Before we leave the subject of the Germans and the
North Sea we may note the increase of activity in German aircraft which has been a marked feature of the week. That activity has, however, not been without heavy losses. On Wednesday a Zeppelin was forced to descend on the Danish island of Fano, where her crew set fire to her, as she was too badly damaged to make it possible for them to repair her in the twenty-four hours' grace allowed them under the custom of international law. On Thursday another Zeppelin was wrecked off the coast of Jutland, eleven of the crew being saved and four drowned. We may add that an Exchange telegram from Copenhagen published on Friday states that the whole Zeppelin fleet has been patrolling the North Sea just outside Danish waters, and airships have been exchanging signals with warships.
