EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 19U. 7 WHY ENGLAND MAY FEAR NEAR RAID OF GIANT ZEPPELINS British General Shows That Air Invasion of London is possible Sees No Good Means of Defense. The jiorll of London from a possible lombarrtmoMt by Koppellns Is ttio subject 0f Uir Irndlim urtlclo that appears In the July Issue of The Vtoiirnul of tlio Uoyat t'nltPit Service Institution of Gloat Britain, the orRatilzntlon of the aftlcers of the British army and navy, tn the trlli'lo a general ofllccr points out the dntigr" (hat may hover over London In a tlinn of war, dangers that lie friinUly ndinlts nic porluit In t'XU'tit and which inlsl't dllllciilt to oppose In the event of an airship Invasion of Knglnnd. hi a wireless dispatch from Merlin It Yas asecitid Hint Germany was consider In InvailliiB KtiBland with a licet of now Efnpelhis. Thus tlio article In The Jttirlin' the ltuMit I'nlted Service Institution l. of timely Interest. It begins with a B r . . .1.. I.-....- Hint II.I..I.I l, wrouKht on navy yards, arsenals, oil ...rir and wireless stutluns by pro- i-ctp dropped from Zeppelins anil aero rilanf", and then goes on to recite tlio dangers of an air attack on the great centres or population. On this latter point hiost of tlio space Is devoted to London. "Of these London Is for us." the British ecncral states, "the prlmu objeet of eon iteration. Destruction and panic In the largest provincial towns could cause troii tie but need not affect our national oolicy. London in this respect stands nlonc that Is, It Is not only the habitat of a large fraction of our population, but also tlio Beat of Government, the centre of our financial and business sys tems and the nerve centre of our military and naval forces. A serious blow aimed Bjralnst London would be more effective Bgalnst the national llfo than In any other capital in the world. FACING A NEW ERA. "We are now beyond doubt face to loco with a new era in war. If you have granted my assumption with regard to the ran?e of action and offensive power of nlicrnft of the immediate, future those assumptions would hold good for eno object as well as another. How is London affected by (hem? General Delacroix in an article hi the Daily Jlall ef September 11, 1.113, wroto: 'Even ailiiilltlng mat a xoppcun were to pas over tne ISngllsli country ldo it Is not easy to hoc what result would be effected, for oven in time of trar It would not bo permissible to drop explosives Into unfortillcu towns. "I have no wIbIi to bo an alarmist or Jo make one's llesh creep, but I am not prepared to accept this dictum even from so eminent an authority. Tho idoa et not bombarding unfortified towns had Us orlshi many jears ago In tho time of perpetual war In Europe, and like most of the rather ai uncial conventions of that time rested on mutual conveni ence. An unfortified town in those claya ttas not of much Importance ono way cr tho other. It was not expected to offer resistance. If it wus spared bom bardment tho enemy In return expected to occupy It without any trouble and tako full advantago of ltn conveniences for billeting, supplies, etc. "If a (SinevH convention were now Blttlnsr, and tho point were to be raised that a capital which Is easily accessible to tho enemy may claim exemption from attack on the ground that It Is unforti fied, would not tho answer ho 'Yen, pro vided that It Ih meoarcd to submit and not offer armed leslstance to tho enemy's armed forces'? And whether tho armed forces take the form of troops ready to advance or of the power to destroy re sistance b attack from the air, tlio principle is tho same. "After all. wir is a game that Gov ernments play to win, and wo could hardly exptft the most chivalrous enemy jo retrain rrom KtrlKing a blow at tho heart of the country merely because wc have chosen to luavo that heart unpio tected. "'nn ji'iy student of international law t'll us definitelv that such a thing us an ner:..i utu-k op London Is outside tn rules r war, ,i