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Show METAL NETS PROTECT PARIS. New System of Defense Against Hun Air Raiders. Paris. Captive observation balloons of the sausage type have been seen rising over the region of Paris on recent re-cent nights and there has been considerable consid-erable speculation regarding the purpose pur-pose of this move. It is now explained that the balloons are used in connection with a system of metallic nets as defenses against air raiders. The balloons first were sent up on the occasion of the last attempted attempt-ed raid on Paris, but the enemy, having hav-ing been fought off before he was able to reach the capital, the effectiveness of the system has not yet been tested. |