"THE CONFLICT WITH ENGLAND"

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 5

"THE CONFLICT WITH ENGLAND"

GERMAN NEWSPAPER'S REVIEW DESPERATENESS OF THE STRUGGLE REALISED (Rec. March 8, 8.5 p.m.) ; London, March 7. The Press Bureau publishes a trans-, lation of an article from the "Hamburger Nachrichten," which is headed "The Conflict With England." After reviewing the raids on the English! coast and the attacks by dirigibles and submarines "in order to resist thei starving-out policy," the article continues :

"Behind the German front in" thei; West is drawn up a second battlefield, in which we won't give way any mora than in Northern Franco. Esperfc opinion has stated that the Gorman coa3t guns from Calais will be able to bombard the defences of Dove? and the' country north of Dover over a; front ofl nine kilometres, about 5} miles). High! military commanders have declared that' the English soldier i 3 an adversary who. must be taken very seriously, and re* suits prove that the English Navy realises its duties and responsibilities. The oonflict with England will demand fresh, exertions and sacrifices. 1 In all thai wars she has waged, England lias fought with persistence and endurance, and thoso qualities will doubtless bo again revealed.

"But we Germans are aware" of our own powers, and the weak spot in England's armour. We realise the. stakes we are placing for, and know that the country which goes under will lose beyond the world's estimation. A world victory for England would destroy Germany's future for centuries, and thef war indemnity would so cripple our re« sources that wo would be unaple to con« template the reconstruction of our rnili* tary and economic forces. If England, our. most hated and dangerous enemy* conquered Germany, she would humiliate and trample on us to the uttermost* We enter this struggle with set teeth, registering a vow joyfully prepared to' saorifice the best of German courage, grit, and patriotism." . - ' The Press Bureau comments: "Pre* sumably this is either Bomi-official oB inspired."