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Show 1 1. W. W. LEADERS ARRESTED I tl TWENTY GERMAN AIRPLANES 1 p"! DROP BOMBS OVER ENGLAND Repeated Attacks Made on London But Fail to Penetrate Outer Defenses Two Machines 01. Shot Down British Aviators Drop Tons ! of Explosives on Military Works :M in Belgium. varied' ' -40,, LONDON, Sept. 29. Two German p. m -l airplanes -which took part in last i night's raid over the southeast coast ta I of England were brought down, it is -VRF announced officially. No casualties 1 were caused by the raid. TTTr The following official announcement V.V?' 'j "Lord French, commander of the J; i home defenses, reports that the latest -jr' ' information indicates that about twen- . '-v? ty en?niy machines participated in last .V J night's raid. Bombs were dropped in i:: j a numoer or places in Kent, Essex ami . jt Suffolk but no casualties and only in- An' .' : ' insignificant damage has been report- UCih- ' ed up to the present. Repeated at- , tacks were made on London but in no Jat ' ' case did the raiders penetrate the out- Lf'' I cr defenses. "One enemy airplane is reported to eratiijF! ' navo keen sIl0t down in the Thames 1 : estuary, and a second one off the coast." ; -t The successful operation of the Brlt- . ; ish aerial defenses In the frustration of three attempts of German raiders 1 to reach London last night and the de- i ; stmction of at least two Gothas on the coast lead to the hope that means ; i have been found to deal with moon- j light visitors as the Zeppelins were countered last year. It is true that the jjf condition of the sky last nighi was not TtfrTfcSk altogether favorable for night flying w lr dCIons? by airplanes and. anti.-. WgM aircraft guns has been made so strong MJlfS i that future raiders will cross the coast ,aj i of England at their own peril. es&M ' 1 This situation, combined with the .'fH continued attacks by army and navy atiSlJI flyers on German airdromes in Belgium partljS : is expected at any rate to limit the ', activities of the Germans whose only t USfW success during the week has been the ; -ifl killinc of a number of innocent civil- ians. Not the slightest military dam- 'Uttjflgj :! age was done. jfl : British Drop Tons of Bombs ) ; British aviators dropped seven tons of explosives in attacks Thursday .'ifflfj ' ! night on German military establish- MUnd- ments in Belgium. The following of- 'eto ficial report was given out today by ni i tne admiralty today: toSuK : "On the night of September 27-28 IgM there were bombing raids by naval lM ' aircraft on the following objectives: .Jjafl f The lock gates at Zeebrugge, the St. Z$M i Denis airdrome, the Gontrode airship -3B ' shed, and the Hoiittav airdrome. -9 "The bomb dropping at Zeebrugge miStl appeared to be good while at Houttav dgjw bombs fell among hangars and huts on fm tnc est side of the airdome. Seven SLX tons of explosives were dropped. All tllc machines returned." ;' Vote of Social Democrats. Vg PETROGRAD, SepL 29. The Maxl- i m malists and Social Democrats at yes- 4 H i terday's session of the democratic con- &m grcss had voted 117 to 71 in favor of u 9 the coalition cabinet and then voted I B 86 to 51 against the Inclusion of the II i Constitutional Democrats. The revo-' revo-' m ) lutionary Socialists voted In favor of m '; a coalition excluding the Constitution-h Constitution-h m ' al Domocrats. 91 to 87. j Premier KerenBky conferred with 8 representatives of the Moscow indus trial group regarding their possibly entry en-try into the cabinet. They replied "they would participate If the cabinet was wholly independent of any party or political association. The cabinet In replying to the demand de-mand of the Maximalists for the Inviolability Inviol-ability of Nicolai Lenlne at the congress, con-gress, said he would not be arrested In the hall of the congress, but would be apprehended if found outside the hall. The Maximalists decided not to J bring Lenlne from his hiding place. |