The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-22

suspicion of espionage IN Germpny
there springs a rocudoscence of the
talk about a Teutonic invasion of this
country, and, had it not been that the
present is holiday time, it is more
than likely that the new evidence
which has been given of warlike pre-
parations across the North Sea would
have caused a deeper reaching scare
than any of the preceding ones.
Lord Northcline's Daily Mail is the
prime mover in the revival of the app
prehensions. It has been publishing a
series of articles by William Maxwell
with regard to the German advances
i'm the North Sea.
Mr. Maxwell" said the Mail adi-
torially, makes these revelations not
merely with a full sense of responsi-
bility, but also with knowledge derlv-
ed from experience as q war cores
pondent and student of military af-
fairs If he had sought for corrobo-
rative evidence, he could not have
found more dramatic and conclusive
testimony than that supplied by the
Germans themselves.
"The arrest of the two Englishmen
on the charge of espionage i'm Borkum
followed almost Immediately after the
visit of our special correspondent TO
that island. It is manifest from this
remarkable coincidence that the Ger
man officials had become uneasy and
were afraid that their secret was in
danger.
"The works, which are proceeding
rapidly in Borkum and at Emden are
Of immense importance to this coun-
try. It is acknowledged in Germany
and is stated without reserve that
when the works at Emden and Dor.
KUN are completed the fotilla of Ger
man torpedo boats will be able to
emerge from cover through the sally
port at Borkum and strike the British
coast in six hours.
Nor does the boast end there. This
fortified line along the coast of Fries
land is ultimately to be enlarged on
the north as far as the island Of Sylt
with Helligoland, the Gibraltar Of the
North Sea, for the central ward and
citadel. There the German fleet vii
have a maneuvering area of nearly 1Ol
miles, covered and protected and pro
vided with many exits into the Nortf
Sea. This is a vast and practical en-
terprise, worthy of the creator Of the
imperial German navy.
To Double German Fleet.
1--WE cannot but look with the mos
serious concern upon a scheme which
the German newspapers declare vii
double the fighting capacity of theil
fleet. 1t is no longer naval theory OF
imperial ambition. 1t is hard and
dangerous fact that no amount OF
theorizing can explain away
There is one feature in the Maxwell
articles which, in the light for infor
nation received by the Public Ledger
correspondent from authoritative and
entirely impartial sources, deserves
special attention. This is the part
which Holland might play or be made
to play in an Anglo-German war.
AS Mr.. Maxwell says, in the hands
of a hostile Power the Netherlands
would be loaded pistol pointed at the
heart of the British empire. If Ger
many ever succeeded in controlling
the maritime zone of the Dutch-Ger
man harbors, her capacity for naval
military and economic war would be
increased a hundred fold.
For these reasons" continue Mr.
Maxwell, 1--WE are bound to look will
suspicion on anything that tends t.
disturb the balance of power in thi
part of Europe and to preserve, at al
hazards, the independence and integ
rity of the Netherlands.
THAT this balance of power is beini
disturbed is undoubted. 1t is clea
that in Borkum and Emden and a
Malmedy, to take only three importan
! points, operations are in progress t
strengthen materially the position o
} Germany with regard to Holland an
Belgium. Emden being made a grea
T naval base, the Dollart estuary, Of
which Emden is situated, exposes a
important flank of Holland to attacI
from Germany and also gives the
readiest access to the North Sea an
the British coast.
"As for Borkum one Of the PriziaI
islands, the time is rapidly approach
, ing when it will be known, not as
, summer holiday resort in the Mort
Sea, but as a flying base for naval OF
erations.
The Belgian Situation.
"As regards Belgium, Germany a