Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-31
Second Attack Upon Paris
Within Twenty Four
Hours Reported.
DROPS SEVERAL BOMBS
No Damage or Loss of Life
People of the French
Capital Stirred.

Paris, Jan. 81, &c a. m.)-Several
bombs were dropped by the Zeppelin
which flew over the outskirts of Paris
last night, but they produced no such
deadly effect as on the occasion of the
raid of Saturday night. The official
press bureau gave out the following
statement this morning;
"a German dirigible set out in the
direction of Paris. where it arrived
soon after 10 p. m. 1t was bombarded
by our special batteries and attacked
by our aeroplanes. Before returning
northward it dropped a number of
bombs, which, according to the news
received so far, did no damage"
Representatives of the Matin who
visited the scene of the raid say that
no damage was done by the bombs.
| Three of them fell on a piece of waste
ground and three others in field.
A police inspector saw the three
which fell in the field. They were COW
cred with a cotton-like substance
which burst into flames. The inspector
characterized them as incendiary
bombs.
Little was seen of the Zeppelin, on
account of the weather conditions.
! The Matin says that it has received
Information from the postmaster of
one of the places over which the Yep
pelin passed that a number of bombs
were dropped together. The inference
is drawn that the Germans, seeing
themselves threatened by French aero
planes, decided to loose all their
bombs at once.
: The censors allowed foreign CORES
pondents to telegraph whatever details
/ they could obtain but the Paris morn
| ing papers have many blank spaces.
Reprisals are Demanded.
! The press is unanimous in demand
ing reprisals for the two zeppelin raids
on Paris and also calls for greater eff
ficiency in the aerial defenses of the
city
ut is not enough to be indignant at
such tactics, which dishonor war it
self" says the Matin. Public senti-
ment expects something else 1t de-
sires eprisals-immediate and eXem-
plary reprisals."
Stephen Pinchon, former foreign
minister, says in the Petit Journal:
! "The people of Paris will preserve
their calm, but will not spare any per-
sons who may have been guilty,
through negligence, in capacity, or
lack of foresight of not employing that
mastery of the air over the enemy
which the people had been led to be-
lieve France possesses.
Francis Capus, the dramatist, says
in the Figaro:
Paris is entitled to a striking re-
venge in the near future. One cannot
doubt our air service is able to exact
it."
AerOplanes Fight Zeppelins.
! Five French aeroplanes engaged the
Zeppelin which on Saturday night
dropped bombs on Paris, killing and
wounding over two score of persons
according to an authoritative state
ment just issued.
The first to attack the German raid
err was a machine piloted by a ser
geant who was occupied in patrolling
the upper air. He pursued with saw
age energy. the statement says, bu,
soon exhausted all his stock of car
tridges and was obliged to abandon
the pursuit. One of two machines
which were armed with cannon had
however, by this time, managed tc
climb up high enough and opened ar
intense fire on the Zeppelin which
probably was hit, but not seriously
damaged.
The Zeppelin was next picked up by
sub-lieutenant. as it flew over the
suburbs westward. He went up te
within so to 100 yards of the airshiI
and stuck to his quarry with grim de
termination, sometimes flying above
sometimes below and sometimes on &
level, in order to escape the fire from
the Zeppelin's machine guns.
For SO minutes the chase contin
ued, the machine guns being freel,
used on both sides, until finally tn,
aeroplane's engine broke down ant
the sub-lieutenant was Obliged Il
descend.