A PLAN THAT FAILED
A SCHEME TO SEIZE VANCOUVER By Telegraph—Press Associatton-CopyrlgM 11 ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) l " (Roc. August 28, 7.25 p.m.) ' ■" , London, August 27. . The "Times" correspondent in Toronto states that German plans to sieze Vancouver and otiior Pacific cities lave been revealed to the authorities.. It appears that a German broker namel Alvensleben, who was in Berlin d when the war started, telegraphed to a e friend in Vancouver urging him torn-; i- augurato an agitation to invite Admiral e. Von Spee's squadron, then on the Omna d Coast, to visit Vancouver. A commit tee was formed and meetings were held, and if the arrangement had succeeded the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst would have attempted to tako or Vancouver. Victoria, and Prince Ruipert Island. From Vaucouver, the Germans planned to contro the Pacific , • cable,-also the route to Vladivostok.,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2553, 30 August 1915, Page 6
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141A PLAN THAT FAILED Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2553, 30 August 1915, Page 6
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