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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, D T!OE3I"BT5R 17, 1914. RAID REGARDED AS SCENES IN ENGLISH TOWNS BOMBARDED BY GERMAN WARSHIPS. Double Stamps Till 2 Today 1 EFFECT TE7V!V ISO VM VIRE:- STIIEAMKKS DECORATIONS ART CALENDARS HOU.Y BOXES FOR YOl'K GIFTS HOTPOIXTS are a joy In every home with "Juice." 20 useful styles from 8-4. 50 up. Vulnerability of English Coast, However, Emphasized by ; . German Exploit CHRISTMAS CARDS STATIONERY GREETINGS MOTTOES Nothlnir more iiaefal mr nnfortlnK than a "THERMOS" Bottle from 1.00 to $16.00 Food Jars Carafes Water Jugs Lunch Sets Dinner Pall Auto Sets MILITARY VALUE LACKING SS-ln. Jointed Dolls. . S1.0O Dolla , f 1.0O Trddj Bears , 25 off on Stuffed Toys. .81.19 ...73C FOR MORI I . , . no'nr.cM Possibility' That Submarines Had Gathered to Attack British Ves sels Also Considered In Comment by Experts. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. Official and diplomatic Washington was stirred to day by the news of the bombardment by German cruisers off the east coast of England. The actual attacks on British coast towns, accomplishing even in a small way the long-talked-ot descent of the German navy on the English coast. 3e veloped much discussion among naval experts and tacticians. Hypothetical Situation Dismissed. While Government officials made no formal comment, the bombardment was discussed in Congressional as well as In executive quarters, as all the naval events abroad have been, with particu lar application to hypothetical situa tions in which American defenses might be involved. - The consensus of opinion among na val men was that the raid by the Ger man cruisers was for moral effect and did not screen a general Invasion of England by Zeppelins and German sub marines, although the vulnerability of Great Britain to such attacks was to some extent emphasized by It. Fleet Expected to Help. On the other hand, experts thought any sustained attack on the English coast would require many more ships than were engaged today and by the time any effort was made to land an expeditionary force the English fleet could be brought into action. The view of most naval experts was sum marized in the following opinion from a high American naval officer and tac tician: "As reported there were only four German cruisers and they bombarded three towns on the east coast of Eng. land within a range of about SO miles. Moral Effect Sole Desire. "Since no one of these towns con tains anything which is of military value to the English, the thing can be considered from all facts as a raid, pure and simple, for the moral effect to be produced on England. "No military value can be attached to the raid, insotar as invasion is con cerned. The number of ships em ployed would be useless for invasion purposes unless there were troopships back of them, and it is hardly conceiv able that Germany would make such a raid without larger and stronger ves sels to protect the troopships. While this can be considered only as a raid, back of it may be the gathering of sub marines attending the German cruisers to take advantage of any concentration of British forces sent to head oil the cruisers. "When the Germans are Teady to In vade England they will do it after a serious naval action in which majoi vessels take part. No other military movement is conceivable which will at tain results." Hobaon Suggests "Decoy." Representative Hobson, of Alabama, one of the naval experts of the House, expressed the opinion that the Ger man attack on the northeast coast of England was in the nature of a feint. "Unless tne attack by German naval forces on the English coast developed further it would appear to be in the nature of a decoy," Mr. Hobson said. "Evidently, in addition to the moral effect to be gained by the impression created in the mind of the British pub lic by the attack it has for its purpose the drawing away of the British battle fleet from its present position in or der to lay it open to attacks by sub marines." Data gathered today In official quar ters revealed that the east coast of England, except for the protection which the fleet gives her, probably is vulnerable at several points. No esti mate could be given as to the exact strength of the east coast defenses, nor any assurances that there were not hidden defenses unknown to the outside world. From what knowledge they have, however, officials were in clined to the opinion that the coast