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Show LONDON IN GREAT FEAR OF A RAID Preparations Made to Meet Attack When Report Comes That Zeppelins Flying Inland Had Been Seen at Dover. Submarine Sub-marine Menace Also Causing Alarm. - London, Feb. 1. Special orders Issued Is-sued by tho pollco shortly before 8 o'clock tonight caused blinds to bo whisked down nil over London nnil reports spread that flvo Zeppelin dirigible di-rigible balloons sighted over Dovor, mid presumably making Inland had been fired on by tho forts. Parts of tho city of London waited for moro than two hours with blinds drawn, but nothing happened. Inquiries elicited from tho pollco tho Information that ordois to pro-pare pro-pare for an nlr raid bad bcon Issued by tho war olllco, but whether bo-causo bo-causo aircraft really had been sighted sight-ed or as a rohcarsal It was Impossible Impossi-ble to ascertain. Ono message from Dovor reported that the raiders had bcon driven off by tho gun fire, but no dotnlls wore forthcoming. Another Dover messngo declared tho ilro hod been directed nt German Ger-man submarines, hut tho ofTUIal press bin can issued no statement. Submarines Excite Alarm Tho Ocrmnn submarlno attacks on British merchant ships continue to be tho paramount topic of discussion and predictions nro mndo thai rood prices pric-es which aro already soaring, wll go still hlglior It many more raids aro accomplished. Tho shipping of the west coast Is still somowhat upset, the Dublin steam packet company announcing tonight tho temporary abandoning or all sailings with Belfast, Liverpool nnd Glasgow. Ono other Dublin company com-pany has also suspended lis sailings, but tho othor schedules aro being maintained as usual. Tho thief so'nco Great Britain finds In tho Gorman submarine attacks Is that tho craft thus used cannot take part In tho rogular naval operations. Expect Attack on Warsaw Out of the confused fighting In tho Carpathians, which continues to dom-lnato dom-lnato tho military situation, comes nothing In tho way of a decisive con-lllct con-lllct and porhaps tho most significant uows from, tho eastern thcatro Is tho theory from I'ctrograd that Field Marshal Mar-shal Von Hlndenburg Is planning another an-other general onslaught on tho Russian Rus-sian lines wost of Warsaw. Aitlllory duels almost exclusively have been tho measure of tho recent fighting In Franco and Belgium. Tho German olllclal statement dismisses tho wostorn theatro with tho tcrso annountomont "nothing to report." Tho French record only ono Infantry Infan-try nttack to tho southeast of Ypros whoro they say a Gorman attempt to advanco was stopped. Parliament Convenes Today Tho British parliament will reassemble reas-semble tomorrow for consideration of a number of Important wnrtlrao questions. ques-tions. Whllo no contentious legislation legisla-tion will bo debated, the labor party will press for govornmont nctlon wlUi roforenco to tho Incroaso in tho prlco of food, niton enemy restrictions probably will ngaln bo threshed out nnd there Is likely to bo a furthor request for moro Information on tho recruiting situation. Tho London newspapers nro pointing point-ing out tlio growing unrest in labor circles nnd thero Is a bollot In somo quarters that this may necessitate ac tlon by tho govornmont. Fifty thousand thou-sand miners In West Yorkshlro, whoso agreement with their employers employ-ers oxplros In a fortnight, nro demanding de-manding slxpenco (12 eents) oxtra In wages on tho thront of a strlko. Tho Welsh minors also want Increased pay and bettor working conditions; whllo tho railway men contond that tholr wagos aro not In koeplng with tho Increased cost ot living. Tho first thing to ho dealt with by parliament, howovor, will bo flnanco. Tho old year will bo wound up and tho now estimates discussed. Plan Extensive Commerce Raids Berlin, Fob. 1. Exploits of the aoiinnn submarine U-21 in tlio Irish sea hnve awnkened lively satisfaction In Germany nnd aro genornlly looked upon ns Inaugurating a sorlous Cam-lnlgn Cam-lnlgn of submarine wnrfaro on British Brit-ish commerce A I tho papers oxpress enthusiasm over tho doings of the submarlno ns ushering In tho war upon Great Britain's Bri-tain's commorco as heralded by Admiral Ad-miral von Tlrpltz. Tho argument Is advanced that what already has happened hap-pened to small coasters may now happen hap-pen to tho great English liners. |