Second Edition. THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 308, 29 December 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. THE WAR.

America.

HOW TO BREAK*' GERMANY.

ADVICE FROM ANONYMOUS

NAVAL EXPERT.

[United Pbess Association.] (Received 10.45 a.m.) ■ Washington, December 28,

A- naval expert who refuses to allow" his name to be used opines in the New York press: “Britain will only be able to attack the German fleet by means of her land armies operating Schleswig-Holstein, and once the British force gains a footing the fleet would be able to render great assistance. ' The Kiel Canal once captured, the destruction of the Herman fleet could be easily accomplished. Thereafter nothing' could prevent Russia sending troops through the Baltic to assist the western front.

(Schles\vig-Holstei,n is a province of Prussia, adjoining Denmark on the north. The area .is 7.,337 square miles, and the population 1,450,000. The capital is Kiel, and the Kiel (‘anal is cut through the province. Schleswig, and the southern division, Holstein, were both Danish duchies prior to 1566; and a large portion of the inhabitants still speak Danish).

NEUTRALS’ RIGHT IN WARTIME.

(Received-10.45 a.m.) New York, December 29

The Times’; Washington correspondent states that Venezuela has suggested a conference of all neutral nations at Washington to consider a revision of the rules regarding neutrals’’ rights in wartime. ~