A TERRIBLE PLOT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 143, 16 June 1917, Page 15

A TERRIBLE PLOT.

FATK IN STORE FOR BRITAIN". rNi'oNsciiirs ukrman himViik. By an Indiscretion which the Kaiser's Government will nn tlouln llnd nnpnrdoii nl>le. n IJerman journalist has betrayed the secret aims ot lite Ftibmarlne blockade. v is that unfalllnß or«an of frlehtfulnpsu. the "Ilaniliiirß Nnolirli hieii." thai betray* Iliis terrible plo( for our uuduinic:— ■There cm lip no doubt lUat I lie effects of the rrlalilftil purtri-IIDR manoeuvres ~r our rr-boiit.f rotintl i he coasts of ISrimln :iro making themselves m-ntely fi-lt. "it is not thai Ihey are starTlng over yonder, or Unit, they nre yet Ileitis tieprlved of any of 1 lie common neccssllles i.f life. l.el not Illftt tact. however, occnsii.n any misgivings amnns the (iermans ns lo tiie success or our blockade. Let us remember Ihat in England they lmve at all tluips attached far creater importance, than is done in Oerniany to eating and drinklug, and (hnt I'.nglnnd was ever the most plentl fully provided of all countries with luxuries of all kinds.

-Tho result has been that the EtikUsli people. lons oi'riistomed to rocartl as necessities Innumerable dainties which In Germany do not form part of the ordinary everyday fare, are feeUng the pinWi pre cisely In tho scarcity <.r these in«lnl S onc-os. in the same ratio as we ulioukl feel the scarcity of bread and potatoes.

"Not beini; hardened to economy, the English, like spoilt children, who havo been deprived of their sweetmeats, will srovr more and more unrnly. nntll, In desperation, their Government will, In spite of all the lioawful talk, grasp at the slightest opportunity to make peace.

"This is whore the .strength lira <.r ouv T.'-boat weapon. We may depend upon it that tht. time is not so distant when. th<alisenee of cakos: chocotatos, Jams, and so ortn will prove tho rock on wbioh further Enclish resistance will split into pieces. .

"It is the .iamless Knjrlish soldier and sailor, the young English miss who finds no bonbons to. chew, who will be the peacemakers."