Oct. 14. obviously impossible for either of the belligerents to take a dispassionate view of the dropping of bombs on Paris, with the resulting deaths of several women and children. Hence it is interesting to quote the opinion of American newspapers, as inferentially to be judged by what. they suid of the similar dropping of webs on Antwerp some five weeks ago. Admitting, for the sake of argument, the explanation given by Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador at Washington—that the bomb-dropping was justifiable ''because Antwerp is a fortress which w: are besieging," the adverse attitude of American newspapers must be all the stronger in respect of Paris, because by no possible twisting of words can the Ger-muns he said to be besieging that city. According to Dr. Louis L Seaman, writing in the ''Independent," the object of dropping bombs on Antwerp "was the assassination of the sleeping royal family. This is awt war but murder. And the New York "World" retorts on Count von Bernstorff:—"'Antwerp was not besieged. The required notice had not been given. Even whey these steps are taken military attack is supposed to be aimed at military defence, not at houses and hospitals.'" The same point of view is taken by the Springfield ''Republican,'' the New York "Times," Sun" and "Evening
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