In the Air.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 54, 9 February 1916, Page 5

In the Air.

THE MIDLANDS RAID, QUESTION OF PRECAUTIONS. United Press Association. London, February 8. When Parliament reopens on Tuesday an amendment to the Address-in-Reply will be moved, emphasising the importance of preparations against air raids. It is expected the Government will face a very critical House. THE PARIS RAID. IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SCENES. Paris. February 8. There were moving scenes at the funeral of the Zeppelin victims. The Notre Dame Cathedral was draped in black and silver, and the tricolors were crossed with crepe. The great croud was unable to repress murmurs of indignation. After the service the coffins were covered with tricolors, and were placed on gun carriages and escorted by territorials. I At Pere-la-Chaise cemetery the Minister of the Interior made a burning denunciation of the enemy which j kills old men, women and children in I the middle of the night, when the enemy was powerless to win victory by a fair fight in daylight. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. London, February 8. There were impressive scenes at the .funerals of the Zeppelin victims in Staffordshire. The Admiralty denies the German report that a Zeppelin bombed the Caroline on the Humber, and that the ship sank, with great loss of life. No warship or merchantman was struck during the raid. An official notice which hag been published in a Lincolnshire town sta« tes that persons seen flashing lights or letting off rockets or fireworks when hostile aircraft ar P present or are expected will he fired on without notice.