Evening star., 1914-10-18
0U|ETFALM0UTH
NOW BUSY PLACE
Peaceful Cornish Watering
Resort Becomes Military
and Naval Center.
BRITAIN Mobiles
10000 TROOPS THERE
Life of Farmers Disturbed With
Building of Trenches and
Other Defenses.
Correspondence of the Associated Press

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
FALMOUTH, England, September 25.-
Those who have known Falmouth
ordinarily a peaceful Cornish watering
piace-would not know it now 1t has
suddenly been transformed into a mill
tary and naval center, with some sug-
sestion OF a shipping port of great i'm
portance. The recruits who have made
~ tneir rendezvous may be seen daily
pus1ly engaged in digging trenches in
tne nigh cliffs which overhang the
oeaches so as to be ready for any
enemy which might land there. In the
evening those beaches are alive with
hundreds OF soldiers having a dip in
the surf. after a hard days work at
olgging or marching along the roads
which lead from the sea into the town.
Inc commercial aspect is heightened
daily by some new arrival of prize
ships. which may be seen coming in
under escort of a British war vessel
Even at night it is impossible for an
un1rlendly ship to escape detection off
Falmouth, for the flash lights in the
ancient Pendennis and St Mawes
castles, which command the Falmouth
promontory and harbor, reach many
miles to sea. The work of the patrol
boats has been so effective, in fact.
peaceful river which connects Fall
mouth with Truro and other famous
villages of Cornwall are almost filled
with ship prizes or vessels under exami-
nation Most of the German tramp
steamers and sailing craft in the North
Atlantic have been disposed of now,
but the activities of the warships con-
tiau2 IN the examination of neutral
ships carrying possible contraba to
Dutch ports. Cargoes of petrol, wheat,
cone" and other foodstuffs are fire.
qoenuJ- held at Falmouth until it is
made clear that their ultimate destina-
ti"n is not Germany
Great Britain is gradually making it
plain that she will not have Scandi-
navian and Dutch ports supply Ger
many with food supplies under a neu-
tral flag. Neither is she willing to
have German airships and war motors
supplied with fuel slipped past English
ships through the cleverness of neu-
trail merchants who have taken large
contracts to sell supplies to German
firms.
Life of Farmers Disturbed,
The quiet life of the farmers whose
tiny fields dot the hills overlooking
the bay has been rudely disturbed by
the soldiery here. Sheep and cattle
have been replaced largely by signal
men constantly practicing with flags
and other devices. Many of the stone
fences and clumps of trees on high
points which command roads have been
utilized as breastworks and reinforced
by bags of sand.
The recruits now here number about
1O.ooo Many of the youngsters are
without uniforms. Some drill in white
duck overalls. but many more in the
inevitable green and gray suits of the
English civilian The wooden stocking
cap is a favorite headgear
While many of the improvised forth
dcations have doubtless been con-
structed mainly with a view to giving
the recruits taste of defensive tactics,
the earthworks and wire entangle-
ments are invariably placed where they
would do most good if an enemy were
to attempt an invasion here. Lord
Kitchener is farsighted. and his thor
ough campaign of preparation is evil
IDENTIFY made with view to meeting
emergencies which might arise were
the English fleet to meet unexpected
reverSeS.
Leases on buildings taken for army
use have been made for period OF
three years in Falmouth.