Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29

WEST HARTLEPOOL. Eng, Dee.
IS Correspondence of the Associated
Press. )-English east coast towns are
panic-stricken since the German raid
upon Scarborough, Whitby and the
Hartlepools. Confidence In the power
Of the British navy to keep Ger
mans away from England has weak
ened and there ID constant dread OF
the reappearance of German ships, II
not the landing Of German troops.
The mayors Of the Hartiepools and
the other stricken towns have organ
ICED volunteer constabularies and are
making an effort to hold the ex-
cited public In check. Proclamations
have been made that civilians must
stay indoors should the lombard
ment recur and yield to the orders of
coustables, but there is general Inn
patience of all sorts of authority.
Nearly all civilians are carrying
arms, and they announced they will
look after themselves Travel by
automobiles at night is hazardous. as
excited guards stop all motor cars
frequently with flourish of guns
and reyolvers.
The patrol ships, Patrol and Doom,
which guard Hartlepool, were lying
In the harbor the morning Of the Ger
man raid. but are said by civilians to
have had no steam. 1t is also charged
they were partly dismantled and had
to be lowed out from the docks be-
fore they could get into action. At
any rate, they were 30 slow that the
Germans had an opportunity to she'll
the Hartlepools for nearly forty-five
minutes before the navy craft offer
ed effective opposition. Officers of
the two patrol ships had a banquet
at the leading hotel in West Hartle-
pool the night before the raid.
An investigation OF the navy'e ac-
tlon has been demanded by the
mayors OF the ruined towns and the
result Of the prospective inquiry by
| the admiralty Is awaited impatiently
along the east coast, which no longer
goes to sleep at night with a feeling
of security.
| Many OF the families living near the
coast have moved back into the In
| terror. The large number of women
and children killed during the recent
bombardment especially has attracted
attention to the German raid, and
whenever possible the heads Of fam
| lies are sending their wives and chill
dren beyond the possible range OF
German ships.
Germans Aim Am2Ees.
At Hartlepool the Germans fret
with amazing accuracy. The first shell
Il ey directed toward the towT
knocked over twelve soldiers whit
were manning one of the coast guns
None Of them was killed, but severa
were stunned. The Germans ais.
managed TO strike the gasometres
water tower, smokestacks on big fac
tories, telegraph poles and other OBJ
jects which stood above the level o
the roofs in the two fiat towns. TIL,
places and traffic was temperate,
suspended.
Before the raid all eelegraphic AM
telephone connection with the harbo
Is said to have been cut off suddenly
In fact, the two Hartlepools are SAT-
to have been cut off entirely from tn
outside world for time before tn
shells wrecked many poles and com
pleted the supposed work of som
spy. The military has now taken owe
all wires, and communication with tn
coast towns is very difficult.
The spy fear has now become q
acute all along the coast that eve
civilians provided with credential
above dispute are subjected to ar
rest by the civil officials The gov
eminent has refrained from issuin,
any sort of instructions to the cas-
coast districts as to how they shaI
deport themselves In case of raid 0
invasion. with the result that th
populace is running wild.
Defense Thoreu shiy DIsorganiEed.
Should an invasion occur with tn
public in It's present panicky condi
ton an attack would doubtless
made upon the invaders by excite
civilians which would provoke TIL
| general destruction Of towns, an
result in the death Of large number