INVASION POSSIBILITIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1917, Page 2

INVASION POSSIBILITIES.

Germany’s Intentions. (United Service—Copyright.) (Received April 2, at 12.20 p m.) London, April 1 Creagh, writing in the Weekly Despatch, disenetea the eericus possibility of an invasion or a great raid in order to ascist tbe submarine campa:gn by destroying shipping ports, burning fojdstcff * and devaitating the country. He argues that before Germany i 9 defeated riie will exhaust ail her reeon f can, ioc'udmg the Navy, which cam o; hope in defeat tha Giaud Fleet, even with luck, bat might, during a feint battle, t ush a number of raiders -it to tbe Atlantic, The Navy might secure a stretch of British waters long enough to permit the landing of raidieg parties trained to devasta.e the country. He states that General Hindenburg ha?, a strategic reserve of a million men, wherewith he may Btrike for Calais, Verdun, Petrograd, the Venetian Plains, or under cover of a great naval battle, tend a fleet of transports to England in the hope that a largo number ouuid msks a hading. He fcdds ihit Get e-ai Hinder! burg's despeiadoes would play devilish tricks, but considering our resources of men, railways and plan of defeccss, no invader should be at liberty after bar hours. A despor.Ve series of such raiding i various is expectable, by endeavoring to create a paum, disorganise the railways, and destroy shipping and feud. These ate certain to fail, whereafter Germany would be hopeitesly bankrupt of resources and would beg for peace. .