further that Micro "'ls "i authority by which these rules can i. enforced? How, if many or the citizens are territorial!!, and some or th.' buildings contain warlike stores? Jra fliKln or a. inplniies passed over the Jl'y. each dnv.plng n dozen Incendiary womb i different places, would not the lSUlt I in mute tli.in tlm Hi- i,rim,.i,. Mula .....e nlth? ....a f'jr'I.D (Wt'SK HAVOC. n'P'dui dropped a ton of nun colion on ti, Admiralty ami tho War OfnV, as hIic might do if not Interfered With, unat uould be tho result In dls- orsanUrtjIuii J1UI dlsemiriiirnmi,i' ivu,t would lv ti.o efffct of cutting off tho Water 'mh nf ti, w-.,. !.... .,. ... - ... ,,. 4.iiu, ur muu d shins In tho Thames? Thesu In.iedlble to us who hnvn iwii .,. on thp fronter3i T ftln K" the length of my own n is conceded that T -, i I '..,... .... - is K- ' hftedftgM - ; , '. . . m HJtJli. W?rWi t (HI m 'mmWSMWm mSi mKBSmBmkm Mil DANZIG, THE CITY OF HOMES, THREATENED BY RUSSIANS This city, one of the most beautiful in Germany, is now reported to be invested by a Russian army. The photo graph shows one of the quiet streets, the Fradengasse, with the Maria Church in the background. "if the defense of objectives or small area, such as batteries and stores, against aerial attack Is easy, though It will cost some monny. Tho defense of those largo areas, especially tho capital, cannot bo relied on except by active offensive opera tions. "As regards London, some will say that such forms of attack as I have Indicated would ho Ineffective in any case, and they would point out the bombardment of Paris in 1S70. I have always until re cently taken that point of view. I have always held that bombardment, however severe, was no Justlllcatlon for 11 fortified place, but the evolution of missiles of war have gone a lon( way since 1S70, and In tho case of London hostile action against It would not have direct effect on our operations of war. "Another school will taku mo to task for accepting such possibilities as use of incendiary projectiles against an unforti fied town. I may bo quite wrong. If I wcro responsible for the safety uf this town I would say that tho safeguard Is one cannot too often repeat It offensive action. "When we consider Mr; effnotlvo pow ers of tho dirlglblo balloon together with the difllculty of warding off Its attack, we must allow that there have been few more potent Instruments of destruction known to history. On the other hand, of all the weapons ever devised by man this Is by far tho most fragile and most vul nerable. I believe that, whatever tho fu ture of the dlrflglble may be for all the uses of poace. In a few years no ono will think of employing it for war. Hut for the moment it must be provided for." IN SOUTH AMERICA SOUGHT BY THE U.S. Expert, Back From Tour, Says Success of Germans Is Due to Promotion of Better Understanding With Peoples. lac tb,. tilings s,t-i only in,, murium In "'Bunii-nt, out J.onaon is wn VII, ,,. !. ...... a liostl'., ? ,. ' "ko ui aeiion ot '.".opiaties "'h act nn will u-. ... hurflen i,,' ''Mthln3' WouW rulr tail say? "Wilt ta sl,ch ac""? Who Jiot'an.l T"'Pd ',rol9 that Mich a M Si.f-"or "i"" UoV"rl'"'e"t to accept i.Wb e "?'. ' U. porlmp,. mm n. ,,, . . ' .'. "" I0SS object tho "oiiui not bo Incurred. f HjUfHH. Illll ,,,inutlr.n n ATTACK GRADE CROSSINGS Lower Delaware Citizens Begin Agi tation Following Barnard Death. DOVER, Del.. Sept. 15. Elimination of grade crossings In towns In lower Delaware Is being agitated today as the result of tho accident In Wyoming lato yesterday afternoon in which former Stato Senator Tieinscn C. unwrarii, a wealthy i-anner, was killed when an ox pross truin crabbed into an automobile ho was driving. Kloven persons have been killed In flva years at the crosnlng where Senator Bar nard mot death. Friends of Senator Barnard thlB morn ing, us Coroner Willis Impaneled a Jury for tho inquest, declared they would seek to have a bill Introduced into the General Assembly next winter to com