Berlin, Oct. 17.
"German planes flew ever Scapa Flow today, successfully attacking British warships which were hit by. [bombs of medium calibre," the German official D.N.B, news agency reported this evening, "One battleship notably was damaged. 01 British plane was. shot down and a German™ plane is missi the DNB. report added—Havas Contradictions are asserted to have also occurred. In one breath the Germans are reporied to have claimed that the British were short of food, and in the next that they were being fattened with the riches war, A. significant feature of German' propaganda, observers here state, is that entire programmes are devoted dally to "denying and dis-toring English news, a clear proof that it has not been possible entirely to conceal the truth from the German people."—Reuter.
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