Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-06-16 | Page 3 | Would Extend Airship Fighting

WOULD EXTEND AIRSHIP FIGHTING German Editor Denounces French Aeroplane Raids "Unscrupulous Retaliation Retalia-tion Is Demanded." NEWSPAPERS ROASTED Vount Von Rentlow Bitterly Attacks German Press for Conciliatory Editorial Comments. Berlin, June 16, via London, 3 45 p. m. Commenting on tne aeroplane raid on Karlsruhe. Paul Becker, assistant as-sistant editor of the Tages Zeitung, terms it "a nefarious and senseless act' for which "unscrupulous retalia . tion Is demanded." He declares Germany hitherto han I retaliated for the bombardment of I defenceless unfortified cities only by the bombardment of military localt , ties, but that an example now shouid be made. Would Extend Retaliation. Herr Becker suggests that the best step would be a bombardment of the weKtern nnrtirm nf 1 nnAnr, n thinks the retaliatory measures should 1 be extended also to other departments of warfare. Count Ernst von Rev-entlow, Rev-entlow, the naval expert of the same ' paper, returns this morning to the attack upon the article of Eugene Zimmerman, Zim-merman, director of the Lokal An-zelger An-zelger in favor of efforts towards a German-American understanding. In an article headed "German propaganda prop-aganda for deliveries of weapons to Germany's enemies." Count von Rev-entlow Rev-entlow says the defense by German newspapers of these weapon deliveries deliver-ies is one of the most incredible things which has occurred during the war. He attacks the Vorwaerts for Its approval ap-proval of the Lokal Anzeiper's proposal pro-posal and again assails the latter pa per for declaring there was no occasion occa-sion for indignation nt the attempt of England to 3tarve out Germany, which wa,s held to be legitimate warfare. The count says the press of the countries opposed to Germany will rejoice re-joice to learn that Its own views are held and furthered by a portion of the German press He argue sthat If the Lokal Anzeier approves England's starvation plan it therefore disapproves disap-proves of the submarine campaign. i oo