RAIDERS SLOW AND DARING.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1917, Page 5

RAIDERS SLOW AND DARING.

THE QUESTION 0 FREPRISALS. Received July 9, 5.5 p.m. London, July 8. Experts are of opinion that the Isidore were twin-engined Gotha biplanes, being comparatively slow, even when they come with a brisk wind, and are correspondingly slow in returning; hence it is said that they were more daring and flew at a much lower height than in previous raids. Members of Parliament favor reprisals. It is understood the Government will reconsider its attitude. Mr. Lloyd George summoned the experts after tho raid.. REPRISALS ADVOCATED. VAST AERIAL DEFENSIVE URGED. London, July S. At one time when the hostile squadron waß directly overhead thousands of girl clerks remained at their desks, but the system of warning in the principal workshops and warehouses enabled tne workers to reach safety. Large hospitals made elaborate preparations and arranged to receive an inrush of injured. The first alarm was at 8.46, and the "all clear" signal at 1d.30. As soon as the raid was over queues of people .waited at the public telephones anxious for the safety of their relatives. 'Newspapers take a sterner tono in their criticism of the defences. They draw attention to France's lead in reprisals, and add that soldiers will not tolerate their homes being thus ravaged.