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be construed VS. including the city of Man
chester. By direction of the naval aud mill
tnrv authorities, the London police to-day
ordered discontipuance of chimes and the
striking of hours by public clocks, between
sunset and sunrise as a precautionary meH-
sure.
Paris. Feby. 1st-The Rome correapon-
dent of the journal reports that General
Becir and another Montenegro General
have been assassinated by patriots in Mon
tenegro, who opposed the capltulatlon to
Austria. General Becir had been entrusted
by a Provisional Government i'll Montenegro
with negotiations for cNpitulation. Accord
ing to q statement issued by Overseas News
Agency of Berlin on January 28th General
Becir and Major LooMpar as delegates Tor
the Montenegrin Government signed agree
ments at Cettinje on January 10Th with the
Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant, Field Marshal
Won Hooner, and Major Schupplch Tor the
practical surrender of the MontenegrinArmy.
London, Feby. 1st-A squadron OF 70
Zeppelins, some of them equipped With the
new silent motors, has been mar oeuVrlng over
Belgium for several days, preparing for a
great 'air drive" on London, according to
Amsterdam dispatches to-day. The RAID
upon the eastern, northeastern and midland
Counties of England made on Monday night,
was only preliminary to q great attack from
the sky. It is believed here six or seven
d1rigibles, the largest feet that ever particl-
pated in All air bombardment, visited the
English Counties, but the Press Bureau thus
far has given out no detailed statement of
the casualties, but merely reported q number
of bombs had been dropped. A dozen Ger
man aviators have been observed III me
manoeuvres with the Zeppelin squadron over
Belgium, Amsterdam reports. The type OF
aeropIane was not made out by travellers
arriving in Holland. They reported that
Belgians were being conducted from the
country where the manoHvres are gong on.
Lo don, Febry. 1st-Fifty-four persons
were killed and 81 injured in last nights
Zeppelin raid. Tie figures in regard to the
casualties were contained in an official state
ment issued here this afternoon. The text
Of the official statement follows: An air raid
last night was attempted on an extensive
scale. 1t appears that the raiders were ham
pered by a thick mist. After crossing the
const, the Zeppelins steered various courses
and dropped bombs at several towns and
in rural districts in Derbyshire, Lelces-
tershire, Lincolnshire and Statfordshlre.
Some damage to property was caused. No
accurate reports were received until a very
late hour. The casualties notified up to the
time of issuing this statement amount to %
persons killed and 81 injured.
New Port News, Va, Feby. 1st-The Bril-
fish South and African liner "Appam",
given up for lost, was brought into
Hampton Roads this morning flying
the German man-of-war fug with a
German prize crew of % men, commanded
by Lieut.. Berg. She was captured at sea
on Jauy. 18th, four days after she left Da-
kar, French West Africa. The "Appam"
brought her original passengers and 1877
persons said to have been taken from other
vessels by the Germans. Four injured pas
sengers on board are said to have been taken
from an English ship from Australia. About
425 persons including passengers and crew
are aboard the ship. While Lieut.. Berg
came ashore to pay his respects to Col. Haynes,
Commandant at Fortress Monroe, quarantine
officers boarded the ship. Meanwhile no one
was permitted to come ashore. 1t is report
ed that the "Appam' was carrying 200 Ger
man prisoners of war taken in the southwest
African fighting. Until the boarding officers
have been interviewed it will not be known
whether these prisoners took the ship, or
whether she was taken by a submarine. A
special despatch received in New York from
Liverpool last night gave the number of
German prisoners on board the 'Appam" as