A NEW WAR SCHEME

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 16 July 1915, Page 5

A NEW WAR SCHEME

DELUGE THIO ENEMY WITH AIR . ' ; , BOMBS. . .. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. July; 16, 0.30 a.m.) London, July 15. 'A' number of aeronautical -men havef launched a movement for the creation of a. 'Aviation aiid the building of a fleet of ten thousand aeroplanes to deluge with" tombs the German ammunition works and supply routes . M. Desbelds, Lecturer on • Aer'onau. tics at Woolwich Academy, is the leader of the campaign, and is supported by many experts.. ,Th 6, plan is. to, .organise puhlic sentiment that England's salvar tion ■ will_-como through the air. They" propose to batter-down the Rhine Bridge and make daily" air.'.raids in connection with' the trench warfare in Prance. M. Desbelds says that they could send a thousand aeroplanes, each carrying five bombs, over Krupp's munition works • at Essen, which' would paralyse tho German armies, They could also destroy the nine bridges over the River Meuso by which supplies ar« transported. , "If wp can,. ?mash, Krupp!s I .,worlis, , ' i . says M. ;Dosbelds,; Jiamstring Germany. to and from Germany like ants'." "We want a daily service'ta:.bring,:destruc,tion,to-' Germany:" "■ . • : ' ,