pel the Delaware Ballroad to eliminate tho crossings. Development of prmanent and exten sive commercial lelatlons with tho South American countries must have for Its basis a closer mutual understanding of intellectual and cultural conditions, ac cording to II. Krwln Bard, tho dhector of the Pnn-Arnerlcun Division of tho American Association for International Conciliation. Mr. Bard recently returned on the Calamares fiom an extensive visit to the educational centres of South America, which was made under his leadership by a repiescntatlvo body of American pducatorn. Tito l'an-Ainerican Division was cre ated by tho American Association for In ternational Conciliation last Jnnuary," said Mr. Bard, "and this trip Is the first movo toward establishing closer rela tions with our South American neigh bors. We Americans aro prono to over look the necessity of a mutual cultural ana intellectual tiimerstuiidlug between countries which wish to dovelop extensive and pormanent commeiclal lelatlons. "From before tho creation of this na tion as an Independent political and com mercial agent, wo have been in tho closest touch with thi cultural and In tellectual conditions of Europe. This ap plies especially to our mother country and to Germany, and It Is a significant fact that our greatest trade relations are with those two countries. Yot it never occurs to us Mint this close intimacy is TO COMPETE FOR ACADEMY uuium n,,h "There Is, tlou ' il1'0"'1"1"! "nancliil rth. Influence , 7 0"" rlcs' ,,1Jt 'f ht W "t TlaPrliyun to Invent tho PU "tallmi"; ,,ie,'M"! '" "rat 1-iMlon i, lh '".? ""-omit the size of - '-itiiis innr -. i...i a t Patrol ,i,ii . "" "'O'li 01 aenai ilrlsib;,, I, , I"','Vs"t an attack by a Om ro- " A 'WbeiuU. attempt J"P3 be ur v S',V,.n ,,u"'"'b' -lght pe- mn w i rf . .i j 4iiimii o timi h" n.na 8" ten '" 1,a,"e- ...'. ' '" uiavjae. ,."Ati y. He. but T, ,.LTH ' "ndoi, Is posst. i,.. . . '"moum nor ru I. ., : . U.P,"M ..epmlnir by day might for TJJlrtV: br our ow pa"-"'8- thitZn ..'.'h1 ' u,tat. I should think "ould be ,. r. ovcr ndon In the dai U tondinn, ","strau risk In present fc' Patrol,, "ul ,l,lllk a"y systeiu mi. ,JL VTlely l"'V,-nt aircraft hn the t. ,i "' nml ,,1"8 '""ntagu tuh aJ, ''"'r'll to muko It at least dlltl- ! m7h:""'"A'0.'-." enemy's aircraft Mw;;b.,;r io to t.k. a NEED AUMBU AKUOPLASBS. ' DO ni.axii.o., ... . . . Itoter. v actual uorenee can n?J? CaPlti" w,tI' wlntr from a "vun ailj.-lr Examination Will Determine An nnjiolis Appointments From N, J, TItEN'TON, Sept. 15.-A competitive examination for all youth of tho Stato will ho held at tho Batton High School, Elizabeth, next Saturday, beginning; at 9 o'clock In tho morning- Tho test will ho for the purpose of allowing United States Senator Martins to nmkn two selections for principals and alternates for Appointments to the Annapolis Naval Academy from New Jersey. Senator Martina made this an nouncement today OPPOSES FREIGHT TAX I fojnrt "" l"en tho ivmcdy must f? th iwrifSir A.r"11 """I"'"?' 'vnnx-A ti i..'f"r..FrovWeU lutneieit r'nta. " ' ll"'" 'i'lan-y cut of 1 - Ht,- iari iV. v k J "t Chamber of Commerce Committee Muke3 Vigorous Protest, A vigorous prottst OBalnst the Impo sition of the 3 per cent, war tax on freiuht bills now beliiK considered by Congress, has been made by tho h"relglit Committee of the Philadelphia. Chamber of Commeice, of which Coleman Kellers, Jr., is t-hulimuit. A telegram cudioilylnjf tho committee's protest lias been sent to President WUun. A wldo tunge uf subjects was dUcussed by the commltlee at Its llret metittnv since the summer recess. Opposition to liovi-imueut ownership of vtssela was made, while the proposed assistance to any stt.unslup line to ply between the I iMtol Statts and South America wns Indorsed TI'Q vommitt'e has demanded a per j-o ti l-enriiur J"fure Cotu?v-s ti v'Q the basis for our commerce SHOULD STUDT CUABACTERISTICS. "Hence, In our attempts to dovelop our trado with South America wo have been indifferent