ENGLAND “ALL OUT”

New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9245, 12 January 1916, Page 6

ENGLAND “ALL OUT”

GOOD FIGHTING CHANCE many comforting facts to • REMEMBER. "* Interesting views were expressed to an-Auckland pressman this week by Mr George H. Blakemorc, a New "South Wales mining expert, who re,..turned by tho Makura, after a visit -to England and America. The Auckland “Star” of Monday says that on his arrival in huglano • some months ago Air Biakemoto -ly stated that tho people of Ins coun try —Australia—-seemed to be tar mo enthusiastic about bringing tho J ar {° a successful conclusion than were th people of the Mother Country. ihe {joint that interests ns, ho to various people whom he met, >s wha •is England going to do in order to 'iuktify -tho respect of her overseas de pendencies?” In reply, he was assurer, that, although slow to wrath, Eng , land was at last aroused, and there tho slightest danger of any ..Blackening of effort until the - enemy had been reduced to a position •of safety. ~ SOMETHING MORE THAN TALK. m Mr ,*Blakemoro visited England am. -America on a matter of business which is regulated by the war, and he therefore had opportunity of coming m contact with prominent people. He does “"nob fcltr that the Parliamentary dissensions in England will develop into • » very serious situation. It is the British nature to talk a lot and grumble a little. “The thought which seems to give most comfort,” he said, is that .with all her preparations ot the past thirty years Germany has not been ajile to get very far, while the sesjwpca of the Allies are all the while increasing. It is regarded as a mathematical certainty that m due time, the enemy must ho overwhelmed* . The great British Fleet is 25 per cent, stronger than at the outbreak or war, —and sooner or later it mpst Strangle Germany.” 1 capture of eighty-nine ' submarines.

Admitting that the Prussians had by hicanh of their theatrical displays been idifir'cssing some of the Balkan States, Sir Blakemoro remarked' that there were yet many comforting facts to remember in favour of the Allies. He had been informed by a man who was directly in touch with Lloyd’s that no . fewer .than eighty-nine enemy submarines had been captured. By means of nets, decoy boats, high-speed motors boats, etc., the British Navy had ac.counted ibr tiiese -onderivator vessels - nvitli an ease which was a great source of chagrin to the Kaiser and his followers. In fact, it was believed that the North , Kea had been found so unhealthy that : tliey. had transferred their submarines to the assistance of Turkey. A total of 3000 trawlers and high-speed boats . were, said to ho patrolling the coast of England with' most excellent results. . They- were equipped with wireless, and - could call up a defending flotilla wiUremarkablo dispatch. TO SMOTHER GERMANY- WITH ....... , SHELLS. ' --“Great Britain and France are moving heaven and earth,” said Mr Blakemorej ' “in connection with the manufacture of , munitions. England has , literally erected hundreds of acres of munition factories.. It is felt that the .. war ds resolving itself into a contest ■ in high explosives, and the time is surely coming when the Allies will be able 'to smother Germany with shells*. Mr 1 Lloyd George is regarded as a won- ! derfu I ""'organiser, and for business 1 ability he is regarded as the outstand•'ug man in England.” Being interested in metal works, Mr Blakemoro visited some of the large works in England and America. Ho says that the United States is also doing great ‘ things in connection with the manufacture "of munitions, all of which fine ' their way to the Allies. The quantity so produced probably totals 100, COo tons Per week. A CHANGE OF OPINION. Whereas he went to England with a ; feeling of uncertainty as to whether the people of Motherland were “all out,” so to speak, Mr Blakemore I'liaf come away with -the firm conviction that England is playing the game \ tor all she is worth, and will continue doing so as long os is necessary. Furthermore, he believes that the assistance rendered by the overseas dominions is so highly appreciated as to render a foregone conclusion the establishment by England of an Imperial in which all parts of the "Empire will bo given’ a voice.