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FRENCH A FAIL.
berlin Also says British Trenches
Were Taken and Held.

BERLIN, via London. April 2~7.--French
infantry attacks. accompanied by artil-
icry fire and hand grenade assaults. made
last night on the west bank Of the Meuse
IN tho region Of Verdun were repulsed.
Herman patrols made successful in
cursions between Nailly and Craonne.
north Of the Aisne. and northeast OF
Armcntiercs. in Flanders. A British
hand grenade attack south OF ST. Eloi
was checked by the German artillery and
in the sector OF Givenchy-cn-Goheilc-
Ncu>illc-St. Vast n section of British
trenches was occupied and held agains.
a counter attack.
Southwest Of Ypres We subjected the
English positions to "A heavy FIRE. the
good effect Of which was noticed later
by our patrols, South of 81. Eloi a
strong enemy hand grenade attack
ended In failure because Of our Are.
In the Observation-Disclosures
ville-St. Vast sector w successfully
exploded numerous mines. and in a
hand grenade attack near Givenchy We
wrested from the enemy a portion Of
one OF his trcnchcs and rcpulsed tho
counter attack.
English attacks north y. tire Sommc
were fruitlsss.
ia the Meusc region orly on the
left bank Of the river were there n
f1ntry attacks. These were accom-
panied by heavy artillery ducls n
were preceded by hand grenade at
tack. by French detachments. All
were repulsed.
At variou places on the front Ger
man patrols made hostile incursions.
Tho~e IN the region northeast OF Ar
mentiercs and between Nailly and Cra-
onne were successful.
An enemy machine WAS brought
down near Souchcz and another south
Of Tahurc. Both were shot down by
~anti-sircraft guns. A third machine
was shot down south OF Parroy.
Numerous bombs we're freely
dropped by a German air squadron on
the railway lines in Noblct'e valley.
hOnih of Suinnea.
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M separate BulEsr-Rritish Peace.

IoSpoS. April cT.-In response TO a
question Lord Roher, Cecil, Minister OF
blockade, stated in the House of Com
mons to-day that Great Britain was
not carrying on m semi-oNic.al nego-
tiatlons with Bulgaria. The Minister
reminded the House that any such ne
gotiations were forbidden by the shirt
of the agreement Of the Allies concern
Ing "A separate peace.
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GERMANS ATTACK ON
BRITISH FRONT NOW
Great Activity Is Regarded as
Prelude TO Fighting Like
That at Vcrdun.
IRISH CLEAR TRENCHES


LONDON, April ?7.--Grcat German ac.
tivity In which infantry. artillery. mine
detachments and nviators took part has
marked tho past twenty-four hours all
along the British front IN Flanders aud
northern France.
For some time reports have been cur
rcnt of extensive German preparations
behind this front. VT tho massing Of
troops and tho %. I'nuldtipn Of stores NJ
munitions, and many have looked for an
offensive against somo Part OF the Brit
.sh line comparable III violence and num-
bers of men engaged with tho attempt
90 take Nerdun. So great was the Ger
man activity last night, and to-day that
II gives ground for IL" belief tina, u IL
tho beginning q such an attack and that
the centre &C.. operations on tho western
from, l. now to swing from Nerdun to
the British front 10 the northwest.
The sectors against which the Germans
made moves, either with infantry or with
artillery. or both. last night and to-day
range from Carney. 1t Boisse,le and
~fiehuterne. south Of Arras. IN the part
~ the limo rercutlv taken over by the
British from tho French. north TO the
region OF vpres. whore there was heavy
|il'A wv hhtNA w ""A' -
the southwest OF Yprcs.
The British official statement. issued
to-day. says:
Last night n successful raid was
carried out near Carney tsoutheast OF
hlter). The raiding party rushed
the trenches after fierce hand to hand
fighting and drove the remaining Ger
mans into their duSouts. where they
~ere bombed. our casualties were
eight wounded. all brought In. The
German loss was considerable.
To-day there was hostile artillery
activity about La Boissclle and He
buterne.
Last night the enemy exploded a
mine southeast Of Neuville.St. Vast.
To-day hostile artillery VAS active
about Neutrality-suspicious. and Melville
-. Naast.
Yesterday the enenv carried out n
heavy tonbafdinent nj our trenches
east NJ Arnentieres and abou Ere
linchier. To tho south ~ this sector
the enemy entered our TRENCHES under
cover 81 bomha rdinent. hut was i'm
rediatelv driven out by n counter Mt
tack. Last night after "A heavy bonn
bardmcnt. follow ed 10y the explosion OF
ii mine. the enemy attacked our
trenches At I'M 20 and was repulsed.
NJ mo same Time the enemy gained
Il footing IN one Of our saphcads north
81 Hi CO. hut was driven out by
ho'nbers. our trenches west of lille
beke and northeast 81 I'M co and also
battery positions in the rear were
heavily shelled from G + ~. TO mid
night. ~ attack at -. Eloi was re-
pulsed. To-day hostile artillery was
active against cur trenches southwest
81 -. Eliot
Last night thc enemy gained ~ foot
Wg IN one ~ our cra'crS IN the U0hen-
zollern sector. He was driven out I'M
inHdiatelv. The enemy spraiIc mines
southeast "f Souchok. northeast ~
f"un,o 'rassi"r, northeast of Nor-
meNrS aud "'S' ~ iiu.iurh We
sprhrE a niuo In tho NHi'uch sector.
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Afr Raid At Dnnamuno-

