BRITISH AERIAL RAID.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3977, 9 July 1915, Page 5

BRITISH AERIAL RAID.

A SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS. VALUABLE INFORMATION. OAiHED NO INFORMATION IN LONDON. BRILLIANT AERIAL MANOEUVRES. NEW YORK, July 7. Berlin reports a great British aerial raid upon a. German port, supposedly Wilhei'inshaven. No details have been received in London. v While the German statement re-as-ures -German pcoplo that the attack was unsuccessful, and while there are no reports of heavy damage, it irealised that an amount of information wa; gathered. , . , Reconnoitring over Heligoland ancl the Kiel Canal would be most valuable to the Admiralty. . . Some authorities assert it is the most significant aerial success of the war. The party accomplished its purpose and got away apparently without loss. It is quite probable they dropped bombs and did considerable damage which the Germans will not admit. German airships were sighted aclvancing oil the British naval l foicos oh Terschelling at dawn. They comprised several hydroplanes, accompanied by cruisers and destroyers. fTerscli oiling is an island in tne North Sea off the coast of Holland; forming one of the barriers of the Znyder Zee.] the only end. COMPLETE VICTORY FOR ALLIES. FRENCH ENVOY INTERVIEWED.

(Received July 9 12.5 a.raq LONDON, July 8. M. Thomas, the French Under-Sec-retary in London, had a conference with'Mr. Lloyd-George, and was interviewed by the “Daily Chronicle afterwards. . M. Thomas said: “There can be no end to the war save the complete victory of the Allies.. Britain’s immense efforts have been a surprise, both to Franco and to the enemy._ There is a most perfect understanding between the two Governments. I cannot say we have had a splendid victory, but whether the struggle is long or short, we are ready to double, treble, quadruple, if necessary increase tenfold, our output of munitions. We have pooled! our resources, which are great enough to stand any strain.” A GENEROUS ASSASSIN. MR. MORGAN’S ASSAILANT. HOLT COMMITS SUICIDE. FULL CONFESSION LEFT. NEW YORK, July 7. Holt, who shot Mr. Morgan, jun., and! attempted' to wreck the Capitol at 'Washington, suicided. He confessed that he had despatched dynamite aboard the steamships Saxonia and Philadelphia with a view to wrecking them at sea. The Navy authorities wirelessed the steamers giving the information. ThePhiladelphia replied that a search failed to disclose dynamite. The Saxon i a has not replied. Holt has been identified as Professor Erich Muenter, of Harvard University, who was wanted for murdering his wife at Cambridge, Massachusetts, In 1906. The port officials discovered l that three Trans-Atlantic liners . sailing from New York for Havre during May with cargoes of contraband had bombs aboard. The discoveries were made before sailing. It is believed .there is an extensive plot to destroy as many of the Allied ships as possible. Hlolt broke his neck by throwing himself from the cell door to the stone floor. - , (Received July 8, 9.20 p.m.) ’Die Saxonia has "wirelessed that she is unable to trace any infernal machine. ' -