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DOHlDS On lIlt SuDufuo VI thiS SlNS
Sunday night.
In a raid Saturday night, however
% were killed, 81 injured and prop
erty damaged to the extent Of S100,-
0OU.
BERLIN, Jan. Silt has been off
cially stated that the raids on Paris
we're in retaliation of the French
raids on Freiburg.
The official communique said that
Paris was a fortified city, while Erie
burg was outside of the war zone and
was not fortified
1t is claimed that the Germans have
repulsed the French counter attacks
made in an effort to regain the posi-
tions lost in Fridays German often
sive.
This dispatch indicates that the
Germans are not renewing their ef-
forts 10 advance.
BERLIN, Jan. 3l-Admiral Won
Holtzendorf, chief Of the admiralty
staff, said England's threatened block
ade of Germany is bluff, ard that
it could not be affected as long as
Germany has her Baltic trade.
The admiral thinks the war win
continue for long time or until the
allies learn that they cannot accom-
plish their purpose of running Ger
many's business thru international in
fluences.
He denied that the English had
sunk or captured so German subma-
rines, and said the number was not
half that.
United Press.
LONDON, Feb. IA squadron OF
20 Zeppelins, some OF them equipped
with iIent motors have been maneu-
ycring in Belgium for several days,
r"eparing for a great raid on London,
according to an Amsterdam report.
The raiders will be accompanied by
dozen new German battle aero
planes to drive off the British de-
fense.
The Times has warned the officers
that such a raid would have serious
results and has pointed out that the
defense of London is imperfect.
The details of last nights raid are
still censored.
LONDON, Feb. 1,-UATER)-
Fifty-four were killed and 81 injured
When six Zeppelins raided four coun-
ties and hundreds OF mills in North
London Monday night.
No names are given, but the dis
tnct contains some of the greatest
manufacturing centers in England.
The property damage is not given
out.
There may be more casualties, as
all the cities have not yet reported.
Excepting one other, this is the
most disasterous raid Of the lS months
since the beginning of the war.
Sixty-eight were killed and wound
ed in one former raid.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. l.
The Turks have halted the Russian
advance up on Erzerum and checked
the British who are trying to relieve
Kut-el-Amara.
Both sides around Erzerum are suf-
fering with the cold.
NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 1.-Instead
of having foundered in the storm or
having been torpedoed off the west
coast of Africa, as the owners had
feared, the British liner Appam, with
l66 passengers and crew of 1874
raced into Norfolk at 5:45 this
morning with German prize crew
of 90 men on board.
The passengers said an unknown
German commerce raider appeared in
the Appmans path on the morning
of January Is, near the Canary is
lands. After some shells were ex-
changed, the armed Germans board
cd the Appam and forced the Brit
ish crew to surrender after n bloody
fight on the decks. The prize crew
then took command.
The raider put many prisoners from
seven other British vessels on board
The raider then disappeared.
The Appam was carrying some Ger
man prisoners from Africa. They
helped the prize crew guard the ship
The vessel eluded the British war
ships and came to Norfolk because
they were sure of decent treatment
here" the commander of the prize
crew said.
The ship was flying the German
flag when it arrived.
1t is reported that the Appam, be
fore entering Norfolk, sank two Brit
ish merchantmen after imprisoninl
their crews.
The identity of the original Ger
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