lrnliN. Via London, .Aprl '~nv
headquarters ISSUED the follow = >'t's-
ment to-day regarding operate. !u ''
east
The situation Is unchauG'i D~r ~
our airships dropped hpl.. o.
railway dcpots A. punau"uHGN 90 ''
mouth of tho pwinSk kl>r,
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u. =. Stcinmnn Dies In Hos
pitaI.

TUXLpo PARN, y. v. April 27.-Word
WAS received here to-day Of the death
at tho from, of Capt. BERNARD =. Stein
man OF the First Kent Regiment OF
England in the Rcd Cross hospital al
Roucu. Capt. Stelnman's wife and ono
daughter survive.
Capt. S%tcinnan had u large estate at
Morcton Murrell. WarWirkshirc, Eng
land, Mrs, Stclnman was Mary III
drcth Camnrack, widow of Addison Cam
mack Of New YORK..
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WOODS GUEST OF EAST SIDE
Miss Hamilton. Ills I%ianccc, and
Tier Mother Also Present

Cuisines and professional ',N .
East Side raVc a iinuc" q. l''. ."
m'ss'oncr Arthur Woo'- i.-. '-'
CLINTON HAIL. l1l CLINTON .."..
Helen Morslu Hamilton. go. ....
Of tho late j. I'"rpo'' N.'-
Woods's iiancc", sat ou 49, ,.
William ricrson lIa9Hl'.7. 1.
WIS also pr,Sr.'
MunlCtpal Judge N,~1' O..
t~oastmastcr. others ~ o..
table were "~N-tnuGro. W.. ..,.
Miss Sophie Irene Loch. g.,
Il. cohen. Miss Lillian = NHl
orcr solomon G~old.rhratf CO..
Sui,hlu.
y loving cup was pi,s, .f,f '.
missioner Moods. lie said e.. ''
the rNscnt not only ',r
for the men If the Irn,.. f,'' "..
stood Ay him IN ms 'tui'r r
last side OF erin, and 'rr
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BRITISH HOLD UP RYE CARGO
Norwegian ship Bound for Den.
mark Detained At kirkWall,

COPENHAGEN, April 27-According 10
tho Social Dcmokratcn, a Norwegian
steamship loaded with 80 O0 bushcl. OF
rye for the Danish Government has been
held mt Kirkwali by the British authori-
ties OF the ground that the steamship
was bought from Dutch owners with
German money.
The paper expresses the hope that = Q
british will not continue TO drttiu the
rye, ~ the Danish Government hls
guaranteed taat it will not be sold cut
side Of Denmark.
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lr,-h then. Fort, miles FROM the eta"
there were thou-tui- ~ ~rtydlrH and
infantry rrgliuerts, more than ever had
been IN ireland before. and hc believed
that they would make short worl. Of
any serious iu-urrsctiou.
lie declared that the ytsi mtj"r.',
II the Irish were loyal amt that the 80
rruttiug had been good recently.
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THINKS MAJORITY LOYAL
ia>sirS officer says Most Irtshmcu
Side WIN Enginnd.