to the need of learning the characteristics peculiar to South Ameri can llfo apd culture. Although the coun tries there have long been on Intimate lelatlons with Europe, thore has bee but small importunity for cioss-currcnts to be established between them and us. This is because tho interests of South Auieiica in Europe have uatuially cen tred In the southern, or Latin, countries, whllo wo have developed more Intimate connections with tho English and Teu tonic nations. "Tho commercial successes of Germany Jn South America hnvo been duo to the Xact that their merchants have recosnlzeil this prlnciplo of esublUhliiK cultural re lations at the same time that they aro developing tho commercial sld-. The Ger mans who rune settled douii in South America as representatives of firms in their fatherland, or who have thenuelves established businesses there, are all well educated and cultured men. They havu taken the trouble to learn the languaga of tho country and to understand m social and cultural standards. Otherwise they have not been successful and havo been forced out. One of Hie main leasons why the Germans havo been quicker than we to apprtciute tlio value of knowing the country Is that tho educational sys tem hi Germany lays so much more em phasis on Instruction in tlio modern foielgn languages as part of the neces sary training for a business man. WANTS STUDENTS TO COME IlEHE. "Hut wo cannot expect that the Intro duction of courses In Spanish and Portu guese into our commercial schools will be a. panacea, we nea tni continual inter change of ideas between the biggest men In our country and those In the nations south of us. In the piut. the generul trend has been for students to go from tne uig universities or Argentina, Chili, tied ra forth, to rails, Madrid and Ber- ! l(n.r postgraduate work. Tet thi aro auTaPprclabM puruber who find their we would only go half-way. At the saino tlino, I wish to emphasize the bene fltn which many of our students could get from a year or two of study in South America. "It Is more than a question ot tho In terchange of students, however. What we also need is an Interchange of the leading men. Tho mero fact that a man llko Colonel Boosevoli wished to visit these countries of South America was a big step in the making of better relations. Aa far as I could learn, ho also mado an excellent impression. It Is tho same way with the visits which Robert Bacon and Secretary Boot have paid to South America In tho past few years. I heard references to theso trips constantly. Between the present war and the at tractions of tho San Francisco Exposi tion, there will undoubtedly be a great number of South Americans who will visit this country In the next ycur. Ar gentina Is spending a si eat deal of money and care on her representation at San Francisco. She Is also contemplating the creation of several national com missions, which will come to tho United States to study various fields of activity. a .uiiuMic ivrcrmoer i.iiiu will send a commission to study our trudo schools, and rnncredo Pinochet Le-Brun, director of Uio National Trade School of Santiago and one of the biggest educators in Chill, .mi." nt tno llPUl' of lho commission. The South Amerle.inM oho Hi,,c ,.n,i.. o their share In tho establishment of moro Intimate leintlons with us Tt Is our duty, as well as to our Interests, to respond. If only tho firms which already have trade connections In South America and those who aro about to establish "-I" "iiiu moose ns tlirlr represent atives inen of experience and culture who Know the language of the countries and understand their customs, not only win tlio trade of these particular firms be Kie.itly benefited, but a long step for ward will bo mado in the realization of tho position which tho I'nlted Stutes should naturally hold In the eteem as ,Vitn8,i markets of South Am-rica. ni7. V i """" ""e s'ps snouid be . V ,, """'m a Dciter knowledge to our children of their neighbors on the south. I wish all could see tho State School of Modern T.nnm,n,.. i.. t.. "". Aires. There they teach history In Eng lish, ailtlimotic in French, and so on. Infrequent Whero technical lerniu taught In a fore an laiiniiace. ,. V .