A BIG WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 96, 6 December 1911, Page 6

A BIG WAR.

\ COMMONER’S DISQUIETING OPINIONS. . PREPAREDNESS ADVOCATED. London, .December 5. Colonel W. H. Walker, M.P. for Lancasnire, io_,opening the headquarters of the King’s Liverpool Regiment, emphasised the need for preparedness. He did not wish to frighten anybody, but a period was approaching when there were possibilities of a great war. He added that the Commoners in t!io back benches were aware that during the last three months preparations for war wore actually in force, and 150,000 British troops were under orders to go and assist in the protection of the French and Belgian frontiers, against the Germans. That position, he said, might occcur at any time during the next eighteen months. There are disquieting enquiries in London for insurance rates to cover the risk of war between Britain and Germany. The enquiries emanated from Germany. Seven per cent, is quoted for the half-year, 10 per cent, for the year, and slightly higher, rates against the risk of outbreaks of war between Germany and another great

European Power. Important firms in Germany have reported that the situation has not improved since Sir Edward Grey’s speech in London. These houses attribute the feeling prevalent in certain parts of Germany possibly to incorrect newspaper translations of English political speeches. Insurance fates for cargoes to and from Turkey are hardening.