New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-15
Casualties Greater
Than i'm Any Pre-
viOuS AirShip
Raid.
DEAD INCLUDE
NINE WOMEN
Berlin Report Tells of
Shells Dropped Near
Big Arsenal.
MANY FIRES RESULT
MANY FIRES RESULT
Docks Of London Attacked
Killed and Injured Among
Military, 27.

fBy cssls 70 Tns rrisun.I
London, Oct. 14.-Last nights
Zeppelin raid on London and the
eastern counties resulted in total
of lives lost far in excess Of the first
estimates and exceeding by between
thirty and forty the most deadly OF
Germany's previous exploits OF the
kind.
Fifty-fve persons were killed and
ia injured. OF those killed four
teen are registered as military cas-
ualties, while Of the injured thir-
teen are similarly classified.
"The Globe" which has been con-
Quoting a campaign advocating 70
prisals in kind for Zeppelin attacks,
says to-day:
"The public knows now that tie
Zeppelin, choosing its own time and
circumstances for attack, Is prscti-
cally immune against the ordinary
weapons Of aerial warfare. The
only way TO hit the enemy Is to
strike at him as he strikes at US
to bomb his sleeping towns.
People who went to business this
morning amid spectacle OF shat
tered window fronts may be for
given II they wonder how long this
sort Of thing will be allowed TO 60
or without effective measures to
check it. We have a new scheme OF
defence, but it did not defend US.
The plain fact is that, apart from
wind and weather, London has no
adequate protection against Zeppe-
Inns"
Reprisals In Kind Urged.
This and other appeals Of like tenor
are being enthusiastically Endorsed By
responsible leaders OF public opinion.
Lord Willoughby de Broke. speaking at
mass meeting held at the Cannon
Street Hotel, In the financial district Of
the city. said:
ave know that l27 English men and
women have been killed by Zeppel'ns
in England. and every man and woman
in that total cries out for vengeance
to-day. Where is the swarm Of hor-
nets Mr.. Winston Churchill promised
us would be waiting for any hostile
airship! Don't We pay taxes! Don't
we pay salaries to our ministsrsf
Don't we give them peerages and privy
councillorships? I think We have the
right to demand as the essence Of our
citizenship that the country should be
protected"
1--WE have come here TO urge the gov
crnment to take steps to stop the kind
Of thing that happened last night. The
only way to do IL Is to treat them -
they treat US. Otherwise they will con-
tinue In their policy. while we cit still
and suffer and become the laughing
stock Of Europe"
To Stop the Butchery.
William Joynson-Hicks, ". p, was
still more emphatic.
"Let the Kaiser be made to realize"
he said, what it means for his own
people to be subjected, as we have
been subjected, to cold-bloodsd butch
cry in the dead Of night, and there will
be demand from one end OF Germany
10 the other TO stop the butchery In
England in order that they themselves
may be safe.
I'VE must be prepared 20 send two
hundred machines. at the very least.
circling over Cologne. Coblentz and
other German towns, In order that the
Germans may be made TO realize the
destruction they wrought last night
and on other nights in our midst"
Another speaker said there wsrs
naturalized Germans In this country
who claimed that within twsnty-fouF
hours Of the air raids they were In
full possession Of information ~ 20
the extent and location Of the damage
done and had sent IL to America.
Wher a resolution calling for ad-
ministrative action WAS put II was
carried almost unanimously, but some
one in the audience made q remark
that was taken 20 be mo-" with the
instant result that he was pounced
upon as German. As the identity
OF the protestor was doubtful at first,
sort OF ring was drawn around the
area from which the voice came and
eventually one or two men were
forcibly dragged out. They put up
such a stout resistance that the police
had to interfere. and eventually. amid
cries Of German traitor!" and much
kissing. the two men were pummelled
out Of the room. Walking sticks. as
well as fists, played an active part In
the incident, which. for a few mo-
ments. partook Of the nature Of q
free-for-all hght
At . meeting today Of tAsatrisal