--U-. ... , .Q- s It, tho pupils are Sood linguists with out having devoted addltloiml time to o?fls!fa;!i;h.an" U"s is -rti-'ir,0?. BLUNDERS MADE HERE. "Of course, tlite is all going to take time, for our Ignorance and mlslnforma tlon of South America are almost Incon celvnble. Take, for Instance, the matter of languages. Few Americans know that outside of Brassll. whero the official an. guage H Portuguese, the official language of all the South American countries Is Spanish. Tho Spanish Is am ,. .- ....- Ill.. - . .. .7 ."". 'u mo GERMAN DIRIGIBLES REPORTED INFERIOR TO FRENCH AIRSHIPS Zeppelins Not Armed for Fear of Gas Explosions and at Mercy of High Flying Aviator. The story of tho ramming of a Ger man Zeppelin airship by tho famous Fiench aviator, Roland Onrroe, probably oros from tho Idea that it Zeppelin can not be attacked III any other way, owing to its being defended rrom assault from above, by a rapld-flrlng gun mounted on the gas bap. In order to make sure of his aim, n bomb thrower In an aeroplane would havo to approach within 100 fret above tho Zeppelin, where he would be within easy range of the gun supposed to be moiinlfd on the balloon. As a matter of faet, however, only Ihree or four of the very Intert ZcplHIns equipped Willi tlies" sun platforms and, furthermore, It Is learned on good authority that none of them Is mounted with gune, for It Is now known that If thero were a leak in any of the chambers of tho gas bag near tho middle portion of tho dirigible, the escaping hydrogen would find IUj way out near lho gun platform and would bo most certain to explode when the gun was discharged. It Is now believed that the explosion several months ago or the new Zeppelin at Johannlsthul, near Berlin, when the entire crew was killed, was caused by the gun on top firing blank cartridges as an experiment. It Is, therefore, comparatively a simple matter, In tho absence of a gun, for an aviator to approach quite close to a Zep pelin from above, for tho crew In tho cars below the gas bag, cannot hit tho aeroplane so long ns the pilot keeps tho envelope between himself and the cara of the Zeppelin. The knowledge of this fact probably accounts for the absence of reports of German airships flying over France, while the German balloons have been seen much over Belgium. Franco has a huge corps of expert avlatoie and aeroplanes of the highest efficiency, whllo the Belgian aviation corps is so small that It hardly counts. While Germany has been the especial sponsor of the dirigible for military pur poses, that country ha-n not overlooked the aeroplane. While France has popu hilly beep supposed tn U:ti In war aero planes, Urrinntiy has a. many sis 1300 of these machines, and perhaps Ihe lure. ! the world, These 1"30 maelilnes are all romparit ' tively new and with all the latest Im provenvnts. With one motor firm puttln nut MO oeto engines a month for the n six months, one may safely put tho ontli German output at 830 a month. With an aeroplane for each of these snnlnes, Ger man military aviation activity breaks all records. The number of pilots to fly these ma chines ls greater than the aviation corps of any other nation because of Qermany'a policy of encouraging1 civilian fiylnic schools. Under this system each aero plano firm of any Importance had a cer tain number of soldiers, mostly officer, but some privates and non-commissioned olilccrs allotted to Its school to bo trained by the Ann's own pllote. The training of these military flyers was paid at a. rate that enabled the com panies to use the best machines and pay high wages to their pilots. The firms could nfford to provide comfortable quar ters for their pupils anil In other ways to do things on a scale which docs not 5lst in any other country. In order to stimulate progress In avia tion, military aviators were encouraged to enter the big flying competitions, and various Government departments gav handsome prize.?. For this reason thero were .10 starters In tho Prince Henry com petition tide year, while the big London-to-Manehester air race in llngland about the lame time brought out only six atartei-E. It Is now practically eertatn that the German and Austrian air si-outs together outnumber nil the French, Russian, Brit ish, Hclglan, Servian and Dutch aviators, .