Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1915 — German Air Craft Raid On England’s Metropolis. [ARTICLE]

German Air Craft Raid On England’s Metropolis.

A fleet of Zeppelin w’ar balloons, believed to be four in number, crossed the English Channel Wednesday night for the second successive night and dropped bombs on east coast towns and on London proper. This is the third time that the German aircraft have been able to reach the metropolis. No details of the casualties have been given out, but it is announced that there are several dead and much damage has been caused by fires starting from the explosion of the shells. The raid Tuesday night resulted in the deaths of 2 men, 6 women and 5 children and 43 persons were injured. Here is a little problem in U. S. diplomacy. Two Americans lost their lives on the Arabic by a submarine attack. Two were killed a day or two later by raiding Mexicans who crossed the border into the United States. The killing of the Americans on the Arabic created a grave situation with the German empire. The Wiling of Americans on American soil was a trivial matter. The problem presented is to,determine the relative value of American lives when traveling oh English merchant vessels and when living in their own homes in the United States. Apparently the state department holds that it is essential to leave the United States and go into some foreign danger in order to be considered of enough consequence to demand measures of reprisal.