RAID ON LONDON

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 97, 24 December 1914, Page 6

RAID ON LONDON

PLANNED POE PEBRUAEY. The fallowing, dated Amsterdam, October 20, is published in the New York

Tribune: —

Informaton from an authoritative source shows that the precautions being taken in London against an airship attack are thoroughly justified, though a bit premature. While occasional minor raids may be made on London sooner if Germany gets a foothold on the Channel, the Grand Aerial Armada will not be launched against England until February, for Germany will not be really ready till then. “We are building 200 aeroplanes es-

pecially for the attack on London

These are of a new and extra large type, capable of carrying 1,000 pounds, in addition to the weight of the pilot and bomb-thrower,' ’ said a German aviator. “Thee new aeroplanes will not be in commission before February!*. I am training the flyers now at special aviation camps. I have been often in London. I was flying in England last spring^ifrthere.rwas Any truth in the statement that Germany had fifty Zeppelins six weeks ago, he replied frankly: “That is nonsense. But we are working on new Zeppelins night and day, and by February we shall have forty-six. ” Confirmation, of a sort, of the planned, aerial • attack on London comes from Count Zeppelin who returned to his home in Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, yesterday morning, after a three-days’ stay in Berlin. Herr Krupp von Bohlen was in town during the same time, and stopped at the same - hotel, the Kaiserof, which si the nearest one to the Ministry of War. An American woman, ono of the refugee guests, had recognised the venerable count in the lobby, and, rushing up to him, exclaimed “Tell mo, when are the Zeppelins going to London'?’’ Count Zeppelin bowed politely, replying, “Wait and see; only give us time, madam.” . , T