-d that In the aerial end of the war Ger inuny l.i far ahead of her enemies. ltltt-rt rn-,i of Kn2.r OuVcI.nc'opu'o,', VVo American geoswphy ., equally at fault L''e. BPP" ?"'? of. ""era fro,,, our mi vu iiipms in Argentina iiifdiufonmulou PrAtll U.x shown nc n ,i . iliuI ... ,i, ,i ."."'" uiaianees ,. " '" "i me cities, I think It n vvnmu, i.n, . a ' mum """ ,,ui int onus can ! ii une noivn more. naturally, what arouses cany on t-at eg'tcst the t'layt"n Ltnrorv'.itlve to i wa , to c-ir cd'-sei, and I feel sure that v- W iweuci' oatracU. 'Uus uuinbr eta b greutly increased If 4" , tfc - . ment of the South Americans m ,?,.' anything else is tho cheerful way In which wo lump the cltUens of the various coin tries under the term South Americans and dlsmlse them as being all the ame In real ty. each country ! trying to , 1.1 velop Its own national char"ter?stlM more and more, without, of course WrkWI!E? U,e'r ln,e"al relations '' lor this reason I think that the work in, .ie ra-Amorican Division in leadi U,l !!? S'a;,l"W8,rt better understand ing of South America camiot be oer estlmatej. This trip fitmi which I hava just returned luis been most encouracinK It was organited to repreaent the Atuer ican universities, and there were such men aa Tiof. Leon C. Marshal T-u. cago: Prof. Chester Lloyd Jonea. of wis cpi.sln. and Prof. F. B. Luqulans. of Yale. Y e left here on May 80. and visited all the big educational institutions of Bru'.ll Pruguay, Argentina Chili and Peru jimwucrs we were lei-elred most cor dially and were shown a keen apprecia. . - ot ur effort to bring the countries pr Houth Amerlea to more Int'mate re lators with ovs () c-?u?tr:r, l-'e'! tu al'v. i"UUcalli- and eo'"nierc!aUr," " l WANAMAKER STOR Amuniiuiinices for Tmirrw The first great Aiolmniiiini sale of hosiery and yoderwear- many thousand pair of hos. and pieces of underwear io both Fall and medium weights at prices averagiog one-third less than usual. (East Aisle and Subway Floor) A special collection of young women's Autumn suits and new afternoon dresses to sell at $13.7.5 each. (Second Floor, Ckestmtt) A showing of new imported broadcloths to be used for coat suits. These are in 125 different shades; a collection not likely to he duplicated or equaled, (First Floor, Chestnut) First shomns $ mraeira's mew tweed h&is aod caps from Lincoln Bennett, London. (Main Floor, Market) Last showissg Pf the CaSJot gown copies in the Little Qssiy Salons et II and 2.30 (First Floor, Central) First sticsvaiiir of tho new Perisienne corsets fr Fa82. T&ese eouforiTi to tlhe new fesifoloj; lajieg. (Third Floor, Chestnut) cfiing "P of the new marffibaq and ostrich fcoss. Tnege pretty tilings include many charming novelties tjjt every woman will want to see. (Main Floor, Central) special sale 3.7 and $9. of a hundred new bed cjujits $$ New ManScets in the same plage, (Fifth Floor, Market) '-,75, S!i9Wing Of complete assortment of finest new Englisli suitings s far gentlemen's wear, in the London Tailoring Sftom " " ' (Subway Gallery, Chestnut) " " pealug5 up the new Autumn silks in the Lower prJge iore. A !&rg and varied assortment, including many " " silks arranged m dress lengths " at Sow prices. (Subway Floor, Chestnut) u: , JOHM WANAMAKgR 'Mffil I Store Opens 8.30 A. M. WANAMAKER'S Store Closes 5.30 P. M. MJ ItlltilM i I Grand Organ Recitals 9, 11 and 5.15 $110 " 1 -limJfm SIP i Hi I Semm An Mi- QftV I I ' ' lH . i.t ia j. ,, ,ja r" ,t 4llM ..,. f-' . Ms ffii t r, I