KAISER WILHELM.

Taihape Daily Times, 24 November 1917, Page 5

KAISER WILHELM.

HOW HE WILL SUICIDE HIS NATION. THE INVASION OF ENGLAND. “The whole German navy implicitly believes that a fixed plan exists for the invasion of Britain, and that it ill put into execution before the final die is cast in this great war.” So says Axel Bjornsen, a Scandinavian seaman who served in the German submarine and destroyer service and has lately been writing a series of articles for the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle. The evidence of the manoeuvres of a decade and of the war-time experiments goes to show that the plan involves probably the sacrifice of every capital ship Germany possesses, and the fixed intention of the navy is to exact as heavy a price as possible for every ship. It must be supposed that a period of reckless mine-laying will precede the great attempt and in this connection it should be noted that the construction, of mine-laying submarines has been one of the features of Germany’s shipbuilding in recent times. A groat air raid upon every accessible point of the English coast will no doubt be organised for the same night. At the same time the German fleet will sally boldly out and engage the Grand Fleet of Great Britain in a running fight making a desperate endeavour to draw every possible ship away to the north as possible. From Zeebrugge whole hosts of torpedo craft and small submarines will pour out, attacking chosen points on the English coast and attracting the patrols from all directions to the tier fence.

In the midst of all the confusion the transports ,with their convoys ofi cruisers, submarines and torpedo craft will make boldly for the British coast, through water lanes protected with mines as far as the submarine mine-layers can make that possible. They will carry from 70,000 to 80,000 picked men of the sort who are faow being selected ,(is < i‘shtoc§sj troops” on the western front. Their mission will be to, land upon the BrN fish cdafct" or 1 perish in the attempt.

•■Such is the-rough sketch of the Ger-f man naVy 'man’s idea of the of England, in which every ship ‘and every 1 man is grimly determined' to play an allotted part, though it imr volve extinction.

If you point out that it is a desperate plan, they say that it will not bo executed until Germany is in a desperate position and into such a position they can see the Fatherland fast drifting. Attacks at a dozen places at once, and confusion, and panic in all direct tions are expected. . §s In the midst of all this disorganis-i ation and confusion the invaders will set about their work ferociouslv - and? ruthlessly; ‘ With the possibility'ci all retreat cut off behind them, the'y must strive for a quick and sensational success. They will capture London, and bring the accursed English to their knees is the invariable conclusion of this German dream. It is a dream of the Spanish Armada was a dream: but rt is a dream which the dangerous mac U men of German high control will attempt to make a reality.