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Show HAS THE ZEPPELIN RAID STARTED? Has the promised Zeppelin raid on London in parliculor and England as n whole commenced" The flight of Ihe airships over the country on the English coast, opposite Ostend. which occurred last night, followed today by aeroplane attacks on the towns at the mouth of the Thames, may be the he-ginning he-ginning of the long planned for aerial bombardment of London. Weather conditions are favorable, the winter storms having passed. Count Zeppelin may be expected to 6Ct out from (uxhaven at the head of a fleet of airships and at last we may hae a demonstration of what the Zeppelins can do Armed aeroplanes might b able to make successful counter attacks. The anti-aircraft iiuns are depended on to protect the larger cities but it Is doubtful that their ran;p is great enough to bring down a high-flying aerial monster. If the Zeppelins prove a? effective as the Germans declare them to be. I London and other English cities ai" due to endure a period of great strain, I accompanied by much damage. A fleet of Zeppelins dropping a cargo of high explosives on England's metropolis might kill thousands of people, blow down great blocks and set fire to a big fraction of the city. The panic ensuing would he widespread wide-spread and prove disconcerting even to the heads of the war forces and the directing genius of government. The people of Ogdep must feel more than blessed when they read the war news and realize how secure they are in their homes, while in England and all the war zone unknown un-known dangers threaten and every moment of the day and night is one of uncertainty. |