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Show Dealing Dei From The Aif 11 With four ntr-ralds upon English towns during tho month of March, and two already for tho first two daj's of April, tho question arises as to whether tho long promised, German Germ-an campaign from tho clouds Is about to begin In earnest. Thus far tho exploits of tho ZeppclliiB and tho ie-suits ie-suits have como far short of expectations, expec-tations, yet thero is good reason to bellcvo that tho building of tho monstrous mon-strous craft haB Bono on without cessation. ces-sation. By this tlmo tho Kaiser must have a formidable fleet of them romewhero In reserve they have probably been constructed much faster fast-er than thoy have been destroyed. To what purposo nnd under what circumstances, cir-cumstances, dooa ho Intend to cm-ploy cm-ploy them? Ono of tho earlier theories as to tho German plon of campaign was that tho Zepps wcro to engage In a wholesalo Invasion or raid simultaneously simultan-eously with an effort ot tho Kaiser's navy to smash into tho British fleet In tho North sea. It waB a popular pro German argumont that In this way British preponderance in battle-ship battle-ship power would bo reduced and offset. off-set. Nothing, however, has como of this prediction and thero aro no present pres-ent symptoms that tho activity in tho air Indicates nny coordination with tho sea squadrons behind tho dofenso of tho Kiol canal. Tho Zepps them-telves them-telves annarcntlv stoer their courso ns far nway as posslblo from tho rango of Sir John Jclllcoe'fl observation, observa-tion, and tho Gorman ships havo man Ifcstcd no deslro to como into collision colli-sion with hla bulldogs. Tho only importance in tho rerouted rerout-ed Zeppelin visitations upon tho English Eng-lish coaBt towns has been in their moral, or perhaps immoral, effect. Casualties have been confined almost H cnttroly to non-combatants, with worn-I worn-I en and children ns tho principal suf- 'erers. But this dreadful form of war- fare has created a torrlblo fear in I every locality whero it may possibly M be employed, and this bo's crystolllz-V crystolllz-V oil Into nn indignation rnpro Intense and bitter than that ovoiced by any H nther clrcumstanco. It has stimulated sentiment In favor of reprisals, and I has gono far toward removing tho I last llgmcnt of belief that thoro is such a thing ns honor or chivalry In I war H I.lko tho Bubmnrlno ns nt present H nseil, Its pufposo Is not to maintain I but to violate nil tho rules nnd trn- r dltlons. Its mission is simply to hill tho non-offending, tho Innocent and tho unprepared being preferred as Mctlms. Dcnorot Nowa. |