5 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 1

A hurricane, a flood, even a small earthquake, would have

done far more damage than was done on Monday. Even if, instead of defending ourselves, we do nothing but shrug our shoulders, Zeppelin raids are, from the military standpoint, matters of no consequence whatever. We are fully agreed, however, that we ought not to be content with shrugging our shoulders. After all, the presence of the great yellow sausages over England gives us an opportunity to destroy them, and we ought to avail ourselves of it.