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LONDON AWAITS
AERIAL INVASION
Takes Precautions to Repel
Attack by Zeppelins.
GERMANS READY FEBRUARY.
Will Need Four Months' Time For
Preparation of Fleet of Dirigibles
•'Wait ar.d See," Says Inventor—"Zep
pelin Neck," Due to Peering Upward,
Prevalent In British Capital.
Information received in Amsterdam
from an authoritative source regard
ing Germany's aerial plans throws a
new light on the action of the London
authorities in doing away with all bril
Jiant illumination, sweeping the skies
at night with many searchlights and
mounting guns to assail balloons and
aeroplanes. These precautions are
thoroughly justified, though a bit pre
mature, says the New York Times cor
respondent in Amsterdam.
While occasional minor raids may bo
made on London sooner, if Germany
gets a firm foothold on the channel, the
grand aerial armada will not be launch
ed against England until February at
the earliest, for Germany will not be
ready till then.
"We are building 200 aeroplanes es
pecially for the attack on London
These are of a new and extra large
type, capable of carrying 1,000 pounds
of explosives in addition to the weight
of the pilot and bomb thrower," the
correspondent was informed.
"These new aeroplanes will not be in
commission before February. The fli
ers are being trained now at special
aviation camps, and at least one of the
Instructors was flying in London as re
cently as last spring."
Germany's Aerial Equipment.
An American refugee from Rouma
nla, who reached London six weeks
ago via Austria. Germany and Hol
land. told the correspondent at the
time that at the flying field in Berlin
■be had seen at least 500 aeroplanes and
fifty Zeppelins in their sheds. *
When the German officer interviewed
was asked if there was any truth in
the statement that Germany had fifty
Zeppelins six weeks ago he replied
frankly:
"That is nonsense. But we are work
Ing on new Zeppelins night and da}"
and by February we shall have forty
*ix."
Confirmation—of a sort—of the plan
liied aerial attack on London came
from Count Zeppelin himself, who re
iturned to his home in Stuttgart
Wurttemberg, after a three days' sta\
In Berlin.
"Give Us Time," Says Zeppelin.
An American woman saw the coun
In Berlin and, rushing up to him, ex
claimed. "Tell rue, when are the Zep
pelius going to London?"
Count Zeppelin bowed politely, re
plying:
"Wait and see. Only give us tim
madam."
"Zeppelin neck" is the form of ma hi
dy now prevalent in London, accortl
Ing to one report
This is the popular term for stlt'.
necks, which are commoner than evoi
at this season because so many Lon
doners are craning their necks, scan
nlng the heavens as the government
•enrchlights relentlessly examine the
aky for the enemy.
1 WATCH BRINDILLA CASE.
Washington and London Deeply -Inter
ested In Seizure of Oil Ship.
If in the capture of the Brindilla. the
dl tank ship formerly the Washington,
the British government wishes to test
neutral ownership, not alleged contra
band cargo or an unneutral destina
tion, it will be appealing to a principle
of international law which Great Brit
ain has never formally ratified. There
are precedents for such a course, as
when both Spain and the United States
in IS9S adhered to the declaration of
Paris, though neither had ratified it
The case is attracting much attention
in Washington and London.
The Brindilla was a ship of the
Deutsoh-Amerika Petroleum eomparv,
caught in New York by th ■ w .u\ She
was bought bv the Stunu.ud Oil com
pany " bi- tue American registry not
and - out under the American flag
Outside the three mile limit she was
taken and towed to Halifax and the
jurisdiction of a prize court
The declaration of London, article
f>6. declares void the transfer of an en-
->--•<! ship to a neutral in war "unless
H is proved that such transfer Is not
made in order to avoid the conse
quences to which an enemy's vessel,
as such, is exposed." The burden of
proof of good faith is put upon the
owners of the Brindilla by this arti
cle.
The British commons. December.
1911, passed a naval prize act accept
Ing the declaration of London. The
lords rejected It Yet It has passed by
vsage into the common law of nations,
was embodied in declarations by Rus
via and Italy during the Tripoli war
and is admitted in principle by the
belligerents. If on appeal is
taken from the prize court to The
Hague that tribunal is bound by the
convention establishing it to decide in
sceord with international law, or, if
no "recognized rule" exists, to follow
"the general principles of justice and
equity."
CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS IN C^P
Photo by American Press Association.
Rsrrnita mnhlllvod near flnohop n w
A Mean Reply.
She—Do you remember that thirty
years ago you proposed to me and that
I refused you?
He—Oh, yes. That's one of the most
treasured recollections of my youth.—
Exchange.
The Place For All.
"Nothing," says Robert Herrick. "ir
ritates the thinking woman more than
to be told that woman's place is in the
home. She, knows it It is the man's
place also, and she knows that."—Bos
ton Globe
The Sofa In Germany.
