THE AIRSHIP RAID

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 193, 23 January 1915, Page 5

THE AIRSHIP RAID

ATTEMPTED JUSTIFICATION. GERMANY'S THIN STORY. ' "LEGITIMATE SELF-DEFENCE." Received 22, 8.55 pan. Berlin, January 22. Berlin furnishes an official justification of the air raid as follows: "Our airships, in order to attack a fortified place, Yarmouth, were obliged to fly over other places, from which they were fired at. These attacks were answered by throwing bombs. "England has no right to be indignant, for her flying-machines and ships attacked open towns such as Freiburg, Doras Salem "and Sivakopmund. Germany cannot be forced to foergo legitimate self-defence." WHAT CAN GERMANY GAIN? A PERTINENT QUERY FROM AMERICA. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 22, 5.40 p.m. London, January 22. The New York World asks, "What can Germany hope to gain by wanton attacks on undefended places and the slaughter of innocents t Certainly not the good opinion of neutrals who know that the niles of civilised warfare faquire notice of bombardment even of a fortified place." STIMULATES RECRUITING. London, January 21. The airship raid has resulted in large recruiting in London. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST, h . London, January 21. At the inquest at Yarmouth & constable, in his evidence, stated that he saw 'an. aircraft at about an altitude of 150 feet. He was sure it was an aeroplane. It appeared to follow the direction of the street lights. He took it for a British machine until it dropped a bomb.