Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-25

that all was clear ana tAG fof10l3AD
were able to return. to their BEDS.
PARIS, March 25.-The long
range bombardment of Paris was
resumed at. o:3o o'clock this
morning, but was interrupted
after the second shot.
After a brief interval two more
shots were fired. The lombard
ment was again suspended at
lo:Io o'clock. -~-.-
AS was the case yesterday, the
people did not take to shelter.
Cellars which were filled on Sat
urday remained empty this morn
ing. Little interest was shown in
the bombardment.
Twenty-fsur shells reached Paris on
Saturday and twenty-seyen yesterday.
The interval between shots was res
dueed from ffteen or twenty minutes
on Saturday. to an ayernss q fffhsI
minutes yesterday.
On two occasions there was an inter.
val Of. only one or two minutes. Shells
fell at s:f5 and s:1s o'clock and at
s:45 and s:47. This was accepted as
confirming the theory that at least two
The time Of flight of the shells is esti-
mated at ten minutes at the least. the
curve tfaversed at 120 miles, and the
maximum height attained at fifteen
miles. a.a... 90 -. .s,.
/ Soon after they were awakened by
the nrst shot the people were brought
to their windows by the ratt1fng OF
! drums. Policemen circulated through
each. quarter of the city. introducing
the new system Of alarm, which is dis
tinguished from the alarm in the case
of air raids. The police came in for a
great amount of chatting, the people
being greatly amused at their lack of
| proficiency with the drumsticks.
This appeared to mark their limit of
interest in the bombardment. Work
was resumed under normal conditions.
ming. The streets were full Of people
| whose sole subject Of conversation was
the new battle Of the Somme, which is
generally compared with verdun.
Parisians Calm Under Fare.
l
ster cannon" which has been lombard
ing Paris. has been located In the forest
Of St Gobain. west OF Laon. and ex-
actiy 122 kilometers (approximately
seventy-six miles) from the Paris city
hall
J The gun bombarded Paris during the
greater part OF Sunday. The day was
ushered by loud explosions from the
| ten-inch shells. and Immediately the
alarm to take cover was sounded. This
occurred at 6:55 o'clock and many per-
sons sought shelter, but greater num-
bers of them appeared in the streets on
| their way to the churches, which were
almost as well filled as usual. The
Sundays did their usual thriving busi-
ness.
For the benefit Of that portion of the
I. populace which had been led to believe
the Germans had broken through the
line and were bombarding Paris from
nearby positions a semi-oficial note
was issued during the day. They
warned the people against believing
pessimistic reports.
French Front Intact.
'The French front is intact" said the
note ANY assertion to the contrary is
| a lie."
The bombardment Of the capital end
1 ed around 1 o'clock and as late as 3
! o'clock no explosions had been heard
for more than An hour. The clear
signal was sounded at $50 O'Clock.
During the early hours Of the morn
| ing traffic in the streets of Paris was
! shut down or curtailed, but before noon
both the -subways and tramways be-
| gan running again. In the afternoon
| the streets Of the city showed great
animation During the day large num-
| of transport to take them to their des.
tinations walked In order that thee
might keep their appointments.
Seek Refuge in subways.
| AS Is usual when aircraft warninxs
are sounded large numbers Of the
populace sought shelter in the SUBJ
/ ways and in Easements of houses.
The government has decided that in
the future the bombardment Of Paris
rupt the normal life Of the capital. but
that the population shall be warned
of bombardment by distinctive
means. differing from the usual warn
| ings sent out In cases of air raids.
Drums will be beaten and the police
will sound Whistles
The public services. the train. IN the
| subways. the tramways and the auto-
mobile buses will continue TO be op-
Grated normally. The new warninT n
to be known rs warning No. &, II viii
mean that any formation Of crowds in
the streets V prohibited and that al
b open. Ths end & rs'ess: any si:d w,1s q
raid viii be announced. ~ before, by
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