THE WAR DAY BY DAY.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 11

THE WAR DAY BY DAY.

A SURVEY OF THE NEWS,

(By a Military Expert.)

Wo are told to-day that t-bcro is no reassurance in connexion with shipping in the North Sea, where formidable operations aro proceeding. This may mean anything or nothing. If our battle-squadrons aro at deadly grips with tho enemy, we look forward with tho greatest confidence as to tho result. All over tho world German shipping, aimed and unarmed, is being harassed and driven from tho ocean. The ' 'convoy" system of escorting groups of our merchantmen from port to r>ort, which has always been employed in previous naval wars, has been abandoned. Tho method of hunting and running the enemy's cruisers to earth, whilo our trade goes on, has been adopted. Are our enemies on tho ocean pleased or otherwise at this sporting action of their opponents?

W>> bavo long believed that the Japanese" would, at the first opportunity, Ask tho Kaiser to pack up his portmanteau and leave Kiao-chau, wherrt he has always been considered to be an officious and undesirable intruder. In India, Sikhs, Hindus, and Mahommedans are standing shoulder to shoulder *wi-h *-he tfliose rule in Asia is synonymous with equity, justice, freedom, and equal opportunity for all who enjoy tho protection of her flag.