BRITAIN'S INVENTIVENESS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 239, 5 January 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)

BRITAIN'S INVENTIVENESS.

NEUTRAL MILITARY CRITIC AND EXPLODED GERMAN LEGEND.

Colonel Gablonsky, the eminent vSwiss military writer, in an article m the destruction of four Zeppelinf in England, writes:— "The bubble of German superionty in the technique of war has burst. German submarines have gained no successes, except in assassinating helpless non-combatants. In actual warfare the counter-measures taken by the English have been far more wonderful and far more effective than anything which the Germans hove done with their submarine vessels. In hunting and destroying German submarinss the British naval authorities have displayed inventiveness and resource. "Now it is the turn of the Zeppelins. The English have been slow to move in this matter, hut let us remember that during the last two years hey have been so busy making guns and aeroplanes for the front tha they have had no time to think of their own home defence against airships. "In this sense their neglect to take these measures against Zappelins earlier in the war does them honour, because it sprang from a determination to send every available man, every available gun, every available flying machine, every shell to the front, instead' of diverting any of these to the protection of England's own population. In this way the people of England, the stay-at-homes, have contributed'their 'bit' to the cause of fighting Germany. "But now things are changing. The output of guns and munitions has increased and the stock of men has grown, so that measures can now be taken against Zeppelins wit/liout :n----iuring other war interests. The result We see, Zoppolins .are (brought to earth time after time, and their inherent wo'rthlessness for real warfare is exposed. "The one really new invention during the war is the 'tank.' and that stands to the credit of England. Let us get rid of the superstition that tho Germans excel in inventiveness."