The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915. ENGLAND'S PREPARATIONS TO RESIST INVASION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915. ENGLAND'S PREPARATIONS TO RESIST INVASION.

The people of England believe that the Germans will try to bombard their coast and towns, if they cannot invade the country, and a recent letter written at the end of November shows that preparations are bein made oil every hand to repel such an attack. The writer says: "The rumour is that on some day given the' German navy will come out suddenly and act in oomjuiiction with a fleet of Zeppelin airships and that an attempt will be made to land German troops from the Belgian coast. ... So many precautions hove been taken by the Government to repel such an attempt that there is probably sonic truth in the rumour. Ill© whole length of the East Coast and the South Coast so far as Southampton lias been entrenched and pix>tected by wire entanglements, whilst 'hundreds of guns have been mounted, flic approaches to all ports, from Southampton to the north of Scotland, have been elaborately mined. No vessels are allowed to enter an.v port without being under charge of a Government pilot. Furthermore, the Government orders for the reduced lighting of London have been extended to all towns in the United Kingdom; also the additional order that arrangements arc to he made for the complete obfuscation of all lights at a moment's notice. In the event of an attempted invasion, we probably have more to fear from the enemy within than from the enemy without, for it is certain that all German spies in England have not been rounded 'iip yet. These unknown enemies would be able to cause considerable damage and' confusion by si Concerted attack on bridges, railways, and telegraphs."