The citizen., 1914-10-02
Paris Hit by German
Aircraft Bomb Near
u. S. Embassy

FeIl-mdn NHlcu, 0lTl oCtIOuSiy
MISUNDERSTANDING in Fear of lnya-
sion of Air Craft Based on Secret
Advices From Points in Belgium.
London.-Twelve cities were attack
ed from the air by the Germans. Their
aerial warcraft bombarded Paris, Ant
werp, Ghent and numerous small
towns in Belgium. German activity
in this respect was widespread and
of the utmost boldness.
Four persons were killed. two in
Paris, one in Client and one in Dynze.
Several were injured but the damage
to Notifications and public works was
comparatively small. The objects of
German attacks from the air appeared
to be the Eiffel Tower, the Antwerp
Notifications and ammunition depots
in France and Belgium. A hospital in
Belgium was damaged and patients
| and nurses endangered
Within ten minutes after the Ameri
can Ambassador walked past the
home of the Prince of Monaco in
Paris, a bomb from a German aero
plane exploded near the sidewalk, kill
ing an old man and little girl. The
spot is within 200 yards of the Am
erican Embassy. The bombardment
by German aircraft, the most vicious
since the war began, was delivered
by Taube planes which darted high
oevr the city. They were obscured
hx,
without injury. Ambassador Herrick,
who visited spots where bombs eX-
ploded, has asked for an official police
report. To the bombs dropped ori-
f1ammes of German colors, pennants
six feet long were attached Each
bore the inscription: "Parisians, at
tention! A German aeroplane salutes
you! Won Decken."
The bombs were three feet long
and shaped like cook post. A hail of
bullets swept houses near where they
fell and all windows were smashed.
Bombs also fell in the Avenue Jules
Janin and the Rues des Bordes, Val
more, Vineuse and Marignan..
A German Zeppelin flew over War
saw and dropped two bombs near the
| fortress. No great damage was done
The day before, Zeppelin was
brought to earth near the Modlin
fortress in Warsaw and the crew cap
tured, according to cable to Reuters.
There is growing apprehension in
England that the Germans are plan
ming Zeppelin raids. Fear is shown
that London may be the first point
of attack by these aerial war ma
chimes. Secret advices from Belgium
intimate much activity on the part of
the German air fleet.
At the beginning of the war alarm
was felt, but after time the public
discounted the possibility of night at
tacks and bombardments by German
aircraft. The disaster to British
cruisers in the North Sea has empha-
sized the Gemarn policy of rapid, dar-
ing blows.
Statements meant to be reassuring
fail in their purpose because of visible
precautions against such stealthy at
tacks-darkening of cities at night,
use of searchlights over important po-
| sitions and the constant vigilance of
aviators. There is a belief that the
Germans are concentrating a force of
! Zeppelins for use against England
Instances of German activity with air
craft of all sorts multiply.
Paris.-Fighting of the most des-
perate character yet witnessed in the
battle of the Aisne is reported in the
region northwest of Noyon.
Both the Allies and the Germans
rushed heavy reinforcements to this
western end of the battle line, where
the appearance of the new French
British army threatened the German
right flank.
For a time the Allies were pressed
back at St. Quentin, the all-important
position, by superior numbers of
Germans massed on their west flank
The Germans occupied part of St
Quentin and held their positions in
the streets with Maxims.
Lonuon.-1 ne correspondent Vi the
Daily Mail in France says that rain
has affected change in the German
operations on the Aisne. The
cLalky soil, he says, holds water in
the trenches like a cup, and the au
tumn downpour, therefore, has driven
the Germans out of their trenches
and forced them to fight in the open
where the French get at them with