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Show uo LONDON TIMES MAY BE GERMAN OWNED. That England really fears an Invasion Inva-sion is the surprising admission ot the London Times' military expert, who, in the following, calls on England Eng-land to prepare and explains how the Germans could land a force: "Now that the war is reaching the climax of its violence," he says, "we must anticipate that all the forces of Germany will be thrown Into the conflict and that the German navy will no longer remain Inert. We mu3t expect to be attacked at home and must not rest under any comfortable illusions, but look the situation calmly calm-ly in the face. "From a soldier's point of view, the naval defense of tho British Isles pre- J sents difficulties which not even the 1 preponderance of ships can with ab solute assurance overcome. The length of our coasts; the absence of I our best troops over the sea, tho want 1 of n national army which is still only forming; the menace of the submarine, subma-rine, which keeps our grand fleet often far from an ultimately decisive point; the Zeppelins; the mines and other war conditions more or less hovel, throw upon Admiral Jelllcoe a burden of responsibility which must not be underrated " The expert contends that Germany, while acknowleddng tho uncertainty of success In such an undertaking, probably hope to keep the British navy engaged by German 6hips, while I transorts, escorted by a few of the older warships, slip across and make a landing in England under the protection pro-tection of mines, submarines and ves-selr, ves-selr, sunk In the fairway. "There is ample shipping in German Ger-man ports for the embarkation of a quarter of a million men." the expert continues. "From the evidence wre have had of the calmness with which the German generals sacrifice life to attain objects, we can be sure that the loss of 50.000 men In transit would be considered a cheap price to pay for the landing of the remainder of the force in England " The writer argues that Germany is well able to spare troops for the attempt, at-tempt, and, although odds aro against its success, the adventure may be tried. He urges the government to announce promptly the measures It proposes to take and to instruct the public how- to act in case of such an emergency. He also suggests the appointment ap-pointment of a commander-in-chief and warns the people against indulging indulg-ing in a false sense of security. The London Times, were it eon-trolled eon-trolled by tho Germans, could not be doing more for the Kaiser's side. It I has kept up a constant fire against ' the military censor and now it is do-rig do-rig much to keep English troops From being thrown across the channel ' to the firing line, where there is a real danger instead of a bogey. The English would do well to investigate inves-tigate the ownership of the Times |