| Show Where Britain r and Italy Are Massing Massing- Men of M W of r TO PORTLAND E v R U M A E ENGLAND GLANO F RA N C v f f y QS j P GO S i- i 1 iY A AA I N ir r U o T U RK Y T 0 y Sea l. l o MF Sea i- i SICILY SICILY- SS ter ALGIERS 4 GRAN y 1 ES ALTA E q RC R MORO C C 0 ALGERIA NAVAL BASES I T A D kJ I r Il IB ITALIAN N s SUEZ B BRITISH 1 IT I IJ S It I. I t P J F FRENCH N Location of naval bases in the l I Mediterranean where British and Italian sea forces are conce concentrated are shown in t the the- e above m map v Basis Laid For History's Most Terrible Naval War Copyright 1935 United Press I LONDON Sept 18 The IS-The The basis was being laid in the thc Mediterranean Mediterranean sea today for the most t terrible naval warfare in history From the coast of southern England to the thc pirate-infested pirate coast I of China British warships from tiny tin mine ne m trawlers to unsinkable un- un unsinkable unsinkable sinkable floating fortresses fortress s steamed to the ancient ocean which has been a a. a theater of naval warfare since ince the Achaeans besieged Troy I Preparations were made by British British Brit Brit- ish naval authorities to seal the harbor of ot Gibraltar completely in incase incase in case of necessity The South or Admiralty harbor was closed dosed to submarines and ships a few days ago by a boom across the entrance Another boom was prepared today for the north entrance entrance entrance en en- trance ready to close it on short notice Gibraltar seethed with warlike preparations The dockyard vas was as the scene of the greatest activity since the warThe war The harbor was crowded with warships and flying boats the former expected to leave momentarily under under- scaled sealed orders The Tho local defense committee is in permanent session O Owners timers of b buses and automobiles have handed handed handed hand hand- ed in their names to to the govern govern- disposal l within an hour Duces Duce's Navy Massed l The Italian navy aV is massed on either cither side aide of the long peninsula that lies Hes between the and Adriatic seas and stretches down toward Africa O On th the African n and European coasts soldiers airplanes heavy artillery artillery artillery ar ar- tillery are taking their positions Because the Mediterranean is narrow and is bounded by three continents any big scale warfare would involve engines of destruction destruction tion lion which never have been com com- Fleets of or airplanes big guns of coastal artillery cruisers that can move at It more than 40 miles an hour antiaircraft guns guns' whose potency po po- poten tency ten y never has been tested all would be used Suez Sues Bristles British fleet latest reports placed three battleships two wo battle cruisers carriers nine cruisers six submarines nearly 40 destroyers and a host of ot auxiliary units already in position at Alexandria Alexan Alexan- dria near the entrance to the Suez canal or off Port Said the Said the entrance Malta and Gibraltar The cruiser Berwick from th the Khina fleet arrived at Singapore yesterday under forced draft on its way westward The destroyers Duchess and Dainty of ot the China fleets fleet's eighth destroyer flotilla arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived today Of pt nearly 70 fighting fighting- ships in the home fl fleet et only the battleships Nelson Nelson Nel Net son Rodney and Royal Sovereign Sovereign- itself normally in the Mediterranean the and a few outdated destroyers yera re- re Continued on Isle Two Ol 3 NAVAL WARFARE STAGE ALL SET SETy y r Continued from Tare Pare One 1 t main off the English coast reports indicate The This others other are arc in the c Mediterranean or approaching Italian Subs Use Canal Herbert t R. R Ekins United Press I war var correspondent en route to Addis Ababa cabled today from Suez Sue at atthe atthe atthe the southern end of the tho canal l Under watchful eyes of British destroyers patrolling routes to the Red sea 12 Italian submarines pass passed d through th the canal and proceeded proceeded pro pro- pro pro- to stations across Italy's line Une of communication between Eritrea and the African coast cout Turkey Greece and Egypt are strengthening their defenses British extraordinary measures to protect Malta and Gibraltar have bave been told booms told booms across harbors proof bomb cellars antiaircraft batteries bat bat- teries heavy beavy gun batteries Along with war warships troop ships and ships laden with explosives ex ex- plosives are steaming through the mediterranean General Hure Huro of the French supreme supreme su su- su- su preme war council arrived at Ajac Ajac- clo do Corsica yesterday for tor an urgent inspection of Island defenses in hi preparation for a Mediterranean emergency Planes CS to Soar SuBr Over Malta 1 Late tonight every overy light In In little Malta falta island will be blanked out and in the dark hours bours tomorrow morning British Royal air force planes will drone overhead to give the islanders an Idea of the signal lignal that would reach them 1 If an enemy air fleet arrived French sources at Paris describe movements of soldiers and warships at Alexandria Aden Haifa and Agaba in ithe the Suez area and industry industry indus indus- try of men ash ashore re i in building de de- de- de tenses In Egypt reliable ble quarters re report report re- re port ort the strongest British force in inmanY inmany many years already is concentrated Fifteen Thousand sandmen men are ready for action it was said nid in addition to British trained Egyptian troops Italy taly is strengthening its defenses in Jn the tho islands off oft the theAsia theAsia theAsia Asia Minor coast and French dispatches dis db dispatches dis- dis patches reported today that triple lines of barbed wire had bad been strung along the side of the Egyptian Egyptian tian Uan frontier for miles from the cons coast to the Oasis of with machine gun pits to repel an at t tack ck Set t Up Up- N Naval Base Bale aie Greek dispatches report that Italy Is b believed to intend to tomake make a agre gre great t naval base of its island of Leros Five thousand troops have arrived there great quantities of ot oil and munitions are b being landed destroyers and planes are active It was an announced d in Athens yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- that a great British fleet would arrive for lor maneuvers off th the coast of Greece 80 miles from Italy September 26 It was reported the fleet will number 26 96 battleships battleships' and cruisers 45 de- de and auxiliaries d i. i Port Said Id t d yesterday that nearly 60 British warships were were vere in inthe the Suez canal canal zo zone e. e Some of them were south lOUth of th tb the canal entrance opposite th the Italian colonies |
