Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-01

lit IL exactly > weeks since the
last great Zeppelin raid on the
eastern counties and the London
district. which resulted In the death
Of - persons and In ia others be-
ing injured. Since september
there have been Zeppelin raids
an the east coast. but although
bombs were dropped, no casualties
were reported"
After an absence of more than 10
weeks, most of that time being spent
i'm London, J. Il. Druiff son-in law OF
Sir Alfred Mosley, English capitalist
and philanthropist, and Mrs. Druiff, re-
turned to El Centre this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Druiff left El Centre.
August 10, and early in September saw
the first Zeppelin raid in London, in
which 3S persons lost their lives.
Il was out of London on Today
visit and so missed the experience"
Mr.. Druiff said this morning.
The Zeppelins generally leave their
stations at dusk and reach London
some time between IL and midnight,
SO that the raids are generally expect
ed at that time.
THE nearest we came in contact
with the workings of "A German air
craft was at the time Zeppelin raid
ed the eastern counties and sailed over
the house in which we were staying.
"The second raid occurred on the
evening we left London in the Baltic,
of the White star line for America
and persons were killed and "a in
jured.
when we left London neither the
hour of departure nor the course which
the ship was to pursue was announced.
This was done so that German agents
might not know which way to look for
the vessel.
The Baltic is one of the fastest as
we'll as the largest vessels of the White
Star line and the fact that she comes
back heavily laden with munitions
makes her "A prize which the Germans
are very anxious to capture.
"Our return trip was without mis-
hap. The ship pursued northerly
course and after the second day out
there was comparatively little fear of
submarines.
"Our trip over began the second day
after the sinking of the Arabic and
although we left ON an American boat
at least 20 passengers who were 10
have gone on the same boat cancelled
their bookings through fear of subma-
rines. We did pass one submarine,
couple of days before we reached Eng
land-the same one, think, which
sunk the Hesperian-but it did not of
fer to modest the ship. The greatest
danger from submarines lies within
several days sailing distance from the
coast of England, where the subma-
rine craft are patrolling.
What is the attitude of London to-
ward the war? They feel optimistic,
of course and although they are look
ing forward to IA long fight, they know
there can only be one ultimate outcome
Of the WARRIOR the Allies to win.
"All the factories are busy manufae-
turing munitions and supplies, and
every other line of business
with the exception of commercial lines
which might be termed juXuries are
doing an excellent business. OF course
there is little jewelry being sold and
other establishments of that sort are
not doing much business, but every
other line Is doing a greater business
than before the war.
"All the passengers who are going
to England in American vessels are
bound on business and there Is prac-
tically no tourist traffic. The eastern
part of the United States is doing a
ma aximum business and, with traffic
which ordinarily goes to Europe di-
verted, the Pacific coast is naturally
going to feel the effects of the pros
perity
Il; may not be at once. because peo-
pie in the East are too busy making
money, but next summer or possibly
next winter there are going to be
lot of eastern tourists on the Pacific
coast.
"Do I think the war is going to last
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