TO ATTACK ENGLAND.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 241, 14 November 1914, Page 9

TO ATTACK ENGLAND.

ZEPPELINS AND THE FLEET." SPORTS FIXTURES POSTPONED. '" LONDON, November 12. An American, who lias returned from Germany, reports that there are trans- - ports filled with troops at Bremerliaven. and Hamburg, rtjady. to depart for Eng- i land. .. s 1 ■?.<s An officer informed him that they

were not such fools as to waste Zeppelins in single raids on London. They would wait till the spring came, when they would attack England with the fl(iet and Zeppelins simultaneously. Some British prisoners were hooted and maltreated by German crowds. A colonel was handcuffed and led away to •an unknown fate for striking a guard vho had prodded him with his rifle. Owing tb'the! yar,'the; fixing of coun--1 , «y. cricket fixtures for 1915 has been postponed sine die. " : The Northern'llriion League Comffiit"tee has decided that it is 'impossible to aivite a New South Wales League team tor a tour in 1915-16. MAKING THE TRENCHES. THE GERMAN METHOD. CRUEL TREATMENT OF WOUNDED. LONDON, November 12. The (( Daily Telegraph's''. Paris cor- ' , respondent says that interviews with German wounded reveal that the followinjg method of beginning the digging of trenches under fire is common in the German Arnly: —-First of all, an officer selects a man, orders him to divest himself of his rifle and heavy pack, to take a spade, and march from . cover some paces to the front. If he hesitates, the officer puts a revolver to the man's head and covers him until he has turned the first sod. The man Seldom survives longer. Then a second i is sent out, a third, and a fourth, until the beginning of the trench is deep enough to cover a man.. Then another is sent forward with an armoured plate as a shield, which-is set up in the hole previously made, which encables the rest to work in comparativesafety. On an average 15 men .are ■ shot down before a beginning with the trench is effected. Many German wounded have been brought to French hospitals naked, their comrades having stripped them and sent their clothes to Germany, where they are used for fresh drafts of jnen. One of the wounded said the German Red Cross had orders to pick up officers only, unless there was ample room for the men. Several times he saw men severely wounded shot as they lay in the field, and stripped of their uniforms and accoutrements before the bodies were cold. A TERRIFYING FIRE. GERMAN NIGHT ATTACK. THE ENEMY PANIC-STRICKEN. ' LONDON, November 12. There were what the "Daily Chron- # ittle's'' correspondent calls the germs ,df' a determined night attack at La T * Bass6e on. Tuesday. The British allowed V * the' German infantry to pierce the linos : and get well on the road to- Bfethuno, and tlien halted on the slope of a hill ..and opened a terrifying.rifle and artilV . lery fire. The fire o.verturned German r .. gun carriages and reduced the infantry * to a panic-stricken mob. * The Germans abandoned two 14in and one 16in howitzers. .t During the bombardment of Ypres on Tuesday, the Germans shelled the railway station, hoping to blow up the armoured train. At the time a special train was in the station carrying a thousand German prisoners to France. Only 284 escaped unscathed, and 161 were seriously wounded. The rest were . lulled, and lie unburied at the station.

WARNINGS BY WIRELESS. BEUAtJHES OF NEUTRALITY. THE LOSS OP THE CRUISERS. WASHINGTON, November 12. The State Parliament announces that Great Britain and France have warned Ecuador and Colombia that they must keep neutral in regard to the presence of German ships in Pacific waters. The Allied Ambassadors expressed the hope that the United States would bring pressure to bear to induce these •South American Republics to accede to ;the : Allies' request. It is. understood proofs exist thai, wireless messages were allowed to be sent from the Republics which gave warning to German ;,warBhips of the whereabouts, of. British pruisers. SAIS{ FRANCISCO, November 12. The Ventura, which has arrived here, Reports seeing some warships off Fiji, pfficers from the warships boarded the and examined her papers. WASHINGTON, November 12 ; It is definitely stated that the British Government's representations to 'the American Government concerning South American breaches of neutrality included a statement that the loss of the Good Hope and Monmouth w;as directly due to wireless information afforded German cruisers through sympathisers ashore. ;

The Chilian Ambassador assured: Mr Cecil Spring-Bice that Chili was taking qvery step to close all suspected wireless stations. The Ministers of Colombia and Ecuador denied that their Governments had any cognisance of alleged unneutral ficts.

THE KAISER AGAIN. ORDER TO THE TROOPS. ; GLIMPSE INTO THE FTTT ( URE. November 13; The following order from the Kaiser |o his troops was found on German founded in East Prussia:—''Thanks.;for. your valour ? my heroes. France has

been severely punished, and Belgium has been added to the glorious provinces of Germany. The punitive expedition against Eussia has been a brilliant sue- ! cess, but although we have obtained due requital for the affronted patriotism of Germany, we must now turn to the new task of protecting our hearths, which moribund Prance and barbarous Russia are preparing to attack. Henceforward military operations will take a new form. It is necessary to concentrate our energies upon the repulse of our enemies, otherwise Germany will be ■transformed into an enslaved and degraded province of Bussia and France. Kemember, not one step backward into our own country.'' A TRAINING FILLIP. CADETS FOR DUNTROON. Press Association. WELLINGTON, November 14. The military authorities state that it was proposed to send only four cadets to the Koyal Australian Military College f term commencing February next, and~ Tt"has now been decided to ,send ten A , BELGIUM WEEK. GOOD WORK IN AUCKLAND. Press Association. AUCKLAND, November 14. Belgium Week opened on Thursday with a street collection, with a large number of lady workers in the city and the suburbs.

Carrie Moore and other vocalists, in a gaily decorated lorry, did great business selling flowers and kisses, the latter at a guinea each, £9O being raised by this effort alone. The total day's takings were £lßl7, the largest suxn collected in a single day in the Auckland streets. This afternoon a monster procession and carnival is being held. It is expected the procession will total eight thousand. It will be headed by the Mayor of Auckland, including suburban Mayors, representatives of the various Consular bodies, the Navy League,- the Maori Contingent, Friendly Societies, and Boy Scouts. Monday is clothing day, and already a very large quantity of useful garments has been sent in. Other functions are following throughout next week.