The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1914, Page 2

| Looks Fearfully Across Channel TowardGermany Special Cable. LONDON, England, Aug. 15.—What secret does the little Island of Heligoland hold, what menace, what threat? é Will it send down a fleet of flying Zeppelins, dropping » its bombs of annihilation, bringing destruction to the greatest | tity in the world? E Is there a chance of an aerial invasion, a war from the | clouds against a defenseless city? Military officials scoff at such a possibility. Few of the ple have any Rut the teemory of flying ships over land a few yea back has turned speculation cowards |} the skies London is the most vulnerable of all European cities to am attack from the sky and it is the richest prize in the world. A ransom of billions as a guarantee against attacat would be cheap. The Bank of England alone has millions of pounds in gold re- In its vaults, The money guarantees the English bank note and insures the credit of the nation, In addition, there are 300 lesser banks in the city, all carrying large reserves in gold and silver. ‘ London ts the biggest and the richest city in the world, Outside Of values which can be measured in money, London ts the home of Priceless treasures of art, archaeology and science. The British mu Seum is the createst in the world, The famous Elgin marbles were Stripped trom Greek temples. The & ta stone, which enabled gavants to decipher the inscriptions on the Magypt, was taken from the khedive Heligoland the German Gibralter ‘ The British crown jewels, valued at $10,000,000 and priceless from ' @ Rystorical standpoint, e inadequately guarded in the Tower of London. The Kohinoor, the largest diamond in the world, treasure within the tower _ Most important of all, to an Englishman's eyes, are the historic Vandmarks of the city, St. Paul's cathedral, the houses of parliament, "the 1,000-yearold Tower of London and the equally ancient Westmins- ter Abbey. If an attack from the sky comes, the base of German operations ‘Will be the little Island of Heligoland, in the North Sea, lying six miles monuments of anclent ts part of the the secrets of the n airship station and he German airships secretly scouted re ago. 4 rmans would give notice of their in- through a neutral power. They would demand a ransom be thin 24 hours. Non-combatants would be warned to leave the and city dwellers given plenty of time to escape into the suburbs. London Unprepared for Attack OThen a fleet of Zeppelins, painted sky color to make detection dtt- and with muffled motors, would leave the island at dusk and 10 o'clock the same evening be above London. | The huge sky cruisers, 485 feet long and 46 feet in diameter are Mated with 671,000 feet of h)ijrogen gas carried in within a rigid aluminum frame. Their engines elop 510 horsepower and can drive the ships at ‘the rate of 70 miles per hour q ‘The English have never prepared for an attack on the city, be their navy capable of preventing all attempts at tnvasion. here are no forts around London as there are about other Euro- capitals. Paria lately thwarted a German attack from the air by blazing warchlights from the Eifel tower and other points of vantage, by get- ting serial cannon in readiness in its forts and by sending swarms of scouts buazing over the city. But England is unprepared. At Aldershot, 20 miles out of London, @ two dirigibies. There are a few aeroplanes at Aldershot and a machines at Hendon. Of ali European nations England has been the most backward In the fourth arm of the service which, In comparison to Ger guarde hat has for years and France, is negligible. h a few searchlights hastily mounted on the towers of the city ing the sky and with all other lights out, London would await ite e Targets for Bomb-Throwers The huge Woolwich arsenal, which supplies England with arms and ammunition, is tn direct line of attack. The houses of parliament ind the adjacent Westminster Abbey and Buckingham palace, the rest- of the king, half a mile away, are tempti: targets and by their ize impossible to miss, ' Even in a sweeping attack the Germans probably would not de all the buildings in thefr power in one night, but would give the ers an object-lesson and, ransom failing, continue the attack. ‘Then the invaders would turn their attention to Manchester. Bir- ind Leeds, the great manufacturing cities, Liverpool, Glasgow Belfast. " Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, _ Pelnted out the danger of attack from the sky. ; His efforts failed to arouse England from {ts complacest lethargy. nd had not been invaded for 1,000 years, and the conserva- rests on that fact. Churchill's warning made him the butt of the jokes of music hall — Drops somes into Namur Cable Company BRUSSELS, Aug, 15.—A German to Resist Gag @viator tossed three bombs into | | Namur Friday night, it is learned §=ew YORK, Aug. 15.—Declaring here, wounding five persons. that cablegrams are similar to let- ters, and that no neutral country — > has a right to censor either when Eaming Days sent to 4 belligerent country, George Clapperton, of your life are short enough terday announced it would contest the considered plan of placing of censors in its offices as “a form of unreasonable search,” Mayor Gill was one of the speak- ers yesterday at the 10th annual pic- nic of the King County Veterans’ association at Woodland park. The association had as guests 36 veter- ans from the Port Orchard Old Sol- diers’ Home. Others who spoke were R. A, Leavell, William A Gaines, H. R. Gale, Byron Phelps, W. K. Sickels, F. H. Hurd, L. © Thompson, J. O. Rockwell and Har- riet Leavell. 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The Austrian foreign offi ernment that A Hungary, ment boun: jon. Italy replied this gressors. The Italians would remain resist forcibly any attempt to Italy forbade it STAR-—-SATURDAY, A ustrian Troops to Keep Out Italian relations became badly wished to cross Italian soil to Germany @ Italy were alli id Italy not only to facilitate the movements, but to aid them with troops. reement ap; fare, and that in this case Germany and Austria were the ag- only to defensive neutral, it was stated, and would violate their neutrality. PARIS, Aug. 15.