The place at which the other Zeppelin landed with her
crew uninjured was still further away from London, and, owing to the ship not being on fire, the first thing that was known of the disaster was the appearance of the officer, accompanied by his twenty-two men, at a rural post office, bent, like true Germans, on giving themselves up in the proper, authorized, and official manner. One account says that the German officer at first expressed sur- prise and annoyance that there were no soldiers to be seen. He would. We are surprised that the German wireless has missed a point here, and has not told the world that why British soldiers were not to be found to take charge of the crew which " voluntarily descended" was due to the fact that they had dispersed in panic at the approach of the victorious Zeppelins I
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