IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 December 1917, Page 3

IN THE AIR.

£3,000,UU0 ZEPP LOSS

“ENGLISH WLL NEVER RAID GERMANY

Amsterdam

In ,order apparently to console tlie ► people lor the loss of about £3,000,- ' 000 worth of airships, the German newspapers comment with even more than their usual mendacity on the

Zeppelin raid of Fißuy last, whim ended so disastrously for the iavad

The Stuttgarter Neuos Tf.gehla.tt says: “Our Admiralty declares that

the Zeppelin raid on England lias

been particularly successful, as was proved by the fires and explosions

that resulted. Our air heroes, whose bravery is unparalleled, attacked the principal English industrial establishments and destroyed vast quantities of war material.

*‘ C ll fertunai cly on this occasion c u joy is minded with sorrow. Pou

airships went astray ever French territory, and failed to return. These are Unavoidable accidents, however which must he faced if we wish our splendid air weap n to do its part >n razing to hi ground the industrial districts cf '.he ’eating English towns, and thus rend wing it. impossible for the Government to continue the war.”

The Hamburger Fremdenhlatt gives on the authority of a “well-known Hamburger,” a description of “the scenes of panic, horro‘, and desoia

tion” which the Zepueiir.s caused, and

continues: “Wiu happens,’ ‘vmnrked a memper of our staff who w.-.s present at "he ter no o r« c ta, hhat- v—m Germany have oeen qnnd such awful catastrophes.’ ‘Yes,’ Interposed another of our colleagues, ‘until now we certainly have been spared. Still, it is not entirely impossible that, one day the English should coma over to us in aircraft ascending from warships in the North Sea, and especially to Hamburg, which is mere than any

ether place a thorn in the flesh to them. What means have we to prevent such an attack?’ ‘Means in plenty,’ said our visitor with a smile. ‘But we need not even think of such an attack as that. The English have had ample time for the construction of aircraft and the planning of raids of all kinds. As, however, until now they have not succeeded in assaulting us from the air, there is no need to fear that they will have more success in the future.’ ” ' The Fremdenblatt adds on its own ■account; “In the meantime Hamburgers may go to bed calmly in,the assurance that the English tajk will not he readily translated into action.”