The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-05
Germany Addresses Note to
This Country on Question
of Damage
CLAIMS HER AIRMEN
HAVE QUIT PRACTICE
Communication Looked Upon as One of
the Most Delicious Bits of Effrontery
Brought Out by the War-Not Likely
to Be Taken Seriously.

Brought Out by the war-Not Likely
to Be Taken Seriously.
= WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-Germany
is going to keep up the bluff TO the last |
moment Probably in all history there
was not such a delicious bit of effron- |
terry as that of her note yesterday |
wherein She suggested that, as she was
no longer bombing cities outside the
battle front, the allies should similarly
abstain.
The German government notified the !
United States that since October / its
air forces have been under orders to
make bomb attacks solely against i'm
portant hostile military objects within
the immediate operations of war on the
assumption that allied and American
air forces were 10 receive similar in
structions.
The note, delivered through the Swiss
legation, protests that air raids have
been carried out recently against seven
German towns with loss of life among
the civilian population, and that unless
such raids cease Germany cannot re-
Train from aerial attacks on allied terri
tory outside of the zone of operations.
This was the first notice received by
the American government that such or
ders had been issued to the German air
forces, which have constantly raided
defcnseless cities and towns in France,
Great Britain and Italy since the war
began.
The state department made public the
German note without comment. 1t fol
lows:
1.-The German aerial forces have been
under orders since the beginning of
| October Of this year only to make bomb
attacks which are directed solely
against important hostile military OBJ
/ iccts within the immediate area of
| operations Of war These orders were
issued on the assumption that the enc
my aerial forces were TO receive similar
instructions.
I'm assuming this the German people
find themselves disappointed. A short
time ago the enemy made bomb attacks
on the German towns of Wetvlar,
| kaiserSlautern. Mannheim, Ludwig
shafcn, Frciburg, Forbaeh and Weis-
baden, claiming numerous victims
among the civilian population. Nor has
occupied territory been spared.
:" 1t is evident that Germany can re
frain from aerial attacks on enemy ter
ritory behind the area Of operations
only if. on their side, the enemy from
now on will rcciprocatc and also re-
frain from making aerial attacks out
side the area of military operations.
''In the expectation that the intcn-
tion, shared by the other side, to
further humanity and preserve impor
tant objects Of culture, viii meet with
the understanding Of tho opponents, tho
German government proposes to tho
governments of the~nthcr bclligcrent
countries that corresponding instruc
tons be issued without delay to theil
aerial forces, informing it of the meas
urcs taken"
! There was no intention as 10 wha
action, if any, the American govern
mcnt would take with regard TO tn,
German protest. 1t was said authorize
lively, however, that official report
show that American air operations hav
a not up To this time gone beyond attack
!. upon purely military detectives. Sue
damage as may have been caused t
Lnonmilitary property has been Incl
4 dental. il was said.
In view of the repeated raids of Gel
man air forces during the past fou
wears, not only on dcfenselcSS towns /
France England and Belgium, but ais
T. on hospitals plainly marked and far bt
vond the firing zones, military an
q diplomatic observers here do not b.
licvc the German protest will be take
seriously by the allied governments
= The German protest was addressed
the United States. il was said, probabI
because this country has not been SUI
iectcd TO the campaign of air terroris
conducted by the enemy America
hospitals behind the line in Frame
however, have been bombed by Gcrms
night raiders.
1t was also regarded as possible tn
the German authorities have be-
| forced to some step by the clamor
the German civilian population, partic
Elarly in the Rhine provinces. where :
belief is general that a mighty Anne
can air fleet is being built up to destr
towns there.