ENGLAND AND THE ENTENTE
PRESS STATEMENTS AND COMMENTS.
LONDON, August 2. Tlie "Daily Chronicle's" Parliamentary correspondent states that tho expeditionary forces * aro not to he sent abroad. Every honourable effort will bo made to prevent England being drawn into war. "The Times" says th3t although no mobilisation of tho Fleet has been ordered, all preparatory and cautionary measures havo been taken. The whole of Britain's most effective warships are at e_ea, coastal forts are manned, wire entanglements are erected, searchlights, are playing, and men are sleeping beside the guns, whilo aeroplano attack is anticipated by the mounting o: anti-aircraft guns in elevated positions in the country and cities. Tho "Observer" says that beyond doubt a section of the Cabinet favours breaking the Entente, but the paper declares" that Great Britain's neutrality is impossible, and would bo an act of desertion. - "Reynolds's Newspaper "declares emphatically that "England must keep out of.it."
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15037, 4 August 1914, Page 10
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150ENGLAND AND THE ENTENTE Press, Volume L, Issue 15037, 4 August 1914, Page 10
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