A. lrt.h 'aNd ~ oti,vr who was a
l.rF"Hs'r 10y -" 'uuaId.r prIuHa, ~
i'.t ujsui r."rn liverpool, SAID he wac IA
bub'ln tH.lic dd,H aso and tha there
seemed to be no disaffecuon amoag The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-28
COL. COVENTRY A PRISONER.
Husband Of Former Miss white
house Taken Captive In I;syrt.

LONDON, April 27.-LThs Earl Of Co.
ventry received a cablegram to-day mo-
flying him that his second son. Col. the
Hon. Charles John Coventry. command
ing tho Worcestershire Yeomanry In
Egypt. has been tfken prisoner.
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col. Coventry married Miss Lily
Whitohouse. daughter of tho late Fi,z
Hug Whitehnusc of Newport, II. I. lie
served in tho Bechuanaland police force.
took part in the Jameson raid n served
in the Matabeleland campaign in 1898
and with the West African frontier force
in Nigeria In 1sos-1so?.
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vIsC0UNT QUENNGToN KILLED
Eldest Son OF Earl -. AIdwyn 4,
War Victim.

LONDON. April 27.--viscourt Quening-
ton. the eldest son Of Earl 81. Aldwyn,
former Chancellor Of the Exchequer. has
been killed In action. Niscount Qucn'ng-
ton was "A Lieutenant.
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Lord Q~ucnington was born IN 1877 and
was educated at fton and Christ Church,
oxford. lie served IN tho army during
the Boer war. When his father was
Chancellor Of the Exchequcr he acted az
private secretary. Lord ouen-
!ng.on was a Member OF Parliament from
gloucester. III 1909 he married Mar
Jorie. the daughter % II. Dent Brockle-
hurst Of Sudcley Castle. Gloucester.
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to reach our position to tho cast OF
LIE MesniI.
On the rest of the front there was
no event Of Importance to report be-
You'd tho usual cannonading.
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Doctors Oppose Trip.

"DN. Thompson and KobertsDr.
ships piSsicidrs. strongly advise! it'
no members of the commission =,
ashore. The dilemma was ;rari
planned To members 90 tho l., .ta
Cabinet, who had come o!i board ~
realized TIA ""ANarduc-S Of tlr
TON. but recognized tire necessity o.
ac.ort.n- the aGy''o 81 tie ship doe
tors.
"Notw ~ths,andtng this. wen,
myself and arrived In Lima about 70
A. NJ. where ! was cordially -.
by the President, 7 explained q.
tno unfortunate development.
prevented u commission from ru
ashore and carrying out tho pli.
generously arranged for Us. 20.
t" the ship a. $50 +. NJ accom- g. .I
from Lima 20 Cal!ao by the o..
Minister Of Finance and o'hcl fi. ..
cisl>.
Witt" every one ~as d!strcssej hy' p
matter, al recognized ma - v.
d~N"Idahl". Great c~urdla'itv Wa, .t.
Tested by Peruvian officials and -,c-
one else. The ships physicians 'rs .e-
that u would be highly uHwl.c '- ".
commission to go ashore"
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BRITISH e BOAT SUNK.
Cruiser Also T~orpedoed, Presum.
ably while Chasing Germans,

LONDON. April 27.--The announcement
by the German Admiralty OF tho sink
ing 81 tho British submarine E-2:. re.
ceivcd here to-day. was confirmed by the
British Admiralty.
The German announcement follows:
German naval forces OH April IS
sank the British submarine Fee. The
Germans rescued and captured two
men. A German submarine on tho
Same day hit with a torpedo a British
cruiser Of the .Arethuss class.
The sinking Of the submarine and the
,orrcdoing OF the cruser probably took
place during the running night after a
German cruiser squadron had ~bolnbarded
Lowestot on Tuesday morning.
Tho light cruisers Of the Arethusa
class, originally eight IN number. dis
place $500 tons and were built IN 1914
md 1915. Their complement IL about
800 officers and men.
The Arcthusa was INC vessel which
,orpeloed the German cruiser Bluccher
curing a North Sea- fght. The British
cruiser herself was SUM last February
ty a MIN an the east coast of England,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-28
TELLS HOW BRITISH PUT
GERMAN SHIPS TO FLIGHT
Eyewitness Describes Swift Raid of Squadron on Loves
toft and Rapid Retreat After Violent lombard
ment Which Caused Four Deaths.

