GERMAN PRESS IS ANXIOUS
SIGNIFICANCE OF BRITAIN'S I DECISION REALISED. j ' LONDON, Jan. 11. j The German press is" showing the keenest interest, and only veils its ; anxiety ove l - compulsion in -England. ! Every detail of the campaign is religii ously reported. It is evident that the ! enemy finally' realises the incalculable | significance of Britain's decision to throw"lier full military strength into the I scales. The recent myth that the Huns ; were onlv taking an academic interest in ; computeicm has been abjectly abandoned during the past week. English news oC- '. cnpies columns of the ..front pages of -the jleading papers. Not only are the de- ! velopments in and out of Parliament 1 closely reported, but the trend of the ■ comment in the British newspapers is •■ carefully watched and elaborate quotations are published. The correspondents : apparently have been instructed not to spare expense in chronicling the progress '• of compulsion. Comment is restricted, ; but the utmost prominence is given every trace of oppositionno the Bui. Sir John Simon's,. speech was reported at length.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 13 January 1916, Page 5
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