—Austria’s action, following Italy's refusal to permit the crossing of Italian soll by Austrian troops en route to heip the Germans in Alsace, sald, Italy will proclaim war HELSINGBORG, Sweden, In anticipation of war developmen strip of coast in eith strong enough to with..and. \Inferior Shells Handicap Teuton By William Philip Sims PARIS, Aug. 15.—The French advance through the Vosges mountain country Into Alsace ia continuing today, the war of- stated, | troops. | The Gallic artillery, it is add- ed, is proving itself vastly su- perior to the German. Aside from the fashion in which the kalser’s troops handled their big guns, French experts declared their ammunition was inferior and thefr explesive shells were ineffec tive. This was greatly handicapping the Teutonic soldiers, it was stated. It was admitted, however, that they were resisting desperately Commenting on the theory that | modern fighting Is all at long range, stress was laid on the telling work the French have done by their bayonet charges in the Vosges mountain campaigning. The Paris war office predicts a French investment next week of Strasburg, the metropolis of Al sace, and the key to the German line of frontier defenges. are held by French People of Liege Are Terrorized LONDON, Ang. 15.—-Residents of | Liege who did not flee when Ger man shells began to fall into the city are now cowering in their cellars in dismay, many of them suffering ij to Dept. 16-8, POMOC I ag from hunger an¢, all afraid to ap-| | for the kaiser’s fleet to seek refuge in the | The Swedes are reasonably sure they ice president | cessfully, and believe they have nothing worse to of the Commercial Cable Co., yes-| ment by German battleships, which they consider their fortifications was eagerly awaited here today. If it should disregard the italian neutrality declaration, it is gainet Austria. ‘Sweden Prepares to Fight Off Kaiser Aug. strong military force and is heavily strengthening its shore defenses ts, which will make the possession | r of strategic importance to Germany. in the sound, connecting the North and 15.—Gweden is holding ready a re convinced the Germans will short than a bombard ; pear on the streets, according to the | Brussels correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, He says homes are in }ruins from fire and shell, the as |phalt streets are plowed up by shells, buildings demolished and the people cowed by the Germans, who force the bakers to turn over their lentire products to the army. 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Of 5,000 of them who took part in the battle of Haeien, it was declared, only 1,000 es- caped alive and unhurt. it wae sta also, that the German autog' were proving Ineffective, being so heavy that they were constantly becoming mired, In many cases necessi- tating their abandonment, i ! Russia at Last Gets in Motion ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15.—| Russians were counting today on becoming an independent factor) very shortly in the European war.) The mobilization of the czar's troops has been slow, but this was/ |unavoldable, the country’s extent | | being so vast that it was necessary | to bring the soldiers great distances | It was announced that the first! Mine of reserves is ready for ser! | vice and that an enormous force is operating in Austria, in the Styr valley, Servia Drives Austrians Back LONDON, Aug. 16-—Forty thou: sand Austrians attacked the Ser- Vian frontier Thursday night were repulsed with heavy losses, | according to a news agency dis-| patch received from Nish, Servia, today. Belgium Feeds 6,000 Children BRUSSELS, Aug. 15.—The Bel- gian government was feeding to- day 6,000 children, whose fathers, summoned to the colors, were com. pelled to leave their families un- supported. | Soup, made from ingredients do | nated by Brussels tradesmen, was served in the schools, Women| were leading in the rellef work. A government store was opened | where food was sold at reasonable | prices. 700 Captured by Lone Engineer LONDON, Aug. 15.—Seven hun- dred German Uhlans, thelr horses | and equipment were captured by an Alsatian locomotive engineer, ac-! cording to a Morning Post dispatch | from Paris, The engineer was| | driving a train presumably to take) | the German soldiers to the frontier. | Instead, he diverted it to another | track and did not stop the train until he crossed the French border | and turned his captives over to French soldiers, le | aviators scouting 2,06 | above Wealthiest City in World \STAR ARTIST'S IDEA OF A DIRIGIBLE ATTACK ON LON GIANT AIRSHIPS, FREIGHTED WITH CATACLYSMIC DESTRUCTION, ADD NEW HORRORS TO WAR—TH E xpect Turkey to Aid Germany CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 5.—~ There is no indication that Turkey is overawed by the menacing atti- tude Great Britain, France, Rus- sia, Italy and Greece have as- sumed toward the sultan as a re sult of Turkish purchase from Ger- many of the cruisers Goeben and Breslau Instead, military preparations are being rushed as briskly as if the porte had expected all along to take a hand in the struggle despite its declaration of neutrality. There are signs, too, that in- stead of enterigg on an independ- ent campaign, the sultan's advisers had made up their minds to favor of a German alliance. Japan Will Grab Lands in Orient LONDON, Aug. 15.—That the the Japanese fleet has been ordered to sea to co-operate with the British Oriental equad- fon, was asserted by the Daily Telegraph today. Ite diplomatic correspondent, said the Telegraph, was author. ity for the statement that Japan hae assured Great Bri- tain it is prepared to fulfill all Japan took from Germany in the way of Oriental colonial possessions, it would keep for itself. These include Kiao- chou, in which is situated Teing-tchau, German Samoa and the Ladrone isiands. |Aero Guns Bring Down 2 Aviators PARIS, Aug. 16.—Two German Spincourt, been captured, Fr aeroguns disabling their machines, it was announced today. North Yakima club women will meet to protest against increase in food pric Moore Mat. Today 2 P.M. 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