The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-20
Doctor Graves Asserts Germans
Win Descend on England in
Near Future
PREDICTS RUSSIA
'.s' WILL MAKE PEACE
Tells kaiser's Plan to Invade
British Isles by Land, Sea
and zeppellns

.
gard Kari Graves, international spy
aud secret service man, last night gave
some startling dctai.s Of Germany s
prop osed raid on England, which. he as
serts, WIN take place between Novem
Der % and 80. lie also predicted that
the war would last more than two
Years and said that six mouths from
now Russia would not be at war with
Germany,
"The chief object Of Germany said
Doctor Graves, f'is TO ,liininate En-
gland from the conflict. AN OF her ener.
eies are being eehtered upon that ont
thing. For more than eight years tine
German General Staff has been work.
ing on pans to successfully invade the
British Isles.
FIRST Steps Completed
"The FIRST steps to be taken proyid.
ed for means Of transportation and
were completed some time ago. All OF
the German waterways from Stettin to
MaAiz and Cologne were deepened 70
accommodate vessels Of zoo tons bur
den.
"While this was being done hnnd-
reds Of .barges were prepared and stor.
ed in such centres as Stettin, Frank
fort. Oder and BE : l.. These barges arc
300 feet long, 45 feet wide and will
carry 100 men each MS well as supplies
and ammunition sufficient for a month =
campaign. They are provided with
motors which will drive then at the
rate IF FIVE or six miles an boar, Just
enough to enable them TO change posi-
tion at will ~
''The German aerial feet is at Ant
werp and will take prominent part ID
the invasion Barges will be lowed
across the Channel by powerful sen
going tugs, starting from Ostend, The
recent desperate struggle of the Ger
man army to gain control OF the coast
towns has been with the one purpose
in view Of providing a point where tho
barges can be mobilized. Y
Even German manufacturers who
butt the barges have not Leen aware
Of their existence. An order was given
for certain sections TO Que manufae-
turer and other parts TO another,
Germans Ready For Raid IA 4.a. e.
''Germany now has a clear water.
way from Berlin to Antwerp and Os
tend, over which the barges can be
moved , To my knowledge, there are
500 Of these barges ready to use, pro.
badly more, Mt this time. A force Of
$4,000 men, fully equipped for one
months service, can be transported to
England IN short order. The time re-
CURED for the passage win be but five
hours. 0H 1u..t- .....-
''Wlen all Is in readiness the Ger.
man high sea feet will engage the
British fleet, aided b, Zeppelins At
the sa"re time a feet Of AZ least thirty
Zeppelins will destroy the channel
towns on the EpglSh coast in order to
protect the landing Of the troops
'Trhe German Ha4al feet has lain for
two month"; ia protected waters, and is
in much better shape than the British
squadron, which lias been in service
constantly on the alert and bufreted by
the seas Also the latter part of No
vember always brings fOggy and
stormy weather. which fact has been
taken into consideration.
'HThe programme Of the invasion rs
outlined by. the German general staff
some time ago win include the send
ing Of an ultimatum,tO London, allow
ing not more than, twenty -four hours
in which to surrender the city. II the
conditions are not complied with the
Zeppelins will proceed at once to at.
tack the city IN. 81. ..
'sDafknoss will be no protection, for
the maEs in the, possession of the Ger
man Authorities, used in competition
with comPasses, vii permit Of bomb