The sun., 1916-09-24
GERMANS JUBILANT
OYER LONDON RAIDS
"England Powcrlcss Against
Zeppelins and L Boats
Says Paper.
DEMAND f ATTACK,
'LOkalanzcigcr' Describes Tor.
ror and Want in British
Capital.
Special Corvespo-' nee 10 Til. st,

Special Correspor' nee 10 Til. Sk
LONDON, Sept. ln.-Rcnewals of III.
Zeppelin raids on London are hcraldcd
by tho Germans az one Of the creates,
achievements in the war and the German
press Is unanimous in demanding con.
tinued activity against tho capital q.
Great Britain. In this respec. III.
krcu-settunD says:
The third war year has been apnr,.
priately ushered In by the Germans hy
greetings or Iron and fire show,rcd e.,
the towns OF eastern England, and aboy.
all. on London. Thus We must c~orf,nu.
In close association with our l. boat.
as often as the weather conditions ro,.
NIT Tor thus we strike our implacat,s
Zoe In his most vulnerable part.
Against our Zeppellns and l. boat.
England Is absolutely powcrIcss. Tha
German giant birds jeer In their airy
un~assailability at tho English an,i.air.
craft guns. Nothing on earth ia AMI.
10 prevent them from hurting the ,hur.
der OF their devastating FIRE on the ul,...
where the implements OF death arc be.
Ing made to destroy our soldiers.
"England's Inhabitants may no longer
be allowed to lay down their caro- fIl,d
heads on their pillows. Nigh, sf,.r
night the dread whirrlng Of the wings q,
our Zeppelins must cause them 10 star,
up from their dreams with tie c,,d
sweat Of the agony of death pea,lins
on their treacherous faces.
This must continue until either their
coast towns are laid in ruins or ,hcv
express their readiness for an honorable
German peace. Such must. hcncefor,h
be the war against England"
Devastation by Airahips.
Every zeppelin raid on London IS ,ol.
lowed by glowing accounts of the dev,s.
tation wrought by the airshi,s. The
Leipzig Noueste Nachrichten prints the
following on this subject.
"On a few nights in succession ,Ns
English were left in peace by Zeppelin.
steel gray airships. but very few n,
them. we should think, enjoyed tho t!ee.
ing OF carefree slumbcrs. Tho tor.
turing fear OF fresh raids must have
followed them IN their dreams.
Amid shudder.ng tcrrurs they mus,
nave awakened many and many a night
when 'heir heated Imagination PLAYED
them It's grim TRICKS. We gladly grant
the English peor,e these mental tor
ments. but We rejoice even more when
those nightmares are converted MO
gruesome reality.
This was the case on tho occasion
Of the raid OF August ., when thirty.
four attacks were made on the land 2
our chlet enemy. when explosive bombs
Of the heavies, calibre and i~ucoud!a~y
bombs IN vast numbers r,lned down og
coast towns spread over an area ..
more than 200 miles.
This Is wondrous music for Get.
man ears. The entire coast. from Tie
| mouth ~ the Tyne to ;he Was. was
colored blood red with the glow from
terrific fires"
Consolation for BcrIincrs.
The Lok~aldnseiger of Berlin descr!b.s
az Follows conditions prevailing in tie
British capital:
"Berliners would he much less .rr'incd
10 grumble about the bad food oGrf"t
and the high prices demanded n g..
third war year In their favur.'e RS
taurants II they had an idea how much
worse things are In this respect N
London. h capital OF the pirate en-
pre-,
The average price Of Nil Food Aa.
risen from SO to 80 per cent, In Tho
Wholesale market. so that 4 may well
he imagined how the restaurant keeper,
are SURPRISING themselves In 'strnhng
their customers.
In the London cafes whiskcy flows IA
a perennial stream. Without wh'skey a
Londoner's Inner IL not complete. 'o-
can he exist through the afternoon With.
out his tea. To-day he has 10 pas !,
l"ic.) for his glass Of whisl.ey. ard from
-. tsc.) TO Us. (72c.) for his tea r-i
cake.
True. there Is a whole array -
French. italian. Greek and even Ch'Nc'A
restaurants In Soho. among them no
famous -. where prior 10 the wa
Lloyd George used TO cousrlre w!'h ~
Socialist and super-Radical trc'4s
against the House Of Lords.
However. In these resorts lie WHO
dares to show himself without fgg ov"-
ming dress risks either not being rived
at all. or being pushed unceremorious'y
Into the common '~gr!llroom.' where ever
man Is his W waiter. "a no scrv' ~
attendance OF any kind Is rlvoH '-,~e
As for purely English restaurants 'NS'.
are none. except he low, dirty coffee
and eating houses. where dirt ara noise
and flies in buzz.ng swarIns would var
even the most robust German appetite
Into disgust and %loath!ng,"