ZAPPING THE ZEPPS.

Free Lance, Volume XVI, Issue 847, 29 September 1916, Page 6

ZAPPING THE ZEPPS.

An Excellent"Percentage.

EVIDENTLY the', mot d'ordre at; Berlin is ' "Schrecklichkeit! Immer Die Schrecklichkeit"— ("Frightfulness, always Frightful-' ness.") « The campaign of , murdering innocent non-combatants in' .unprotected areas is one of Germany's forlorn hopes,, and no doubt the latest raid on , England was dictated, by the bloodthirsty Junker and Pan-German'. Party' Whether,'. however, the result will be deemed satisfactory by the., Huns is highly problematical. The fact that in the I.ondon area alone there were several women and children amongst tho killed and that many women and children were injured is sure, of course, to arouse high jubilation in what passes for a heart in the. body -of the . Huri beast. But beyond further strengthening of the determination of the. British, 'people to proceed, with the Avar until the iiun is on his knees and begging for a

mercy, which we sincerely ti ; ust will.not be, granted him, ~ the latest raids have achieved' nothing more than their ■numerous predecessors. -

- In one respect, very happily. ■■, this week's two raids did, however,'- gi-eatly differ ■•from those which preceded them. The burning of one of their monster.' machines,, fortunately before any of its gang of ..professional-..murderers. Vcould escape,' is a subject for genuine rejoicing. But that was not all: Another of Count Zeppelin's, famous airships was captured intact with its', crew. 'Clearly the British anti-aircraft service has been improved out of all knowledge when two of the Zeppelins engaged were brought down on British soil. Two out of -thirteen in one raid is indeed, an excellent percentage. It is; a pity the. crew of the second' -airship... could ■ not have been hanged on the spot. Such a fate they well deserved, arid had the great majority of the-English'people a say in the matter that was the fate they would have suffered. However* we can. content ourselves with the proof afforded that the new type of British anti-aircraft guns . - can "Zipp the Zepps." to really good purpose. /■.-