New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-03
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London, Feb. 2.--The whole nation 's
rallying to-day 70 the policy Of re-
prisals for Zeppelin raids advocated
with great. earnestness BY Sir A. Conan
Doyle and a host Of other publicists.
Sir Arthur's letter is contrasted with
one written by Lord Alverstone few
months before his death. in which the
ex-Lord Chief Justice appealed TO his
countrymen mot 20 employ bsrbsrous
methods of warfare because the Ger
mans followed such methods
This has been ,he policy advocated,
notably by "The Daily Chronicle,
which before the war was a pacifst Of
the pacifsts. Now, however, The
Daily Chronicle declares for tho
Conan Doyle view that reprissls will
be found to be the surest deterrent.
Policy Of Secrecy Dropped.
Henceforth the general public will
not be kept in the dark as to the result
o. Zeppelin attacks. the authorities
having decided that the press can pub
lish all details except such as might be
valuable to the enemy. This departure
from the former regulations follow.
agitation and is in line with the French
policy of letting the whole world know
how fruitless and indefensible these SC
tscks are on a civilian population.
To neutral correspondents the sur
prising point is the delay in arriving at
this decision, which is bound to blscSen
Germany even more than she IL at
present.
To-day the announcement was made
Of an offer Of $4,000 to the pilot who
brings down the first Zeppelin.
II would be interesting 10 know how
Count Won Reventlow. who advised
Londoners 20 leave their fortified
city If they didn't care 10 risk military
attack. will justify the murder OF a
helpless family IN a small town utterly
Without defence, as was the case on
Monday. There can be no defence IN
this case that the raider was aiming
q, a dock or a muniton plant or other
military establishment. II Germany
rleads reprisals. its Ieppelns have ac-
counted for some hundreds of British
dead and injured. and there - no rec
ord here that she claims any such
rumber Of Germans nave been muir
dered by the Allies.
Fighting Power Unwcakencd.
The Daily Telegraph" says:
"As iIghting nation Ne are no
weaker than we we're before the Ger
mans set out on their voyage across
the North Sea But we are more de-
,ermined We cannot forget or for
give the suffering and sorrow which
have been spread far and wide"
THE Westminster Gazette" says:
"The next visitation may take any OF
US and leave US and our families
mangled corpses under the ruins of our
own houses But IN all the months
these things have been going on the
Zeppelins between them have not
killed one-fourth the number who
were drowned on the Lusitania. or "a
many as would be carried off By COM
paratively mild epidemics in a mod
crate sized town.
Assuming that the Ieppelins come
in the largest number ever suggested
and that they kill thousand, two
thousand or three thousand people. the
additional risk 10 our daily life VIII
he inconsidersble and very little
greater than was added TO walking
abroad in the streets when motors
were hrst introduced
A Studied Air of Mystery.
"The Times saws;
Each new raid discloses some weak
ness in our preparations. We suggest
in the light of Monday nights eNpetii,
ences. that the government might well
revise its methods Of dealing with rail-
way traffic IN case of Zeppelin alarm
some dislocation Of traffic is inevita-
Bile. but necessary steps ought 70 ne
taken with the least possible neon
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