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Show Commander Declares Damage Has Been Inflicted In-flicted on Warships and Military Points; Killing of Women and Children Incidental Inci-dental and Unintentional. By GEORGE F ALLISON, Staff Correspondent of the Interrir4oDal News Service, HATHAM Engla d AprU 3 CBy courtefiy of the British ar off ca I via ted the military barrc,hs here today an- for mo e than an hour chatted free y with, the crew of the the German Zeppelin h ought down, off the coast of Kent by En &h f re dur ng the ra d of Fr day n fih On my arrival at the barracks I was lmmedatey taken to see the crow hom I found in what la cal e the earr eon detention rooms a aort of local m tary pr son n wh ch or nary so dier defaulters are detained for minor offen&es These quarters a e spotlessly c ean we 1 a red and spacious T was g ven perfect free dom to npect the ce a In which the prisoners are quartered. Each room 1& about ten by s feet and conta n an ron bedstead with a mattress two b an eta and a p ow Du ng the t me of mv via t rat ona fllni ar to those given Brit ah bo - o a n barrac s we a served out to the captured Zeppe In crew Zeppelin Crew Young Men. My interview with the meu took pace In the corridor and the pr son e a were brought out En pare They were all young men varying In BE between 20 and 30 years On y one had suffered from a s ghl wound In his wrfit wh e ana her seemed to be suffering from the ahock. of im me a o The remalnd r were unhurt and were surpris ng y cheerfuL Two mechan ca sti -Hore the r leather clothing but others wl o had d scarded the r heavy apparel as the Zeppe In strucl t a water were wear Ing woolen sleep ng sul a provided by the Brit ah ho d era who had effects ed the rescue and capture A few were sti 1 barefooted but during my vet the military ta or look the meas urcmenta for a full reft (or all the p sone a Each One Denies Throwing Bombs Of the e x I pe sonaj y In arrogated j every man expressed h mee f fair y sat 6f ed w th tbe treatment received f om the British autho ies It Is s g niflcant to note that desp te the fact that I asaured them that I represent ed a great neutra news Bervfce each member of the crew w th. whom I ta kc- aeserted tl at his work -,as entire y connected w tbe Zeppe n mac Inery and d ftc a rnrd ai y knowl edge of dropp ng bombs Fl e out or the a denied hav ng p evlo s y been over Cng and on Zep pe n ad but one eta war Te on wearing op y a th rt and Leather breeches and egg ngs frankly said this waa h a th r tr p AH ta ked free y when assu ed that they were speak Ing to the repre&e tat ve of an Amfr lean news ser ce and o e aug Ing; y remarked that he spoke but lltt e English, whlc he had acqu red on a short holiday trip to New To k. Their Excuse Is "We Obey." To the pert nent query aa to whether they were aware that tbey sd k ed Inoffensive noncoenba ants, ft omen and ch d en each s out y averted that he aa aware of nothing save that ho was obeying o ders and do ing as he had been tod by auperlor off cars It was obvious that they we corned a chance to talk but they vo un leered no explanations other than giving plain answers to all my ques tlons beyond a statement as to the r genera we fare and their treatment b nee the r capture. In fact they made t plain that they would say nothing that might Incriminate them saves or he used against them. On leaving the men a quarters It was taken to the offcers' department The I 16 carr ed a crew of a iteen men and two officers One man as drowned but all the rest wore cap tured The commander waa Lieutenant Commander Bru hairpt, a ta I, I the fair ha red officer who told me he had learned o hand s a Zeppe n since the outbreak of the v-ar thougb he had been an avLa or pr or to that time Later I learned that, Iron leal y enough he waa first taught to fly at the Hendo aerodrome Lon dona great fl ng ecboo where ha obta iied h s pi ot s cert flcate Commander Dines With Briton. i Commander Bruthaupt was taking tea In his room wlt a Brltleb army captain when I arrived He was wear Ing tbe I on Cross which be had been a lowed to retafn This mark of d at! net on bore a date co no ding w th a memorab e air raEd on London but the commander dec nefl to say whether he had pre loua y mado