AIR RAIDS AND "NERVES"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3058, 20 April 1917, Page 12

AIR RAIDS AND "NERVES"

I'. If Hindenburg's dictum that the '■ steadiest nerves' will win the' war' lie oor- \ ject, the end if the war should be set tli ed, (remarks an English newspaper)..' A. , comparison between- the behaviour of I London and Jlunich under aeroplane ' raids leaves no room for doubt; on the i point. Recently Munich had its 'first • visitation".and seven bombs. The trani- !•: '.'way service was stopped for, an hour and !■ a half, the, police'issued a long list : of i instructions, and altogether the ; highly > organised -system of Germany exhausted : : itself in.demonstrating the existence of ; nerves. When London had its first day- !' 'light visitation and six bombs no trams j were- stopped—no . regulations issued—in s (fact, there was no'organisation, .and no « nerves! -There was abundant curiosity i and steady.confidence. It was the sanie k in the early- hours of the morning "when -• the people heard that there had been a '-, Zeppelin raid. "How many down " was | the calni query." Hindenbiirg would nn i 'doubt' call that ".impudence.- Perhaps it : I wasVV.Bufc it was'justified;