fortifications and batteries were of secondary importance in the English scheme of coast line protection to the dreadnoughts; cruisers, destroyers and submarines moving about in the waters of the North Sea. FORTS AT HARTLE3POOL REPLY Pieces of Shell From Broadsides , Found All Over Towns. HARTLEPOOL, Eng., Dec. 16, via London. The two towns known as the Ilartlepools were subjected to a 25 minute bombardment today from the German warships, estimated to aggre gate from two to six, but which could e seen only through the thick fog .which enveloped the sea. Soon after the first German shell fell in the town the forts at the mouth of the river replied, and while they apparently did no damage to the raid ers they succeeded in driving them off. Pieces of shell were found all over Hartlepool and West Hartlepool. As the ships were wheeling around and firing broadsides, every section suf fered. Many more persons were wounded than killed. Women and children suf fered equally with the men. The bombardment, coming early in the morning ana without the slightest warning, prevented the people seeking safety and they flocked into the streets. AIRMEN RAIDING GERMANY Attacks Are Made Daily in Baden and? Wnrtt-mbnrff, Says Report. GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 16, via Paris. French and English aerial ex cursions are almost of daily occurrence across Alsace into Baden and Wurtem burg, the object of the aviators being chiefly the destruction of the railroad lines and stations in order to prevent troops from reaching the Alsace-Lorraine frontier. Yesterday two aviators, reported to he Englishmen, flew over Zersburg, on Lake Constance, and caused excitement at Friederlchshafen, the headquarters of the Zeppeilin balloon works. It was more of a reconnaissance than anything else. No bombs were dropped. A German report says that two French aviators who bad thrown bombs on Frieburgr for a third time and also on Neu-Breisach, causing much dam age, were brought down near Colmar last Sunday. Both men were killed and their machines smashed. A third avia tor escaped. wk loVaa s .& vfes Mel a in: -iv its- in. - r-ssr- - 2E 3 mi mfe:i:m - Hclttlffe ! Triplicate Mirrors ? if '- rW?ir&i-5 J rl Heavy Bevel Plate Set In Polished A jf ' tfl& Pi'Sj v i "flV A Ebomy, Mahogany, Kox and S.U. 3 z . 1 ?i-$JA f J I-Ct:! VVoodl frames. -An ideal gift for a I BRITON IS sui Tar;r Heavy Damage Inflicted on Victors, Say Germans. ANOTHER MAY BE AGROUND Cruiser Defiance Declared Stranded In Communication to Kaiser's Washington Embassy Win ning Fleet Is Nearlng Port. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Dispatches to the German embassy today from the German Minister at Santiago, Chile, announced that the British fleet which sank the cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneise nau and Leipzig off the Falkland Is land recently was badly damaged and that one of the British ships apparently was sunk. A statement issued tonight at the embassy said: "According to information received by the German embassy from Chile, the battle off the Falkland Islands lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning until 7 o'clock in the evening. "On the British side, the Invincible. Inflexible, Canopus, Carnarvon, Corn wall, Kent, Glasgow and Bristol, were engaged; many German officers and men were saved, but lack of boats pre vented the number from being larger. The British cruiser Defense did not take part and has been seen aground at Port Stanley. "Only seven English cruisers left the scene of battle, so that one must have been sunk. The others were badly damaged." MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 16. It is announced that the British fleet which recently defeated the German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leip zig and Nurnburg off the Falkland Is lands will arrive here Sunday. The German survivors of the battle will not be landed. RAID EXPECTED TO HELP ( Continued From First Pae.) inside 'ruthless revenge' so violently demanded by the German press?" The Evening' Standard's naval expert calls the German action a ser.seless pol icy and advocates harsh treatment of prisoners, saying: "If we are wise, we shall hang any prisoners taken. Then and then only shall we render our selves immune from similar raids In the future." The Times, discussing what It terms indiscriminate shelling of unfortified towns, refers to the statement of Count Ernest von Reventlow, the Ger man naval expert, that "we must see clearly that In order to fight with suc cess we must fight ruthlessly and In the proper meaning of that word," and adds: "The deeds wrought at Whitby and Scarborough represent 'the proper meaning as Interpreted in Germany. Indian Sarlnc Quoted. "We shall not discuss the prescrip tions of International law because the - ' Mil 1) GENERAL. VIEW OF SCARBOROUGH. 