Canada

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 141, 7 November 1914, Page 5

Canada

i'K WAI : TIOXS AOAIXST IXVASJON. WJYKUXMKXT AW AUK OF PLOTS.

Received 0, 10/10 p.m. \ Ottawa, November 5. : -U tin' result of tin- rumoured Gc-r. man naval raids pending against Canada, I precautions are being- taken to mine the harbors and estuaries, and to station troops on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It is reported that the Government was a ware of plots to mine the Ray of ■ Finely, with ilic object of interfering ■ with the wir.ti r trans-Atlantic services. Negotiations between Canada and Australia fur clo.-vr trade relations are be- j ing resumed. LARChI AREAS OF Will-AT. | CANADA'S SECOND CONTINGENT. \ ' .( Ottawa, November 5. In Western Canada, the farmers, assisted by the Government, are seeding large, areas of wheat, intending to place in wheat in Kilo the largest area ever known in the history of Canada, with the object of supplying Ib'itain's needs. A determined attempt to secure Germany':! trade is being made throughout the Dominion. AH the Austrian and German residents are interned in concentration camps for the duration of the war. C.iuada's second contingent of 15,000 men is training, and is expected to leave in January.

TRHKATILNICt) INVASION. CANADA PREPARED. Ottawa, November r>. T!i<! secret service lias discovered great activity in tin; United States amongst Centum crrganisations witij the object of invading Canada. Farmers in the maritime provinces state that automobiles are used nightly across the frontier. German townships on the United .States side are receiving an influx of fitrangerH of military appearance. The Canadian Government announces that full preparations have been made to de. feat any attempt at an invasion of Canada.. All the railways and ports of entry are guarded by militia. PRO-GERMAN PAVERS WARNED. Received 7, 12.20 a.m. Ottawa, November 5. The pro-German papers have been warned that they will be summarily suppressed if they print any further inciting articles against Britain.