Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-25

Paris, March 24. The GermanI monster cannon which has been bombarding Paris has been located in the Forest of St. Gobain. west of Lal on. and exactly 122 kilometers )ap- proximately 76 miles) from the Paris city hall. The gun bombarded Paris during the greater part of Sunday. The day was ushered in by loud explosions from the ten inch shells, and irmedi- ately the alarm to take cover was sounded. This occurred at 6.55 o'clock and many persons sought shel- l ter, but greater numbers of them ae- peared in the streets on their way to ] the churches. which were almost as well filled as usual. The women who sell palm leaves on Palm Sunday, did their usual thriving business. People Were Not Distracted. s- At first the shells began arriving at | intervals of twenty minutes, and the | detonations, considering the Sunday calm, seemed louder than those of Sat | urday. Their power to disturb the equaninity of the populace, however, seemed less. the people refusing to be disturbed from their Sunday habits to any great extent.
 For the benefit of that portion of the populace which had been led to, be- l lieve the Germans had broken through the line and were bonbarding Paris I from nearby positions a, semi official note was issued during the day. This
 warned, the people against believing Enessirnistic reports.
 | French Front is Intact. l 'aThe French front is intact" said
 the note Amy assertion to the con
 trary is a he.r
 The bon1bardrnent of the capital end
 ed around one o'clock and as late as
 three o'clock no explosions had been
 heard for more than an hour. The
 clear signaf' was sounded at s.So
 o'clock.
 Although during the earlier hours of
 the bombardment the shells arrived on twenty minute intervals, later in the
 day they began arriving every fifteen
 minutes on the average. and some of them even fell twenty minutes apart Two Long Distance Guns. Tn military circles the belief was
 expressed that the Germans were
 Matin says the position of one of the r guns was established in the St. Go-
 bain forest which would place i | somewhat further south than had beer 1, believed and in the wooded area. ThI 1 Nposition would be about 70 miles iron : Paris.
 Large Numbers Sought Shelter. Nuring the early hours of the morn J ing traffic in the streets of aPTis wa l. shut down or curtailed, but befor z noon both the subways and tram ways began running again. In the aft
 ernoon the streets of the city showei : great animation. During the da, Il large numbers of persons unable t sl secure means of transportation t U take them to their destinations wake
 in order that they might keep thei
 appointments As is usual when air 2 craft warnings, are sounded, large 'ss numbers of the populace sought shel " ter in the subyays and the base Il ments of houses.
 The government has decided that i
 the future the bombardment of Pari :. by long distance. guns shall not inter y rupt the normal life of the capital. bu " thatt the population shall be warned { u hombardment by distinctive, mean
 differing from the usual warnings ser L. out in cases of air raids. Drums wi .r be beaten and the police will soun ii whistles. a The public services, the trains
 
 automobile buses will continue to If operated normally. The new warnin f is to be known as Warning Number sr It will mean that any formation Ie crowds in the streets is prohibited ar
 that all shelters, except the subw7
 stations, will be open. The end ,,i any kind of raid will be announce m as before. by a special trunpet ca Se ard the ringing of the church bells ,d The continent of the French pre- s- this morning was about evenly divide
 between teh big gun which is bombart
 l ing the city from back of the Germe nt lines and the terrific battle raging { "a tine British front The tone of u ,d comment on the bombardment was " asto.1jshInent at the feasibility of tl v performance. As to the battle a f;
 vorable ending of it is confidently e,
 rected.
 ts Press Calls For Reprisals. 1- The newspapers do not conceal the nl admiration for the mechanical feat ls the Germans in constructing the Io new weapon, but speaks passionate
 of the useless barbarity or the bon
 bardment. The Matin says it is col IL soling to note that the number of vi to tins is small. but it asks for repriss :, on German cities al Professor Paul Painleve. form ty premier and president of the Acaden
 of Sciences, told the Excelsior that l
 using tungsten in the fabrication m the projectile. the tungsten she ct would be of about half the diameter b. steel shells of an even weight, al of that therefore, the atmospheric resis by ance would be less, this accounting f $ the extremely long range. He al 7 touched upon the possibility of pr
 h as peller being employed on the pr or jectiie.
 p- A Great Mechanical Feat. it's Alfred Capus, in the Figaro. allud on to the making of the gun as a gre in mechanical feat, but points out that
 2 military factor the weapon is e