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Show ZEPPELIN'S ESCAPE. Count Zeppelin has reasons to congratulate con-gratulate himself that he did not accompany ac-company the raiders who attacked Eng-laud Eng-laud Saturday night. ' He probably would have been on one or the other of the two airships which approached London and one of these was destroyed. It is improbable that the aged inventor would have been content to waste his time in the outlying districts visited by the eight other Zeppelins. Despite the wonders he has accomplished accom-plished in aerial navigation, the count must be grievously disappointed that he has not been able to so perfect his airships that they can achieve greater results in thiB war. This is not saio! to minimize what the Zeppelins have accomplished, ac-complished, for they have accomplished enough to show what terrific weapons of offense they would be if they were not so vulnerable. The count and his aides have vastly improved the Zeppelins since August, 1914, but meantime the English have been given sufficient time to build up an adequate defense and the chances are that the defense will more than keep pace, at least for the period of this war, with the increasing offensive power of the dirigible balloon. |