2) STREET SCE.f E ljf SCAR BOROUGH. (8 ABBEY AT WHITBY, 4 WHITBY HARBOR. Germans jettisoned alike all principles of international law and all dictates of society. The German navy and the German nation will learn the full sig nificance of the Indian saying: The patience of the British is as long as the Summer day, but their arm is as long as the Winter night.' "The raid had no genuine military or naval significance and its objects could only be to relieve the prevalent depression in Germany and create panic in these Islands. The second object has entirely failed. The raid was received with complete calmness. "We fully expect the German ships to come again until they come once too often." The Times adds that the purpose of the royal navy is to engage and de stroy the enemy's ships and that this purpose will be inflexibly pursued, de spite all subtle temptations to abandon it for other objects. GERMAN DEPOSITS GROW Press Bureau Says Gains Is Exam ple of Economic Strength. BERLIN, Dec. 16. (By wireless to Sayville. L. L) The official press bu reau today gave oat the following for publication: "As an example of tne economic strength of Germany, the case of the savings bank at Wilmersdorf, a suburb of Berlin, is cited. The deposits in this bank amounted to 8,500,000 marks ($2,125,000) in December. 1914, against 7,100.00 marks ($1,775,000) In Decem ber, 1913, although 1,300,000 marks ($325,000) were withdrawn for subscrip tions to the war loan. "Geneva reports that a rival of the Khedive of Egypt has been appointed by England, and he declares he will accept the office under condition that all the great powers are agreeable to him. "The Norwegian press unanimously hails with satisfaction the approach ing meeting of the Scandinavian mon archs at Malmo, Sweden." WARWIERWEATHER at Gearhart "By-the-Sea." Spend holi days at this balmy resort. Special din ner Xmas and New Year's at hotel. Call 100 ft Fourth streets Adv, t 'I LEIPZIG HbTIM REPORTS FAREWELL. EXPLOIT OF GERMAJ CRUISER DESCRIBED. Shell Through Funnel of British Ves sel Bankfields Finally Stops Flight and Then She Is Sunk. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1G. The farewell exploit of the German cruiser Leipzig, now at the bottom of the At lantic, was told today by E. I Rattle, third officer of the British freighter Bankfields, the last prize the Leipzig is known to have captured. Rattie arrived today from Callao on the Brit ish steamship Mexico City. While off the coast of Ecuador In September Captain Ingham, of the Bankfields, sighted smoke on the hori zon and put on full steam. The Leip zig had sighted him. however, and came racing after at a speed that soon overtook him. He refused to lie to at the signal, but a shell through his funnel brought obedience. Three launches filled with armed marines were put oft from the cruiser and carried back the Bankfields' crew. They were permitted to take with them their clothing, but no money or jewelry. Five shells sank the Bankfleld with celerity and her chew watched her go down by the stern. They were later transferred to the German merchant man Marie and landed at Callao. HAVRE SHIPPING WARNED Mysterious Buoys, Witn Unknown Purpose, Adrift In Channel. HAVRE, Dec. 5. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Following the sinking of vessels- by German subma rines, supposed to be three in num ber, just outside the harbor of Havre, the Minister of Marine has issued & warning to navigators against myster ious buoys of differing forms that are drifting about the channel. These buoys are of various types, bearing flags, lamps and torches. The Minister does not say what their object Is thought Brushes. A Barometers 50c Up AH of the celebrated "Tyeos" brand and warranted correct. Eye Shades 25 to 81. OO I'ompiHfi 50C to 86. OO A New Shipment Baby Dolls Character Dolls Teddy Bears Rubber Dolls Jointed Dolls Burglar Insurance and an ever-handy and useful pres ent for everyone. EVERRBADY" FLASHLIGHTS 50c to $3.00 Do Not Fail to Thousands of exquisite gifts to USE THIS COUPON 60 S. & H. Trading Stamps today. 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