In Germany the sofa is invested with
a sanctity as of a throne. The visitor
must not sit upon it unless especially
invited to do so by the hostess. To
take a seat there unasked is an out
rageous presumption.
A Moving Reason.
Grannie—Why should I take another
chair. Gerald? Don't you think I'm
comfortable here?
Gerald Yes. grnn'ma. but I'm
afraid my little kitten isn'L' She's
too. —Loudon Opinion.
A i c r.... J.
"He w:i.\ {•
ery year
predicate
BELGIAN REFUGEES ON THE MOVE.
A-
(Vfhoto by American Press Association.
Quito Sufficient.
It was on a long railway Journey,
and for six hours he had sat opposite
a solitary traveling companion, and
not a word had been spoken, "Excuse
me," was his opening, "but are you an
Englishman?"
"Yes," rapped out the stranger.
"Oh, then I beg your pardon."
And after that the long journey was
completed in silence.—London Answers.
Irreverent Youth.
Her Father—Young man, young man,
would you take my daughter from me?
You don't know a father's feelings at
such a time! I must suppress them.
Her Lover—Oh, that's all right. If you
want to give th/ee cheers, go ahead.—
Topeka Journal.
Compensation.
Dentist (telling story)—l tell you.
when I got to that point of danger I
lost my nerve. Patient—Well, you've
got mine, haven't you? C il. l imnr ( .
American.
BELGIAN SOLDIERS LEAVING ANTWERP.
© 1914. by American Press Association.
When the city was abandoned to the Germans the troops utilized all possible means of transportation to mors
t twufl Osttßl |
• IHnv francmirtoflnn to Vnrrlqnil
What Made Him SICK.
Teacher—Your little brother was all
right when he left the house with you.
and yet you say he's sick and won't
be in school. The Kid—Sure! Didn't
I give him the seegar wid me own
hands?— Puck.
FRENCH ADVANCE GUARD.
Photo by American Presj ABSOciatlon.
DROPPING BOMBS FROM AEROPLANE.
1 ~ U | | | '*' "Y ■ ■'•
; — Mbzi
Willie Knew.
Papa (hiding something in his hand)
—Willie, can you tell me what has
heads on one side and tails on the oth
er? Willie (triumphantly) Oh, 1
know! It's roosters on a fence!—
Judge.
POLICE OF_RUSSIA
The Trick They Work to Gather
In Political Suspects.
CAUGHT IN THE MOUSETRAP.
When, After a Socret Arrest, the Snare
Is Set It Holds All Who Enter, Re
gardless o* Nationality, D r ess, Social
Position or Official Rank.
Although the peculiar form of police
ambuscade known as a mousetrap lias
had Its highest development and its
widest application in Russia, writes
George Keunan in the Century, it did
not originate in that country, nor did
it receive there its strikingly appro
! priate appellation.
It was imported from France a <*en
fury or more ago. and the name that
it bears was given to it by Alexandra
Dumas iu 1N29. The distinguished
French story teller described it in "The
Three Musketeers" as follows:
"The iuvenfiou of the mousetrap does
not date from our days. As soon as
societies in process of formation cre
ated police the police in their turn
invented mousetraps. As our readers
may not he familiar with the slang ot
the Rue de Jerusalem and as it Is tif
teen years since we applied this term
for the first time to the thing, we may
be allowed perhaps to explain to them
what a mousetrap is.
"When iu a house of any kind a per
son suspected of crime is arrested the
arrest is kept secret, four or five men
are placed in ambuscade in the first
apartment, the door is opened to all
who knock, it is then closed after them,
and they are arrested so that at the
j end of two or three days the policy
j have in their power all the persons
| who are accustomed to visit the place.
And that is a mousetrap."
Dumas does uot explain that the trap
is set and the first arrest made at a
| late hour of the nighL. generally be
tween 1 anil 3 o'clock n. in., so that the
mice will not become aware of it anil
avoid the dangerous locality. You may
call upon a "politically untrustworthy"
friend in the evening, drink tea with
him. discuss the state of the country
and go home at midnight without hav
ing seen or heard anything to excite
j suspicion or suggest peril, but if you
return to the same house or apartment
j early the next morning you are liable
to fall into a mousetrap.
The trap, moreover, catches and holds
every person who enters it regardless
of nationality, dress, social position or
official rank. Russian revolutionists
ore accustomed to assume all sorts of
disguises, from the blue frock coat and
wrinkled top boots of the gendarmerie
to the sword, epaulets and golden cords
of the general staff, and if the czar
himself in the uniform of the Preebra
zhenski guards should visit incognito a
house in which a trap had been set he
would be arrested promptly and sent to
the nearest precinct station house for
identification.
No discretionary power of any kiud is
given to the police officers in charge.
The mice caught may not look at all
like the mice for which the trap was
set. but even if they appear to be er
mine or lizards or small, blind kittens
they must go to the station house for
examination and judgment.
