BRITAIN'S PART.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15396, 29 September 1915, Page 7

BRITAIN'S PART.

ZEPPELIN RAIDS. ACCOUNT BY A GERMAN. (By C»bU.~ Vttn ABMcUtira.-CoprrJabtJ BERNE, September 27. A member of a Zeppelin crew writtni to'tho newspaper "Werbund,"'Bays.:-~" "London is beyond our range, but it is possible to reach, it if & steady oast - . wind blows, as we can then'float for a considerable distance, conserving . oar' petrol. Unfortunately ' the weather •in > England's best ally. It is generally either windless or over-windy, or bright moonlight. "Wo took fewer bombs on onr London raid* but they wore specially large, ouos. We reached the mouth of tho .' Thames and were unobserved* owing to clouds and tho silence of our engines, until we Arrived at the Tower bridge,* where we crossed to tho-north side. ' Searchlights then caught us. Immediately the sky was ablaze with searchlights, and tho air was rent with a terrific cannonade of guns, which at 'first were unable to reach us. We dropped . bombs regularly until shrapnel began- to play around us." ''We could discern dark spots of confddcrablo sizo amid the glow of light* and dropped bombs there,' bat tho searchlights hampered us by cutting off our view of our objectives. /Hie English arc terror-stricken at our wonderful Zeppelins, and tho effect must have been awful. "The English land gun* are useless, hut there are better ones on the coastf, ho that wo are careful •when returning. They always try to intercept' u» from Dunkirk in the morning, so we take another direction, The great thine i*. to have plenty of petrol when English, aeroplanes arc about." • CLEARING OUT ALIENS. MEASURES IN LONDON. (Received September 28th, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 28. London has been practically cleared of aliens of military age. Over four thouwind arc quartcrca in the .Alexandra Palace.

SOUTH AFRICA'S HELP. NO COMPULSION. (Heceirod September 39th, 12.15. a.m.) KROONSTAP, September 28. General Botha had a lively election meeting here. Ho emphatically declared that if anybody in tho next Parliament attempted to introduce a Bill to commandeer men for Europe,' his Government, if in office, would strongly opposo it. AN EAGER NEWZEALANDER. (Received Scntoraber 2Sth, 11.30 p.m.V LONDON, September 2s. Mr •!. A. Jickcll, a New 2Jealaadei, upeaking at a recniiting meeting, safcl ho was too old to join the Army, and had como to England to 6ff*r his nervier* as a munition worker. Mr .lickell's' thrco eons aro at the Dardanelles.