... those rumours are set afloat “with intent to deceive,” and having established that fact by numerous precedents, the Germans may have started a true rumour this time in the hope that it will be treated as false and intended to mask something else. We can ...

... WILD RUMOURS. The sensational announcement in a London evening paper a few evenings ago that the old stone quarries at Totternhoe *“have evident advantages as a base for German Zeppelins and are the centre of a mystery of the Chiltern Hills which should ...

... WHIPSNAOE. ZEPPELIN SCABE. Much commotion and in some cases unfeigned alarm was manifested tho village last week the result rumour that a Zeppelin had been seen or and that ,-everal bombs had been dropp-M tb.3 neighbourhood. It was also alleged that ...

... tons of enemy ammunition had been smuggled into the country and secretly stored in the caves. Later, when the Zeppelin scare was on, the rumours were revived. This time the caves did not run to the Priory Church but to a secret entrance in a Dunstable residence ...

... submarine; a Russian cruiser dealt with in the same way, and there were persistent rumours that the “Terrible had been sunk with heavy loss of life. A prompt contradiction of the rumour restored public equanimity, and then came the news of a brilliant naval feat ...

... w'U'fc cammed railway nt. and not first rumoured. in action at the front. The third aft will Ire leaving early m July, Lieut. Wiur ...

... Taking probabilities, it is believed that a Zeppelin raid—either with or without the German Fleet—is more or less certain; on no other hypothesis can the action of the Germans in keeping back their Zeppelins be explained. It is believed that none—or not ...

... Neither of these two roads touched Totternhoe, but there were old tracks which led through both of them to it As to the rumoured German Zeppelin base in the Totternhoe caves, the lecturer said he had read the article which appeared in a London: newspaper with ...

... * WHAT THE BUIZARD HEARS.” The official report of Sunday morning’s Zeppelin raid states that * the principal theatre of operations was the Eastern Counties, and the objectives seem to have been London and certain industrial centres in the Midlands.”” ...

... but to await events (if any). The only thing to be said in the meantime is that the longer we are kept a prey to conflicting rumour, and the more are allowed to see proposals, however indefinite, being bandied about'between a Government that ought to govern ...

... with sympathy in our troubles (young women might help neighbours in looking after their children) ; to avoid listening to rumours; to talk of victory, victory over ruthless foe. victory for our great cause of liberty and freedom for ourselves and other ...

... This suggests that, during a raid, the proximity of windows—unless shuttered —and skylights should be shunned. All alarmist rumours can be safely disregarded. In the last war, the most extraordinary stories, told with convincing exactness, were circulated ...