The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-22
SITUATION NOT
ENCOURAGING
FROM VIEWPOINT
Of THE ALLIES
(By Associated Press.)

London, July 22-The war on the
French front has now developed into
race between Lloyd George and the
German General Staff for Calias, 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 reinforce
ing the efforts of the new Minister
of Munitions.
with the Germans and their
monster guns at Calias, we should
lose control of the narrow seas"
writes Mr.. Fraser. IF we get en-
Ough shells and guns in time Calias
may be saved.
There is every reason to be-
lieve that the Germans will soon
strike another blow at Calias. 1t
| is no answer to say that they tried
, and failed last Novemyber. The
first battle of Ypres was a hurried
affair which developed on both
sides without careful preparation.
The next time the Germans try to
burst through they will throw in
to 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
Calias as an essential prelude to the
destruction of England. The ques-
i tion is far graver than the country
thinks. and theattack will probably
come this summer or autumn
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 dream. They began
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war, and in their usual practical
manner began to prepare for it..
They have ready today the trans
ports. the wharves. the railway
sidings and the stores.
"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 admit of detailed public discus
sion, but it ought to be regarded
quite seriously and gravely. The
best authorities now believe that the
Germans will try to land"
Mr.. Fraser is not sanguine as to
the situation in Russia or the Dard-
anelles, but believes that England
must fight out the war right at her
doorstep, in Northern France.
1.-The Germans" he observes. "be-
lieve they are winning the war, and
IL a stranger from another planet
alighted among us and judged by
surface indications alone. he would
probably think SO too. Take the
Western theatre; the Allies are
stuck fast; the French, who have
done wonders ON their own front,
are waiting for the British. The
British are waiting for more weap-
ons and more shells, and as we have
now reached midsummer, they will
wait a long time. All through Eu-
rope there is not a single big man
visible, for this is war Of myriads
directed by pygmies.
1.-The country ought also to know
the real significance of the Russian
retreat in Galacia. There has beer
far too much talk about magnificent
Withdrawals and the unimportance
of Lemberg. The fact is that though
! Russia has fought bravely. she car
do nothing much more this summer
owing to the lack of munitions and
other causes, and unless the coming
winter is much harder than the
last, her movements may be great
, fy restricted until next spring.
"The Dardanelles Is almost to(
painful q subject to write about
We must stick to 1t now, but we onl,