THE EAST COAST AIR RAID

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2366, 23 January 1915, Page 7

THE EAST COAST AIR RAID

GERMAN JUSTIFICATION • (Rec January 22, 8.55 p.m.)' London, January 22, Berlin has-issued the following official justification for tho air raid:—"Our airships, in order to attaolt tho fortified placo of Yarmouth, woro obliged to fly over other places, from which they woro fired at. Theso attaoks wore answered by the throwing of bombs. England has no right to bo indignant as her flying machines and ships attacked open towna mich as Freiburg, Dar-os-Salaam (in German East Africa), and Swnkopnrand (German .West Africa). Germany cannot bo forced to forego legitimate solf-d of once. , AEROPLANE OR ZEPPELIN? London, January 21. At the inquest at Yarmouth on the victims of the air raid, a constable gave evidence that ho saw an aircraft about 160 foal in tbo'air. Ho was sure it was an aeroplane. It appeared to follow th o direotion of the streot lights, and he took it for a British machine until it dropped a bomb. A STIMULUS TO RECRUITING. London, January 2X. The airship raid resulted in a large inorease in reoruiting in London. WHAT- CAN GERMANY HOPE TO GAIN? (Rcc. January 22, 5.40 p.m.) London, January 21. The "New York World" saks: What oan Germany hope to gain from wanton attacks on undefended places and the slaughter of innocents P Certainly not the good opinion of neutrals, who know that the rules of oivilised warfare require notice of bombardment, even in the oase of a fortified place.—("Times" and' Sydney "Sun" Services.), ALLIES' AIRMEN BOMBARD IRUPP WORKS. (Rcc. January 23, 0.10 a.m.) Rotterdam, January 22. The "Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant" states that the Allies' aeroplanes on Wednesday visited Essen, aud made an attempt to bomb Krupp's works. They destroyed some houses, but what other damage was done is not known.