New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
ENGLAND LAUGHS AT TALK OF INVASION
War on French Front Now a Race
 for Calais

London, Aug. 26-The war on the French front has now developed into a race between Lloyd George and the German general staff for Calais, de- clares Lovat Fraser, prominent British writer, in a letter to the Mail urging that everything else should be temporarily laid aside in England for the work of reinforcing the efforts of the new minister of munitions.
 With the Germans and their mon ster guns at Calais, we should lose control of the narrow seas," writes and guns in time Calais may be saved
 Will Strike Another Blow. ~ There is every reason to believe that the Germans will soon strike an- other blow at Calais. It is no answer to say that they tried and failed last November The first battle of Ypres was a hurried affair which developed on both sides without careful prepa- ration. The next time the Germans try to burst through they will throw into the attack every ounce, and they will only move when they are able to advance with a strength which they think overwhelming.
 The enemy regards the seizure of Calais as an essential prelude to the destruction of England. The ques- tion is far graver than the country thinks and the attack will probably come this summer or autumn.
 Laughs at Invasion.
 'This country still laughs at talk of invasion. Not many months ago it was laughing at Zeppelins No one laughs at Zeppelins now. Far stranger and more unlikely things than the invasion of England have already happened in this war. The German talk of invading England is more than a dream. They began to think about it very early in the war, and in their usual practical manner began to prepare for it. They have ready today the transports, the wharves, the railway sidings and the storage
 If they make the attempt, it ought not to succeed, but there is more than a chance that they might effect a landing. The problem does not ad- init of detailed public discussion but it ought to be regarded quite serious l now believe that the Germans will try to land.''
 MT. Fraser is not sanguine as to the situation in Russia or the Dar- danelles, but believes that England must fight out the war right at her doorstep, in northern France.
 War of Myriads.
 'The Germans" he observes, "be- lieve they are winning the war, and if a stranger from another planet alighted among us and judged by surface indications alone, he would probably thing so too. Take the Western theater, the allies are stuck fast: the French, who have done won ders on their own front, are waiting for the British. The British are wait ing for more weapons and more shells and as we have now reached midsun- mer they will wait a long time. All through Europe there is not a single big man visible, for this is a war of myriads directed by pygmies
 'The country ought also to know the real significance of the Russian retreat m Galicia. There has been far too much talk about magnificent withdrawals and the unimportance of Lemberg.. The act is that though Russia has fought gravely, she can do nothing much more this summer owing to the lack of munitions anu other causes, and unless the coming winter is much harder than the last, her movements may be greatly re- stricted until next spring
 "The Dardanelles is almost too painful g. subject to write about. We must stick to it now, but we only win our way there by inches and at grave risks, and to get through we may need diversions from other quar- ters which are not yet forth coming.