Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-07
n TONS Of BOMBS
DROPPED ON PARIS
Twenty Killed and Fifty Wound.
ed In German Air Raid on
French Capital.
REPRISAL, TEUTONS SAY.
Art Treasures in Versailles Palace Re.
moved-Parisians Treat the RAID
AZ Great Dras.sasc Spectacle.

Paris, Jan. alderman airplanes raided
raris last night. The alarm was given al
ll:3O o'clock. Bombs were thrown at va.
rious points In Paris and the suburbs.
twenty persons were killed, go were
WOUNDED and material damage is reported,
according to an official announcement
German air raids on Paris have been In
frequent during the past year. During
the first two years Of the war Zeppelins
were in the habit of bombing the French
capital. but defensive measures proved
too much for Them
The last previous raid on Paris was
made on the night of July q, 1917 Two
bombs were dropped without doing any
damage. Befere that the air raid alarm
was given on the night Of March 1917, but
the raioer did not reach the city. On
January %, 1916. Parts was raided by Zep-
pelins for the last time, "a persons being
killed and q injured.
Berlin via London, Jan. 31.-An ohicial
communication from army headquarters
is as follows:
enemy aviators, in spite of our warning.
again dropped bombs on open German
towns outside the region Of operations.
Thanks to our measures of defense the
losses and damage were light.
LAS a reprisal IA tons of bombs were
dropped last night on the city Of Paris
in our first systematic attack from the
air."
Paris. Jan. 31.-The pictures. Gobe-
lin tapestries and other works of art,
which have been installed in Versailles
palace, will again be removed to
place OF safety as a precaution against
air raids.
There were some outbreaks of fire
reported after the raid. due to gas
mains having been broken by exploding
bombs. The populace was advised to
Immediately turn off the gas at the
meters in their houses in case Of an
other air raid alarm.
British soldier mechanics billeted in
a suburb near Paris lined up in the
streets when the alarm was given and
apparently were seen by the enemy air
men when small fire nearby lighted
up the sky, for the German airmen re-
turned and trained their machine guns
on the soldiers. All their bullets went
wild, however. no one being injured.
Fragments of projectiles dropped by
the Germans and examined at the ,
municipal laboratory show that bombs '
of three kinds were used by the in
vaders. according to LIntransigeant.
from 100 to 200 pounds. explosive
bombs and incendiary bombs. the two
latter bursting a minute after falling.
No traces of asphyxiating gas bombs
were found.
The total number Of bombs dropped
II estimated at 20.
American Red Cross ambulance work
ers assisted in removing air raid victims
to hospitals.
90 Per a. ,s lrox,,r mn A~ar,coc. nv.
among the victims Of the raid.
President Poincare. Premier Clemen-
ceau and General Dubail. military gov
ernor Of Paris. Joined the great crowds
Of other Parisians in visiting the locali-
ties where the bombs had fallen. The
President visited personally a large num-
Der Of the injured.
In the street crowds the conversation
turned chiefly upon the amazing midnight
battles in the air. Of which not much was
seen. except the sparkling signal lights
and remote flashes of the machine guns.
1t appears that thousands Of persons
mounted to the roofs and watched the
scene throughout. During the attack the
newspaper offices had difficulty in mobi-
liking their printers from their points
of vantage on the roofs to go on with
their work.
Representatives Of the Associated Press
heard various street discussions as to the
psychology Of the German attack. The
common opinion was that they would be
q tonic to the fighting spirit Of the French
men rather than depressing In their effect.
A predominant feeling seemed to be that
there should be such reprisals by tho
French as would convince the Germans
that 1t was not worth while to drop
bombs upon non-combatants.
Generally Parisians treated the raid as
q great dramatic spectacle. All signs Of
It having had any moral effect on the
populace were absent. The newspapers
to-day did not print long stories Of the
raid and eliminated altogether the names
OF localities whore damage was done.