the tr p by Zoppel n to the Br tlsh me tropo s Both he and the second In com mand Over Lieutenant Kuhne were quartered In two rooms In the off I cert part of the barracks shar ng the s ttlnn room and bedroom be tween them They are under tha guard of an officer an have a sol c er orde y to a end them They (Continued on Page Two) RAIDERS BOAST OF WORK TO CAPTAIN (Continued from Fafl Ona.1 H ff t H-imo fnl(l 6 ft 0 ad t e B Uxh u ( cm n a&e arA v ho -it a trva e a 0 n p rj Ti h a e pneb a tha a c r. n uh on of he n p e I pjw F3 u iaup accom pa d by a British cap a n itk nj a k around tTj bar acks i ounJf Well Satisfied With Treatment Rep nj c m quca or p p oil" 3111 o a me B ii haup a i hat If you tfc throuc Lhe wo of Germany you wl not f nd one ol e who wHQia o K women and dre T an y we a eel c ea m n e e h fsi b in.a dee OfH df n or o Aa arade ea mc oe j mp an bj c n e bo H njif of v,ornan and c d eii v t tine dee o of c enam a a Tried pna t Din are Ipa and fac or ea Wo nen anrl h d en be ome he ; n of an ope u. on b'l not be a He e k bsn n r ona I a i-ir B u haiipt refu&ed empha ca y to ac ep iie a a e nect that tbe Zap pe ri e bomba had no das royed any ng of mil Tary va ue n Eng and We Know beLte e bid k ow InitLy A I attempts to d avi h m out fur thar faded Fortunata y Over Ua'itqnant Kuhrift w&a rnbre comnjun caUva Ha spo e Enal &h fluently vh ch he aa i he had earned at achoo tnd bad po ahod U p during a three weeks ho day spent, n E a and before be war Lieutenant Kuhne waa att red In Ihe fur co ored eather coat of he Gsr n-.an Zeppe In officer Ha oo ed P& e but safd ha had ru y rco ered f on h IrnmeiH on and h e h na t perl en c a Lieutenant Kuhna was Ihe Us to leave ha a nklns Zeppe n ITa nas In a nstortht eondo a a! the t me Tha vessel struck the water and sank n the Eonio a to o dept thai he ea tlTTsatod at th rty meters Break rig open one of the ebbs n don's he came 10 the surface and wria rescued One Officer Is a Newlywed, L y tenant Hu ne seemed de ghted at h a escape On y e ght da s p or to the 1 I fated trip he had beon mar When I sank w th the Zeppe n T would have remained In the goo doU and d ed he said had H not been (or the though s of my w fe He Beemed very gratefuS that the British authorities permitted U m In view of his recent marriage to wr te a letter to h s brde announcing be safet' Curiously enough Lieutenant Kiihpe a sater is eb d to e In the i ne ghhorlns county or Suffolk and la the wife oT an shman According to Lieutenant Kubno the ZeppeMna contrary to the general be 1 af are afraid of rsothtnj pho t of a b azard Bain has no terra s for thena At the time his craft wbi brought down the atmosphere of Epg j land, waa of nild tpr ng namtli but at the altitude at which they we a fly us 0 aegrees of frost as reg a te ed Germans Give Souvenirs. Tho match he can-ed had stopped at exact ij 1 j o ock or f een m nu ea aT e m dn sh on Sa urda which ma be taken aa tbe me ha I he fe 1 into the wate I Both he ajid Commander Brtithatipt ha e made fi ends eaa ly w th Bdt sh off cere alnce the capture and so ertlra of the occas on nhlch a e b gh prized hv the r rec plenta tta e given away German s er conn and notes of small alue Can ou ace towrte over nhlch you are paaginfi Lieutenant I uhne was aeked Yea aa hi a cr ep and emphat c reply Can you locals large hu Id ns which may form objecte ou are de alroua of hitting with bombs i Again his answer waa an empna a 1 'Yea To o be eve ou cott d hi hose objects T a not anae ba Turn ng from he subject. o Zep pe ne L, eutenan Kuhne said Do ou know Mt McAllce of he I I ondon Obaee j Thu nueston er a ntv s art od mc o be momcn V ndeerf 1 pp ed That a good -ad Leu tun tvuhne Wit you be good enough o give him rrt) k nd aa u atlone when you get back to London lAo'i enan Kuhne secma to ha e unbounded, faith n the uh o Ge n any to w n he war He be e ea tha France be b ate n th ea months and en e B s n ha a no chance L 4 enan Kuhne an o a w de ope asament ndo o his room and na ed me a c ea i good to the aueet be ow Ne iher he nor ha superior officer seemed to be d e tressed by he position in which the find themae ves The are q e cheer fui. Both aarured me they hd re ; eel ed mont courteoua Lrentmem and t ( all consideration from the r apto a |