The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-03

question, why can't the governmenl
prevent the Zeppelins getting here!
"In this connection, it is interest
ing to note that in reply given to
question in parliament by Mr.. AS
quith as to whether adequate step:
had been taken for the protection O.
Westminster Abbey and other ma
tional monuments, Mr.. Asquith said
1T is hoped that the service preside
! over by Sir Percy Scott will deal ef
! fectiyely with any further attempts a
the destruction Of property. This
was a reply, and presumably; wa:
/ written before Wednesday night:
raid. In any case, the premier's con
fdence when / left London did no'
seem to be shared by the general pub
lie.
"Sir Percy Scott, it appears, was IL
| Paris on the night Of the raid, or al
any rate was net in London. de nae
gone over to Paris some days before
presumably to study the methods b!
which the French have kept the Zep'
pelins off their capital.
| Here is certain proof that the au'
thorities were aware Of the impend'
ing raid about s o'clock, for trains
coming up TO London from the coun'
try on the Great Eastern were stop
ped shortly after s o'clock, and few
minutes after 9 o'clock Liverpool
Street Station, which is the London
terminus Of the Great Eastern, was
closed to the public, and notice given
that all trains out were suspended
In some cases travellers who were
due in London between 9 and ~
o'clock did not reach there until :
and 3 in the morning. having had TO
wait for hours in the darkness al
local stations
Thomas Evarts Adams, who went
to London in connection with con-
tract to supply motor trucks to the
war department, said that a high Of
fetal in the admiralty told him 900
persons were killed in the last Zep-
pelin raid. Other friends in the gov
ernment service, Mr.. Adams SAID,
placed the figures between 2OO ana
800.
An American civil engineer, who
was a passenger on the st. Paul and
friend of Mr.. Adams, said ne was
in the Gaiety Theatre on the night OF
the raid, but did not wish to have his
name used because he intended to re-
turn to London next Saturday.
q was sitting in the orchestra
stalls" he said. watching the per
formance of 'To-night's the Night,
about S.15 o'clock, when ! heard four
explosions, which shook the building
and blew out every window IN the
place. The glass fell in showers on
the floor and the sashes were blown
into the theatre, with q. shower OF
small stones and dust. There was nc
panic among the audience.
"The first act was nearly over anu
the chorus girls were changing then
costumes for the opening OF the Sec
ond act when the Zeppellns came
along. AS the stage and dressing
rooms look out on to Wellington
Street. they got the full bene1t OF the
explosions and saw column OF flaMe
shoot up into the air high as theT
windows when big gas nam was
struck by bomb. The girls were so
scared that they ran out OF the staSs
door in very light attire, indeed aHe
when I reached the spot they We're
attracting more attention than the
Zeppelins. , :,
An the windows were broken IN
the Lyceum Theatre, opposite, ana II
the Morning Post building, when
at Wellington Street and the Strand
THE hole made in the roadway