IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 May 1918, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

TWO MORE RAIDING MACHINES LOST. . LONDON, May' 21. A Copenhagen telegram states that a steamer and a fishing boat which arrived at Gothenberg, each saved two German airmen from two aeroplanes of a large new type, which were forced to descend in the vicinity of the Dogger Bank owing to shortage of petrol. The Germans destroyed the aeroplanes. From this it would appear that the London air raiders suffered further losses en route home. COLOGNE AIR RAID. ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE. Received 11.20 a.m. LONDON, May 22. The Daily Express's Geneva correspondent says the British daylight air raid on Cologne on Saturday caused enormous damage. In addition to civilian casualties many more recruits were killed or wounded, as a number of bombs fell directly on the barracks in the northern part of the town. The railway station was destroyed, includ-, ing several locomotives. Other bombs fell in the streets, and the tramway service is still stopped. British avia- ■ tors carefully avoided the cathedral, ' but moved freely over the city, flying very low and choosing their objectives with precision. The populace is terrified and indignant at the Government's failure to protect Cologne. GERMAN AIR RAID ON PARIS Received 11.10 a.m. LONDON, May 22. French official: Enemy aeroplanes were reported approaching Paris last evening. We kept up a violent barrage and our airmen went up. The enemy dropped bombs on th« suburbs and resulting in material damage and some I casualties. The enemy did not reach Paris. I

AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS, CANNIBALISM IN AUSTRIA. WAR PRISONERS EATEN. LONDON, May 2.1. Sefton Delmer, writing from the Franco-Swiss frontier, gives a sensational story of famine and cannibalism in Austria. He vouches for the authenticity of his informant, who said one issue of the newspaper "Arbeiter Zeitung" was confiscated because it demanded an investigation of two horrible cases of murder of prisoners of war by workmen in the Vienna gasworks, who ate part of the bodies. The cases were mentioned in Parliament, but were hushed up. One woman, who was unable" to obtain milk, dashed out her baby's brains in the presence of the Mayor.