IN OTHER PLACES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 25 August 1914, Page 3

IN OTHER PLACES

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to anyone, who nses his sense at all. that capitalists arc tremendous 10-c.s by this war. To talk of "a capitalist.-' war" at this juncture, it was aiidc i, is merely to utter sounds without meaning. 'The capitalist has always feared this particular war more than anything else in the world, except, perhaps, Socialism. The first breath of it shut down the Stock Exchanges throughout the world, closed the banks in some foreign countries, scared business to a standstill. Scores of capitalists have already been broken by the war. some have shot themselves; thousands will be broken before it is finished, ff anything is clear in the world, it is that this war is the outcome of racial differences, which have nothing whatever to Jo with wealth or the absence of it."

SKRVIA AND MONTENEGRO. ? It was recently stated in London 'that 3 Servia and Montenegro are resolved to 1 proclaim the union of both countries under the Servian King. A similar project was on the point of being realised before, but was thwarted by unforeseen events. lit was also stated in Paris that on June 28—t'lie anniversary jl the battie of Ko-sovo—'the Servian and Montenegrin Governments decided to proclaim the union of both countri.fs, and as a first sitep toward* the foimation of a single State would establish a Customs union and two common Mini.sl.srs, namely, Foreign Affairs and Finance. It is explained that the assassination of the A-rdid'uke Franz Ferdinand caused the postponement of the scheme. Since the > clo'se of the last war the union of both Servian countries under a single Govern- , ment is considered an event which sooner , or later must occur. When in It) 12 Austria allowed the Montenegrin; and Serlw to join hands in the Sanjak of Novi Bazar, she must have foreseen to what this must inevitably lead. As to 'lie arrangements made, to proclaim the union of ibc two countries on June 28, it must be observed that, ha<l they been m.ide, they would not have 'been postponed by the assassination, because the news of the tragedy did not reach Belgrade until late in tilie evening. The realisation of the scheme is likely to be delayed so long as King Nicholas reigns. BfcOCKADE OF GETiMAX COAST. The Admiralty's announcement as to the safety of the trade routes may be iccepted as confirmation of the closing of all maritime approaches to Germany and the sweeping of the German 'Fleet off the hgh sev.s into the harbors. A cable states that German food supplies are now coming through Holland. The principal trading ports of Germany, even in norma! times, are Antwerp and Hot- ■ terdam, Antwerp i s closed to Germany, > but the neutrality of Holland still "n----ables her to use Rotterdam. It has sometimes been questioned whether nnef- I fective bloekade of Hamburg and lire- ' men could be maintained. By means of t the Kiel Canal leading from the Elbe < below Hamburg into Kiel Harbor on the I Baltic, where the main strength of the i German Fleet is concentrated, German ships can pass in five hours from Kiel f into the Elbe, whence they can issue to t attack a blockading squadron whenever |( a favorable opportunity presents itself. 1 Similarly a German squadron can issue from Wilhelmshaven, at the ( mouth of 1 the Weser, on a like mission. These < squadrons would be assisted' by the i heavy batteries placed on the German i advanced base at Heligoland, which is | equidistant from the mouths of the Weser and the Elbe. Its guns com- I mand the narrow deep-water zone through which all ships bound for the ' Weser or the Elbe must pass. Consequently Heligoland is a powerful factor for assisting the German squadrons issuing from the Weser or the Elbe to attack a blockading licet or retiring from it to their inaccessible base*. X.V.Ml'l!.

Xamur, which has been frequently mentioned in tlu- (-allies lately, occupies a very imjmrtant position in the defensive scheme of the Belgians. In when the defence of Belgium was reorganised, the citadel and ils outivorks were abandoned as obsolete, and a ring fortress consisting of nine forts war, constructed round the town, the furthest outlying fort about live inilv 1 i away. The furl-; start on the left bunk of the Meiise in this order, crossing to the rijjlit tinnk of tin* St. lleribet", Malornus Suarlee. Kmines. ( lirlbressce, Maizeret, Andoy and Dave, hi addition t;> the*- bomb-proof forts, a <!(»- fenMve force can take advantage of many other elevations between. Xamur | did not come inprominence as a fortress of <jreat military value until Louis XIV. vaptuivd it in Vauban attempted to make it impregnable. but William 111. lvtook if in lii!V>. Seven years latrr the I'rench aiiaiu ctptmvd land held it for t**»i years. Iniost a I hundred \<ars a;_;n, in ISI . the l'ru>i sians, under Tirch, and the 'Tench, unjder < Jroiudiy. fought an near this town.

Till- iIAi.TIC AHTiOACII. The (Eillieulties in the way of mninan effective bloekade over the.-e (ierman ports can lie removed romp'elely. provided that the stronger tb'et can obtain a<ve:-> to the lialti'*. and thus be fr< e to attack and de.-lruy I he ships m the Kiel war harbor. It was in an attempt to pivwnt this that the (b-r----irans recentlv sowed mines in the (.attest. mu.h to tlie annoyance of Denmark. The approach to the ibiltie. which is by the ;irms of til" North Sea. called the Ska.U'Tra: I: and the Ca'.tejuat, is ''N* t lvnitd * diliii'ult to tae narrow pa-sa-.v, Whieli lave to he travelled, in the These passages are dom-inai.-i) Ijv whhh <an completely idoi-k th'.' chanii-ds ayain-t all war-hips at tiie of (he o-cupants. I in l pa?.-a'i>'S badiiij; I rum the 1 att< ::at into the 1 Git ie aIV the Sound. the (.'rent WAi and tiie Little li'di. which are all vomnis ■. n < l l •d b1 !ani-ii I"'*!I! wa- reporte,l that i ),ii:i!,i i!' lu.! i!!'>lmiiM"l l:i.i!" ;) ■ Hen t I dei'e-id t !e-e !'• ivl•- and prevent ihein ''..Ml'.:, 0.-cup.ied i'..' an enemy -mim - ic. o; I ell!'-". G.'Mi-.s.iiy. S-. 1 1'eiely a ; Gc.--ii:aiiv is ]ir -id she ;ni-ht be aide i i til y. nv'i IV.'.- the invasion I!i It!!iaand Ihe ' apt l,l ' '' l | 'orl-. ;.i L.iilrol of the ]hu:Mi liiris. : n-' ci'iihi har ii'-' pa v.- - i..1" (!»' '- :t 11: -livel-- I'.-, doiu'.' mi ihc would ii' nt-it., In the first | k prtii'H h'-r fh'el m I^'"i' r ,.i:i V,-.' ih-l: i■ ■ b"ing at tacked 1,.. U M,,„.r;..r M.r.e. In ll.e «•••» 1..1 phi"'; J... wo;:M Jf.it il «-"t of t';- l>»wer c.i ;„..-eueniv io hi nil en c-.iiedi-.iouiiry lorce i'.eaie',;'nia. and h. reb.' d.rinv !>:ick aiuii:. from the l-rench and liussian I t" p'»(e.t li t capital. An I -, y .iiii.iuan- I■. lice laiidi d at HteU'ii I P |, ; |,| |;e , Ml; 7~> mile- fri.w r.cr!;n.