peared. tho sound Of the firing growing
fainter and fainter"
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Of casualties lie said. but this Is the
only point mentioned by him ss having
been rctaken by tho Governments
troops.
The rebels. perc,icd upon the roofs Of
buildings, nred upon Government troops
returning from the barracks. "Ycster-
day CTucsdaD they still occupied GER
tain buildings and houses In Sack,illc
and other streets" Lord Transformers
statement said in conclusion. lie re-
peated chief Secretary Eirrclls state
mcnt that the situation is undoubtedly
we'll in hand
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BEnilN, via London, Aprtl @7.--Gcr-
m"I %olir,al9 'r', Ilcriiu Yesterday for
N'"ul', "i'"r" they viii discuss Goo.
nonIir and political questions with the
Austro-Hungariau Government
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Conditions Getting pct,er,

The Peruvian viewpoint IS that "a.
tary conditions at Callao are improving
and that Secretary McAdoo ana 10
party voluntarily asreed n visl, LIMA
and therefore were ~discour,eous in sum
mar!ly cancell!ng their visit, In d man.
ner which has aroused comment det-
mental to Peru throughout tho cor
tinent.
Capt. Beach refused 70 permit. s-v
Of the Tcnnessee's crew TO GO ashore a.,
Callao, hut did NOT make any fcn.o..
of In" members az the MrAduo t.rtv en-
refrain from carrying out their ire.
arranged programme.
Secretary McAdoo explains tho lr-
dent IN the following wireless message
received at the Treasury Department
n leaving Valparaiso, Gen. Goo,h1s
telesraphed the Captain Of the Tonressts
thai the Panama canal Zone wa ql,r.
antired against tallao. Peru " 10
tcrnnined. however. to spend thi-Iy-,Is
hours in Peru. supposing the oulrun,tro
OF tho canal one was due s,innfv 10
general regulations. but upon arrival a.
callao on Apr, 20 health oH!c. r. Il ,ns
port reported Ia the ship's doctor the
presence OF several cas,s oi hlNo,,-
plague. Whereupon the captain o. fe
ship. as required by naval r~egu.aror,
forbade any officers or men ~ e. a,,o-.
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DANISH BARK HITS NINE: SUNK
Norwegian ship Blown Ip-Botb
Crews saved.

Lo"roH, April 21-The Danish bark
Johanna struck II mine IN tho North Sea
and sank. II Wa announced here to-
night. The captain was drowned. The
crew was saved.
III" Norwegian steamer S%trurn.as has
been blown up. The crew was saved.
The .Iohannc WAS a Danish bark OF
:0S tons. Can't. Jorgcus-u l. nance In
marine records As her master. Sh. was
last reported Sai.ing from Lisbon. March
20, for kochefort shipping records do
not contain the name ~ tho S,romncas
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-28
Attacks III Cabinet.

The House was startled at the Prime
Ministers statements and ~ he ad-
mitted that the situation is serious and
the revolt Is spreading murinurs of su'.
prise became audible. Some Of the mem.
bcrs took repeated occasion to express
their astor,shinont over the fact that
all the things reported by Mr.. Asquith
should have come 10 pass after the chief
Secretary for Ireland had IN
the House two days ago that the Cow
had the situation well In
hand"
Others developed this line Of argyll
mcnt further aud soon u series ~ bitter
attacks were voiced against the Govern
ment. While the central authorities "
London were accused of lack of fore
sight and objectionable appropriateness
TO meet such u serious state 81 affairs
the Irish authorities were assaulted with
even greater spirit and insinultions were
made that they had been tacitly con-
niving with the rebels.
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LOST AVIATOR U
British Filler Picked tn by Iuuxrr
After Floating 80 Hours,

