Can This Be Done? 



Joseph A. Steinmetz of Philadelphia would mine the air above Lo^^o^.f ^^^^.^^^/PP^^^^^^^ 

 the Dardanelles are mined against battleships He would ^^"f , ?^l°f\;^^P^;7he b^^^^^^ 

 balloons carrying explosives, grappling-hooks and torches It would be hard for the balloons 

 to maintain their level. The wind would toss them about. What i^^.'^"/;' ^J^?^^^^^^^ 

 machine gun could pick them off and drop them mto London itself with dreadful results 



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