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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
1
A zeppelin air raider commander describes aerial assaults against London, detailing defenses and the fortified city’s response. The report emphasizes strategic bombardment and the resilience of London amidst the attacks.
Berlin reports London as a vast military center under aerial attack and notes new Zeppelins with greater speed. A Luftwaffe commander describes raids to spare churches and Westminster Abbey. In Britain, Chancellor McKenna unveils a record war budget with tax increases on income, sugar, tea, and tobacco and hints at borrowing to cover expenses.
Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana were slightly injured when their car crashed head on with another vehicle returning from the opening session of parliament. The princess leaped from the car as the two machines were wrecked. The queen directed the chauffeur to summon doctors for the injured and remained in her seat afterward. Two occupants of the other car were seriously hurt. The incident followed recent political events in The Hague.
Berlin reports German and Austro-Hungarian artillery bombard Serbia along a 100 mile front south of the Drina and Morava rivers as Bulgarian forces mobilize 100000 for armed neutrality. Officials fear a wider Balkan war as Serbo Bulgarian frontier is declared a war zone and Bulgarian troops mass near the border.
Berlin reports a 15,000 ton British transport from Egypt to Gallipoli was torpedoed off Crete by a German submarine. The Overseas News Agency notes many prior unconfirmed sinkings of transports, with no confirmed loss of life.
Sir John French reports operations along the British front from September 19 to 21. He notes increased enemy artillery activity and that our forces replied effectively. On September 20, part of the forest of Houthulst caught fire from our artillery, and on September 19 there were nine air combats with two enemy planes shot down.
London reports two more spies convicted by court martial. Four men and two German origin women were found guilty of attempting to communicate information about the front. A man received the death sentence by shooting, a woman ten years in jail, both subject to appeal.
Berlin reports German submarine commanders are instructed to spare ships when in doubt to avoid risk. The policy supplements notes from Ambassador von Bernstorff to Washington. Officials may concede the Arabic incident involved innocent maneuvering despite changed course.
London reports disclose that 34 German Austrian papers found on American correspondent James F. J. Archibald include letters from Count von Bernstorff and Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba. The documents reveal German aims, criticism of Lansing, and warnings about public reaction to potential submarine actions and munitions deliveries to the Allies.
Police seek suspect in the killings of Marguerite Favor, an actress known as Widely Known Dancer, and J C Crowell, Greenwood oil mill manager. Bodies found after a room fire. valuables suggest burglary was unlikely. Crowd and fire department traced the crime to an apartment leased under Mrs F D Tompkins in Memphis.
London dispatch states seventy thousand prisoners of war captured by Russians on the Polesie front in late August and early September, with final totals expected to rise as reports come in from Petrograd via Exchange Telegraph.
Dr Dumba's August 20 letter notes Secretary Lansing's June 29 reply to protests over U S weapon and munitions deliveries to the Allies. The Austrian note implies official publication and potential government approval, with continued discussion continued on a later page.
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