Copenhagen Visited By German Airship.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 20, 1912:
Excitement Caused by Unexpected Appearance of Zeppelin Dirigible from Hamburg.
TWO QUEENS PHOTOGRAPH IT
Alexandra of England and Marie of Russia on Royal Yachts — British Warships In Harbor.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Friday, Sept. 20.— The Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspondent says:
    The sudden appearance of the German Zeppelin airship Hansa in the midst of the British warships anchored here caused great excitement to-day. (Thursday.) The airship had flown from Hamburg, 187 miles distant, under the control of Count Zeppelin.
    "The British vessels are the Lion and the rest of the First Cruiser Squadron. The ships were full of visitors when the Hansa was seen approaching from the southwest at 11 in the morning. The airship was visible all over town and in the Ore Sund, where the British and Russian royal yachts are lying near the warships. Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie both took photographs of the airship from the yachts' decks.
    "Before leaving Hamburg Count Zeppelin had to sign a contract with the Danish authorities that he would not pass directly over the Danish fortifications, the royal yachts, or the British fleet. Two Danish officers accompanied him as passengers in the Hansa in order to see that the terms of the contract were carried out."
    The Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent says:
    "The Hansa landed safely at Hamburg on her return journey at 4 o'clock this afternoon after a record-breaking flight of 375 miles in exactly twelve hours. The flight was notable as the first occasion on which a German air-ship had ever crossed the sea into foreign territory.
    "The newspapers are enthusiastic over the achievement. Capt. Hildebrant the well-known aerial expert of the Lokal Anzeiger, writes:
    " 'The Hansa's feat shows how easy it is for successful German airships to send reconnaisances over foreign territory; how easy, for example, it would be for a Zeppelin to sail from its station at Cologne to England. The voyage to England, as a matter of fact, would be much easier than the flight to Copenhagen, as in case of accident the westerly winds would facilitate an emergency return across the North Sea.
    " ' Many an officer of the English cruiser squadron at Copenhagen may well be filled with such thoughts. It can only be wished that Germany will at length give the funds necessary to provide our army and navy with a larger fleet of Zeppelins.' "