In every large Lfussian city the police
Cynical Critic.
Teacher—And Nathan Hale said "1
only regret that I have but one life to
give for my country!" Wasn't that no
ble? Bright Boy—Oh, I dunno! Most
anybody that's going to be hung would
•ooner have a few more lives!— Judge.
Cheerful.
A certain philosopher used to thank
his lucky stars when he had the gout
that it was not the toothache, and
when he had the toothache he gave
thanks because he had not both com
plaints at once.
Successful.
"I started out on the theory that the
world had an opening for me, and 1
went to find it"
"Did you find It?"
"Oh, yes; I'm in a hole."—Baltimore
American.
MODERATE ABILITY.
' The art of being able to make a
j good use of moderate abilities w s
esteem a"d often confers more iep
uianon if. an greater real merit. —
La Rochefoucauld.
A Hard One.
"When." he demanded, "will you pay
this bill?"
Smiling, we waved him toward our
confrere.
"You must ask." we said, "the puz
zle editor."- Exchange.
Finesse.
"What did you tell your wife when
you got home from the club last
night?"
"I told ber she was the sweetest
woman in the world." Spokane
Spokesman Review.
To Set Colors.
In washing anything blue put a
handful of salt into the water; green,
a lump of alum; gray or brown, a little
ox gall: tan or linen goods, a little hay
water; reds and pinks, use a little vine
gar.—National Magazine.
Take to the Woods.
Mrs. Bacon—This paper says that the
forests of the United Spates cover 50.
000,000 acres.
Mrs. Egbert— No wonder It's difficult
find a ir-n during hnnsecleaning
i —Ton'
; .
Owner o' Krupp Gun Works
a'd Factory Scons !
This is a view of the great Krupr
j gun factory and its owner, Frau
Gustav von Bohlen una Halbach, whe
was formerly Miss Berlha Krupp
daughter of the founder. The largest
guns ever manufactured are beinp
made in this plant for the German
army. It employs usually about 70,000
men, but the force has been doubled
since the outbreak of the war.
sacrifice speed to certainty, and that
the world need not expect Russia tc
fall into a German trap ty invading
Silesia before the north and south
flanks are entirely safeguarded.
The correspondent asserts that II
will be weeks before Russia can at
tempt an Invasion of Silesia. When
Fiction and Fact.
In the novels the husband strolls into
the conservatory for u little smoke be
fore dinner. In real life he strolls into
the kitchen and raises blue blazes with
the light of his life because dinner
isn't ready.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
An Important Advantage.
"Do you think a college education af
fords a man an important advantage in
life?"
"Oh, yes! One lias to have It in order
to get into a university club."—Chicago
Herald.
Snow Blankets.
The earth under a thick coat of snow
is about 10 degrees warmer than the
air immediately above the snow.
WE MAY SELL TO EUROPE.
No Violation of Neutrality to Fur
nish War Material.
In response to inquiries Robert Lan
sing, acting secretary of state, has giv
en out a statement containing the ad
ministration's interpretation of the law
regarding the shipment of contraband
articles from the United States to coun
tries now at war In Europe. The state
ment says:
"It should be understood that, gen
erally speaking, a citizen of the Unit
ed States can sell to a belligerent gov
ernment or its agent any article of
commerce which he pleases. He is not
prohibited from doing this by any rule
of international law, by any treaty pro
vision or by any statute of the United
States. It makes no difference wheth- '
er the articles sold are exclusively for
war purposes, such as firearms, ex
plosives, etc., or are foodstuffs, cloth
ing, horses, etc., for the use of the
army or navy of the belligerent
"Furthermore a neutral govi-rnment
is not compelled by international law.
by treaty or by statute to prevent these
sales to a belligerent. Such sales,
therefore, by American citizens do not
in fie least affect the neutrality of the
United States.
"It is true that such articles as those
! Inentioned are considered contraband
and are, outside the territorial Juris
diction of a neutral nation, subject to
seizure by an enemy of the purchasing
j government, but it is the enemy's duty
to prevent the articles reaching their
destination, not the duty of the nation
whose citizens have sold them."
• ••••••••••••••
J 69 PEP CENT OF ALL
• EUROPE AT WAR. Z
J :
J Sixty-nine per cent of the to- •
• tal population of Europe, accord- £
• ing to a press estimate, is now •
• at war. Taking the Balkan war 2
2 a s a basis for calculation, the •
• casualties In the present war 2
2 will approximate G50.000 killed •
; • and 2.300.000 wounded. 2
• •
Watered Stock.
"Pa. what do they put water in
stocks for?" "To soak investors with,
mv son."—Boston Transcript.
Why He Loved Spain.
Gioachino Rossini, who was a great
jester, was once seen embracing a
Spaniard with great effusion. Asked
the reason, he replied, "Because with
out Spain we would be the last na
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