Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-17
FALMOUTH HAS
UNUSUAL Scene
Once Quiet Watering Place,
Now in Ferment Of
War Activity.
correspondence of the Associated
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HN..'-- lACSS.y
[ Falmouth. Eng. Oct. 17.-Those
who have known Falmouth-ordinar-
lily q peaceful Cornish watering-place
would not know it now. 1t has sud
denly been transformed into q mill
tary and naval center, with some sug-
Sestion OF q shipping port of great I'M
( portance. The recruits who have
I made 1t their rendezvous may be seen
daily busily engaged in digging
hang the beaches sc as to be ready for
ana enemy which might land here
In the evening those beaches are alive
with hundreds of soldiers having a dip
in the surf after a hard days work at
digging or marching along the roads
which lead from the sea into the
The commercial aspect is heighten-
ed daily by some new arrival of prize
ships. which, may be seen coming in
under. escort of. q British wal vessel.
Even at night it is impossible for an
unfriendly 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,
that. the landlocked harbor and the
peaceful river which connects Fall
mouth with Truro and other famous
villages of Cornwall are almost filled
With ship prizes or vessels under ex-
animation. Most of the German tramp
steamers and sailing craft in the
North Atlantic have been disposed of
now. but the activities of tho a
ships continue In t h examination of
neutral ships carrying possible contra
band to Dutch ports. Cargoes of pet
rol; wheat, coffee and other foodstuns
ANA ~ 90 ENo ~ 40 49,
til ills made clear that their ultimate
destination is not Germany.
Great Britain Is gradually making
It plain that she will not " Scan
dtnavian and Dutch ports supply Ger
many with, food supplies under q nell
trail flag. Neither is she willing to
nave German airships and war motors
lish ships through the cleverness of
neutral merchants who have taken
large contracts to sell supplies to Ger
man firms.
The quiet life of the farmers whose
tiny fields dot the hills overlooking the
bay .has-been. rudely disturbed by the
ysoldiery here. Sheep and cattle have
been replaced largely by signalmen
CONSTANTLY. practieins with flags and
fences and clumps OF trees or high
points which. command roads have
been utilized as breastworks and REIN
forced by bags of sand.
The recruits now here number TO-
900. Many of the youngsters are
without uniforms. Some drill in white
duck o~veralls, but many more in the
Inevitable green and gray suits of the
English civilian. The WOODEN stock.
ing cap Is a favorite headgear.
While a Of the improvised for
~tiacations have doubtless been con-
structed mainly with a view to giving
the recruits a taste Of defensive tao
tics. tho earthworks and wire entan-
elements are invariably placed where
they would do most good If an enemy
were to attempt an. invasion here.
Lord Kitchener is farsighted and his
thorough campaign Of preparation is
evidently made with a view to meet-
ing emergencies which might arise
werA the English feet to meet une-
pected reverses.
Leases on buildings taken for army
use have been made for a period of
three years in Falmouth.