AMSTERDAM. via London, April c7.-A
lueger brought TO Schevcningen to-day
the British aviator Bearc and his aero
plane. "" was found BY the lucger
miles from the coast and had
been Heating in the sea for thirty hours.
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MADOO DIDN'T FLEE
PLAGUE, He INSISTS
Bravcd Disease to Pay Respect
to Peru President, but
Didn't SHy Long.
OTHERS STUCK TO SHIP

WASHINGTON. April 27.--An on,ial -
port explaining why Secretary ~ ~.
Treasury McAdoo and his party refused
TO accept the hospitality OF the rorpyi,
nation has been received al the state
Department from Capt. Edward
Beach. commanding the CGitcd static
cruiser Tennessee.
II states that there were six cases n.
bubonic Iiague at Lima n Callao. a,I
explains that Mr.. McAdoo did actual,
make the trip TO Lima from Callao. by.
that his hurried departure. made ~ -.
sary by tho presence 81 N, ,'tcl1
for Foreign Affairs.
II appears that the Peruvian ofYcia,,
resented the action which they though,
would reflect on tho sanitary couGi,o.,
of the country. Incidentally. o,ic,l' q.
tho state Department now recall tH,,
there have been several iurid,r.. 20
the past where the Peruvian Go,,r,m..,
has objected to statements made pub
by tho American State Department rsF.
ing attention to sanitary conditions, a,
tallao.
Representations which tho ''.ut,
States previously has made "a, 'r,s-y,
concerning the prevalence Of p'acrc
Callao have generally mot viii .-
reception In Peru. The mater IIe i,s.
a Nexing problem couceriiuE tu. pol
ions Of the two Governments. C-.e
Guently officials arc not eurYriseI ,h.,
Secretary McAdoo's abrup, fers-,r.,
has made a very unfortuna.. irn;- c,
sion.
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Promises Searching INJURY.

The enthusiasm II comparative har-
m0ny provoked hv the frank declara-
lions from the lips OF he two Irish
'feudists' gradually subsidized and the
criticism Of tho Government Was re-
sumed. Finally Sir Henry palZiel.
Liberal member from kirkc,ldy Burghs.
requested that tho House Of Commons
Gt on Monday to discuss the situation
In Ireland, ilvWicr Asquith having pre-
viously met pertinent questions by say
ing he did not deem " advisable 10
debate the situation while the con'lagra-
ton is raging
To Sir lIenry'i request the Prime Min
lister replied.
The first and paramount duty 81 the
Government is To restore order and 10
stamp out rebellion with all possible
vigor and prcuprltude. That We are do
ms,
Behind mat there Is undoubtedly AN
obligation which rests upon the Govern
nent OF making a searching iu'eStiga-
ton into the causes Of and the RESPONSE
bility for these events. Thai obligation
We fully recognize and intend to dis
charge"
One Of tho chief subjects Of d~,ssstis-
faction expressed ny members Of Par
lament as well A. by the newspapers is
the strict military censorship and the
consequent lack of information as t. the
developments IN ireland, Both M. Red
mond and Sir Edward 'trsoL stated IN
the Commons thi- afternoon that c"nsid-
cradle disquietude IL he1ng aroused
among tn. people because they are UNI
able to get news from relatives in Ire
land.
Premier Asquith replied that he hoped
communication with the rebellion torn
districts would be restored to-day or
MANHATTAN, ~ IL added that all nnSSihlp
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Charges of neglect or the part or the
authorities In ireland werc met by the
Premier with this statement:
"The failure Of the Ireland executive
70 take action Is not due 10 any decision
Of the Cabinet"
BY some his was interpreted a. an
effort TO shift the blame to Baron VIM
borne, Lord Lieutenant 81 Ireland. In
cidentally, the IuslSt.ut reports that
Lord Wimboric had been captured by
the rebels aud was being held as hostage
Tor Sir Roger Easement were enphat-
ically denied here to-day, The Foreign
Office has received no report OF the cap
ture of Any high officials in Ireland
Yesterdays session Of the House OF
Commons was marked by attacks on the
Government similar to those made to-
day. The censor did not permit mes
sages giving AN account Of the session
to be filed for the cable until this after
noon. although they were ready for
transmission late yesterday,
Eiscount Middleton too the lead in
yesterdays debate. lie desired to know
what the Government meant by the
statement made Tuesday that the situa-
ton was well In hand" At the very
moment that assurance was given, he
asserted. not only We're the rebels in
possession OF a lumber Of important
parts Of Dublin, but not even an attempt
had been nae 20 dislodge them. The
whole situation, he said, pointed to gross
neglect on the Governments part in
falling to heed the repeated warnings OF
Sim Fem activities,
For some months, Lord Middleton as
serted. the Sim Fciuers had been drilled
constantly, were In possession OF eN-
plosives in considerable quantities. and
were well provided with money,
All these things, he charged, were
known to the Government, frequent and
urgent reports having been made by in
huential persons.
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closed In despite Fire.

