INVASION OF BRITAIN.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5472, 5 April 1917, Page 3

INVASION OF BRITAIN.

There are rumours of German invasion of Britain, which the Admiralty ended by denial. But their existence shows that there is some disquiet on account of the supreme need for a forward German naval policy. Moreover, the British armies in France are increasing their very powerful pressure against the Germans in the West. Mili tary experts declare that great things may be expected in the way of a German disaster, and the opinion finds an echo behind all the bombast publications. The German command knows quite well that the best way, perhaps the only way to prevent disaster on the West at the hands of the Allies is to cut the sea communications of the British armies. Never was reason stronger for the risking of a great Heet in perilous enterprise. The issue of the High Seas Fleet would be a great blow for victory, not only justifiable, but imperative. Therefore we cannot get rid of the impression that the closing ■of Wilhelmshaven may have very much behind it. Every rule of war and every sentiment of patriotism calls the German.fleet ont. Whether it will obey the call—we can only wait and see.