Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-10-10

mans have already announced Off
cially that they dropped bombs m the
western part Of the city OF London
and on the London docks" the men
ton Of the localities struck in the
comparatively small area Of the
city" itself, the financial and whole
sale district, can be Of no assistance
to Berlin. Neither can estimates Of
the financial daamge lone help the
k~aiser's air-raiders.
The lowest figure / have heard Of
the loss by explosions and fires in the
city Of London last week Is So, 600, coo,
The highest guess made I'm a rcspOn-
sible quarter is $40, 900, 600. Most OF
this damage was caused by a single
Zeppelin, and the London firemen are
coming in for most hearty congratula-
tons that the destruction was not far
greater. They had some nasty tires
TO deal with, in more than Onc To-
cality. The worst of these "a started
by an incendiary bomb which struck
a great warehouse filled with cotton
goods, Both sides Of an important
street for a distance Of a hundred and
fifty yards were Quilted IS a result
OF this blaze.
Ambassador PAGE and Consul Cen
cral skinner, were faced, after the
raid on the city, with the question
Of whether TO disregard the appeals
OF the government to maintain silence
concerning the localities struck by
bombs. For a building which IS
American soil In the eyes Of i%nterna-
tiOnal law was struck. To be sure,
the damage a. only technical
cracked skylight-but if the lombard
mcnt from the air was itself Illegal
the o~ffense against the Uuited States
remains. Whether the incident was
{ reported to Washington, / do not
know, but 1t was suggested at the
time that it might be passed over,
since there is no way to determine
whether the cracked glass was due to
a fragment Of a German bomb or to
falling British s%hrapnel. The Dutch
suffered more severely, a Dutch gov
eminent building being partially de-
strOyed and official papers blown to
bits.
1t is impossible 20 be specific con-
corning the ZGppelius which did not
reach central London and whose
sphere of operation is defined by the
British official bulletins as the
east coast" because to reveal the To-
c~allties attacked might, though the
chances are a hundred to one it would
not, give information to the Germans.
The Germans, however, are noted ron
''A'lANAIAN NAA'A' iS AAil'ent anu l'
they send Zeppelins to the east coast
those Zeppelins do not roam around
aimlessly in the dark, dropping bombs
at random on fields and cottages ana
sCuttling' back across the North sea,
as the British press tried to make
people believe.
Every Zeppelin that visits the east
coast has a definite objective. The
charts of their courses show that.
They do not always reach the places
they are aiming for, and when they
do their bombs frequently fail TO 40
important damage; but they always
try for dockyards, munition plants, OF
some point Of military Importance.
Much of the damage done in the city
of london was done by bombs prob
ably aimed at a great group Of build
ings whose destruction would have Sc
riously embarrassed for some days
the British conduct of the war, Grip
ping the wire service of the whole
country and throwing the royal mails
into hopeless confusion.
Without mentioning names, places
or dates, 1t may he said that Zeppelins
have successfully attacked a grear
shlpyaTd, causing serious damage, and
have blown up one of the largest mu-
milton factories in England. The loss
Of life and the restriction wrought
by this last exploit, it is reported in
London, was large.
Most horrible Of the Zeppelin TRACE
dies last week was the fate of one
of life and the destruction wrought
don omnihuses. running along one of
the principal streets Of the metropolis
at ten o'clock at night. There were
eleven persons inside, including the
driver and guard. A high explosive
bomb struck the bus and blew IL 90
pieces. Fragments of bodies were
hurled in every direction. and part OF
the roof Of the omnibus was found
next morning on top of a nearby Of
flee building. All the occupants
were killed.
So far as Is known, no high eXplo-
sive bomb which was dropped failed
to explode, and there are consequent
" none on view, but | have seen the
remnants Of one Of the incendiary
contrivances which fell in the city. II
is about two feet high and one foot
thick, shaped like an oil can. The
wire handle by which it was suspended
from the Zeppelin is intact, as is the
iron bottom. Smeared on the latter
is a fused mass of metal, out of which
project parts Of the wires which were
used in igniting the chemicals the
bomb contained.
According to all pre-war psychology
ical formulas, the result Of Zeppe-
lin week should be a terrified popu-
lation, cringing at shadows ana
spending its nights in the cellars.
There was no panic in London, mo-
even while millions of people were
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