Every moment We expected 10 re"
our ships blown out Of the water said
ne of the watchers. our conparatiN "ly
small vessels were seeking tn get at close
quarters TO the German giants and a per
feet storm OF shells screamed across the
water toward them. hut whoever com
manded our ships had great courage.
THE German shells were falling all
around our craf'. hut they did not reply
unti, wc,l within range. Then time u
tim again thy hit the German monsters.
one, ", saw 4 volume Il flame leap
from a funnel OF one OF TN" great war
ships. Another suddenly staggered, but
In "A second r,ehted Itself, though We
could see steam and smoke coming FROM
unusual places,
"'Our ships We hit they could
hardly ESCAPE. 80 IT,. KY did tho Ger
mans plaster the waters with shells
The sea was 80 churu.d by the fis'
moving ship and the exploding shells
tina, IL looked IKE foam SuddrnIy -
saw a seaplann coming from the uo"th a
a terrific rate. Whatever message" II
nrouCh, the Germans turned tat y
made If AZ high speed &" tho northeast,
A. they Ned one Of the giants seemed
H.. trouble. our des'royers shot after
them and worried them as they d'sap-
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A sensational charge was made nv
Lord Middleton in yesterday Parliament
session when II" declared that Baron
Winhornc went To Brlftst ON Monday
and that , large number 81 officers had
heen allowed "u ihni dav to attend n
race meeting ~ tie u"is uhOrhuOi Il
Dublin Some If ther" officers. he t.
serted. wrr" ,"'Icd by IA" rebels when
they returned 10 the cl'y.
81 am uurh'r To- rnurcl,C any ,ioy,
ernmeut 80 blind aH y" permit surh :
state Of things 10 continue" said Lo Il
Middleton
Tier N'r" numerous iudiratiou4 la
uh"n''l"l new d"~pttrl,s to-day U.a,
thc 70 volt had h.,u tugtfuIi, manned
Tor '"is''r sunday, ia" i"h"i. rnuuimg
on IN" rhro''"" 81 uI,ny nvuhrra of tho
Ax''Id spending trc holiday out of town,
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specid, Cable D,spofch 10 THs scs,

LONDON. April c7~.-Aithough only
four persons were killed In the German
bornba rdncnt OF Lowestoft and Var.
mouth. The attack was OF "A most violent
character. and II is thought that many
casualties would have resulted had not
the British naval forces appeared.
The people OF Lowcstoft were
awakened at 4 A. NJ. by the sound OF u
big gun. and before they could realize
what was happening. German shells
were crashing into the houses Of tho
town.
A hroadsidc OF four guns did most ~
the damage. INC shell burst ON the
roof Of "a cottage, blowing 1t TO frag-
men,s and killing "a man. his wife and
their child, who were sleeping.
Another shell hit y house spuarely
and split It in half, killing one man.
For fifteen minutes. the German guns
rVsfcd. while the inhabitants hurried
into tn streets or down into tire Gel
lars.
At Yarmouth. where by some queer
chance no one al either killed or III
jured, a large number of fishing build.
ings in the south end were destroyed by
shells or set on lire. Many other build
ings We're struck by fragments OF Ger
man shells.