Germany's Plan of Campaign.
FOUND IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
ANTICIPATIONS FRUSTRATED.
• PARIS, Sept. 21. A newspaper has obtained possession of a document revealing Germany's plan of campaign found in a railway, carriage-five months ago by a French officer, who handed it to the authorities.
This shows that Germany recognised she might have to fight France, Russia, and England without placing reliance upon effective aid from Austria. •
The document expressed doubt whether England, for fear of invasion, would place an active army at.the Allies' disposal. The plan regarded France as the principal adversary. The opinion Avas expressed that Russia's sloav concentration avoulc! enable Germany to smash France in three or four weeks, and anticipated that Germany would achieve such a victory during the second week as to ensure Italy's co-operation with the Triplice and then finish up Avith Russia on the Breslau-Danzig line or on the Oder. ' The document hints at violation of treaties, but asks who is to enforce respect for neutrals' rights, for all the Great Powers would be involved.
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Northern Advocate, 22 September 1914, Page 5
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