New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-15
People, in Savage Mood,
Demand Better Pro-
lection
New Attempt to
Reach England Fails
Lord Derby Reports Sec
ond German Squadron
Turned Back
BY ARTHUR 5. DRAPER
IBy cable U The Trlbunel

by Gable % The TubuneI
London, June 1.-THE horrors Of
yesterdays raid are gradually unfold
ing. Even yet the full tale of deaths
and injuries is unknown.
Police, fremen, doctors, nurses and
ambulance workers spent the entire
night searching for bodies Of victims in
the areas most afflicted. Perhaps
some yet lie buried under the debris.
Hour after hour weeping men and
women waited at police headquarters
throughout the East Side district hop
ing for favorable news of missing rela-
tives. At one school in the latter dis
trct it is now known that nineteen
children between the ages of four and
six were killed outright by bomb
which fell while the middle class was
drilling, and eight have since died. 1t
is this murder of children which has
left Londoners in a more savage mood
than after any previous air raid. Inc
feeling to-day is only comparable to
that felt at the time OF the Lusltan!a
outrage.
Yesterdays events are likely to leave
a deep furrow in the minds of all in
habitsnts. At the present moment feel
ing concentrates on two points; first,
an agitation for a better defence
against enemy aircraft, and second,
better facilities for warning.
Authorities Face Difficulties
Either demand, put forward by en-
FILTERED and perhaps bereaved COM
plainants, has caused supreme diff
Guilty for the authorities. The present
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rlane strength along the Western
front, where the British superiority was
the cause of the Messines victory.
On the other hand, it iss only the
hcpelessness of their air situation In
France that compels the Germans to
detach their forces and proceed on an
Grand of murder such as that of yes
terday.
From a military point of view even
600 casualties in the London area can
no. be allowed 10 interfere with great
military plans, and, speaking generally,
the authorities have the sober ludg-
rnent of the country entirely with them
The question of warning presents
even greater difficulties. II is pointed
out that if warning were given, lew
German aeroplanes would be able TO
keen London in state of continual un-
easiness bv feinting raids. Added to
this. il is practically impossible to give
a general warning throughout city
the size of London, while Bonar Law
explained to Parliament to-day that
experience shows that warnings act
ually drive people to the streets.
Point of Attack Unknown
There is. however, a middle point Of
attack which is perhaps even more
serious. A large section Of the popu-
lation points out that the authorities
in London knew the raiders we're com
ing at least an hour before their ar
rival. and that this was sufhclent IN
terval to send up enough aeroplanes 70
head them off from the capital. Inc
official answer is that with the enemy
hying at tremendous speed 1T is I'M
possible to tell until the last minute
where he intends TO attack, and past ex-
perience amply verifes this. But TINS
answer is hard TO drive home into the
minds of the people.
Taken altogether, on the actual facts,
/ il is impossible to charge negligence
against the authorities responsible for
London's air defences.
The Earl of Derby, Secretary of
state lOT NdIs d0NOuHNtu NHlo dAbVi
noon that a notification had been re-
ceived during the day that hostile air
craft were approaching the country,
| lie added that the raid thus far had
failed to materialize, and that, there
, fore. he hoped there was no truth IN
the report.
Lord Derby said that not single
soldier had been killed or wounded in
Wednesdays raid. which had been sim
ply killing and wounding Of civilians
men, women and children and from
the German military viewpoint had abb
solutely no value whatever.
He thought that no German airplane
had been brought down yesterday.
Sir George Cave, Home Secretary
announced in the House of Commons
this evening that the latest reports
of the casualties in Wednesdays ain
raid showed that 104 persons had beer
killed and 1874 seriously and 269 slight
/ ly injured. Altogether, he said, l2C
o. 4 L,IloI 80