THE RUNAWAY AIRSHIP

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 82, 7 April 1913, Page 5

THE RUNAWAY AIRSHIP

GERMANY CHAGRINED.

DISCLOSURE OF SECRETS. SHOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP BY HER OFFICERS. {By Cable. —Press Association —Copyright.) (Received 5.50 a.m.) BERLIN, April 6. The German Government has thanked France for her courtesy towards the crew of the Zeppelin, which drifted over the frontier and landed'in Luneville.

The newspapers publish conflicting stories of French action, ranging from a more police visit to an exhaustive expert investigation. The "Lokal Anzeiger" alleges that the airship was fired on at the altitude of 1,000 yards. Only the resoluteness of the French troops prevented the mob wrecking the vessel.

The "Taglischc Randschau" declares that France might as well keep the vessel as her model. It regrets that the officers failed to blow up the craft before landing. Some papers demand a court martial. Other papers comment on Germany's ill-fortune in dropping the newest type of Zeppelin during her trial trip, thus giving France the opportunity to examine the appliances and secret methods. The airship is now at Metz. It is officially reported that the commissionary at Luneville merely boarded the airship to inquire as to the possibility of espionage. In other aspects the airship was treated as if she were on German soil.

BRITISH EXAMINATION.

(Received 10.50 a.m) LOXDOX, April C. The "Observer" states that a party ot British military and civil experts histened to Lunville to inspect the Zeppelin airship.