THE BASIS OF PELIEF.
O^rrii'iM stat?s»pon. Gcmaii I'evssiiaps'^, and t}ie Ger;n:iu Kaiser are chiefly responsible foj; tho ihfi. It is on record that ih" c-by 1 A r.f the onc,i'i,i! German ?«."a'. v , Ac{ w;i* *o ;> *~c-s " :i fioot of such strength ihai o\ on ftir t'lp niightiei} naval I'o-j.ct a var w«th her would invohc such risks as t > jeo'-arcl-s? it^- ov» n sujjioiTi icj ." There j ■ir-o, other itnto't fjirs of a like l>clli^o..e nature. C'Grainl\ i)y oiii^id" woi Id inake^.i no nret-ence of hiding iis bohef Amon » I tlie mo 1 -; rec-ent and the most candid of ! ci-itical observers m thl, volution is , General Leonard Wood, of tho United • States army, who is quoted as having j ppc k»r in the follcwinf: frank ii'-innT cif '. German intentions: — "H is a literal f.ict \ that Germany has compkted preparations ' for the moveni.Mil: of an invading army of 165,000 men. Everything i.s in readiness. ! The nacsssary Ptorcs are held in depots :tt , : the Oermi'i and the *hins to Vxy \ ' used as trariipoi*-* have beon selected. All ! ' tl-is neans that Gem any is pi-<?|>;:i 2-1 for immediate invasion t>f any i"orei r ,n country ! ' in the e^en/ of war. Ie does not mean that I ' Germany ia planning an invasion of ihe I United States, but, the krowledsre of her ' preparedn€ c ;s in combination with the rea- : J'gation of the v\eakness of our consl de- 1 fences has caused the War Department ' serious thought Of course, no idea of a ] German invasion was ever entertained in ] this connection. Nevertheless, ihe known preparedness of that friendly Power for ( military operations along lines in which our defensive equipment is weak carried a \ IcKSOU." *
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Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 13
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THE BASIS OF PELIEF.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 13
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