regard to the 2i0-lali-
meter gun, which has been bombardine
Paris for the last two days Since Sat.
urdsy our airplanes have been LOOKING
for It, and the fact that it stopped flrinl
is due perhaps 10 their arrival It viii
not be long before the gun is deAnitel,
placed; then its career win be over"
The military au horities, according &
another morning newspaper, are con
yinced that the Germans are using tw
new guns, while Richard Arapu, thu
military expert Of rOeuvre, believe
there IS whole battery Of them.