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Show "JAPANESE DESCRIBES RAIDS OFfflWS M. Ogino of Tokio Tells of Three Attacks Made on London. GREAT DAMAGE DONE Finds Business in the European Euro-pean Countries Exceedingly Exceed-ingly Dull. To have a German Zeppelin raid on the English metropolis London described by a Japanese may be mixing things slightly, but it Is, nevertheless, Interesting, Interest-ing, m. Ogino of Tokio, representative of Fuemkawa & Co., the largest mining concern in the Orient, is the man who can tell the story. He is stopping in Salt Lake for a few days, and while here he will visit the Utah Copper mine, which le famous among the copper magnates of far-away Japan, he says. Mr. Ogino has been in Europe for about three years in the interest of his company, com-pany, which is heavilv Interested in some of tne largest copper properties in the Orient. Since September 1 he has been In London. Paris and Petrograd and has been a keen observer of war events. His most thrilling experiences were during three Zeppelin raids on London which he witnessed. In the last one, on October Octo-ber 13, he said there were ftftv persons killed and more than 100 wounded, while the property damage was exceedingly large. Talks of Conditions. Concerning war conditions as-he found them in Europe, Mr. Ogino had the following fol-lowing to say: I was more impressed, perhaps, by k the quiet strength pf the people in ' England, France and Russia than by anything else. .In England thev take the war very calmly, and are determined deter-mined to win the struggle. When I went to France I expected to see a people tremendously excited. ex-cited. I had always heard of the French as being an impulsive, excitable ex-citable people. I w,as surprised to find them very quiet and calm. They went about the business of war In a serene, steady manner that will mean much for them, in my opinion. , In Russia, too. I found it the same way. Petrograd Is eternally busy with the business of war. There is little else thought of, and btisiness is practically prac-tically at a standstill, unless It Is business related to war. There, too, the people are determined and calm. Sees Zeppelin Raids. In London I witnessed raids by Zeppelins on September 7 and S, and again on October 13. The latter was the most disastrous. While there were several Zeppelins in the fleet that at-; at-; lacked 1ondon that night I only saw ; one. There were many searchlights turned on the sky to locate the airships, air-ships, and once, as the great beams from two lights came together, they revealed a big Zeppelin, far above us. I should say it was about 6000 feet above the city. Jt was fine! A wonderful won-derful sight! Oh, yes; the bombs dropped all around where 1 stood. Many buildings were wrecked. One bomb dropped right on a hotel roof and another on one of the large store buildings. They exploded with terrific force. I saw one bomb completely "wreck three stores. From here Mr. Ogino will go to Butte, where he plans to study the copper mining operations there. Then he will visit the Pacific coast cities, and le looking forward with especial interest to his visit to the Panama-Pacific exposition. However, he says he regrets that his schedule will permit per-mit only a three days' stay In San Francisco, Fran-cisco, as he must sail for Tokio on one of the Japanese line steamers on November Novem-ber 20. This will bring him home in. December. De-cember. Mr. Ogino is following closely the newspaper news-paper accounts of the coronation events and said he regretted that he would not be able to get home in time to see some of the great celebrations, which will continue con-tinue for a month or more. |