Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-30
HOLLAND MAY
enter VAR when
SHE IS READY
Great Britain viii Help Her
Invade Germany, Says
Correspondent

w nat can fOiianQ 90 SnOuM Sne
decide to enter into wars arenas"
asks John Martin. an American jour.
nalist who has visited the battleflelds
OF France and Flanders, and Is In close
touch with conditions in northern Eur
ore. And he answers the question
with the following:
The northern army can move east
from Groningen along the railway line
toward 0ldenburg. Bremen, and Ham
burg. in this way, any German forces
at Emden and WilhelmshaYen win be
kept engaged so that they cannot be
sent south to interfere with the intend
ed activities of the eastern and CEN
trail armies.
The southern army can remain In
trenched all the way from Bergenop-
Locn to Endhaven. while the left wing
OF this army can move from behind
the trenches at Maestricht and des-
cend upon Liege, both by railway and
along the Meuse, thus preventing Ger
many from sending her troops from
Belgium to interfere with the action
of the central army. In this way the
southern army would menace all rail-
way communications between Liege
and Germany.
The eastern army. of which very
large division Is stationed at Felden.
with great supply quarters at Zwolle,
can move along three railway lines
into Germany ana also by water down
the Rhine, In the direction of MInsted
and Kesel, and on toward the great
Krupp Works at Essen, only few
miles further south and east. The
Krupp Works are strongly fortified.
but 1t is not necessary TO take them.
II the lines of communication between
Essen and the western army are sew.
cred, that is sufficient.
Meanwhile the central army diyi-
sions are stationed at Anthem. at the
junction of two railway lines, and on
THE bank of the Rhine. at Nijmengen,
and at Venloo, and Roermond. These
| divisions can move east and south BY
river and railway. and sever the rail-
way communications between Essen
and Aix-la-Cnapelle.
british Army Ready.
while Holland is small country.
/ 1t is long and narrow; the eastern
frontier bordering Germany Is 236
miles long. The frontier from which
an advance can be made into Belgian
is over so miles long.
"The central army can move in two
/ sections, one down the Rhine, past
Vessel and Ruhrort, and the other from
Anthem to Crefeld by railroad. Both
the Rhine and the railway intersect
the German railway between Essen
and Aix-la,Ghapelle. To the move
ment of this central army there coul'
be but little opposition. There Is no
single German fort along the .entir'
Dutch frontier.
IF the Germans attempted to with
draw any portion Of their army light
ing in Belgium and France, the
French, Belgians, and British would
have the opportunity they have long
been waiting for; and u the German
armies were not withdrawn to prevent
the Dutch invasion, the Dutch army.
in two days, even without forced
marches, could cut the four FaiIwa.
lines running from Essen. Cologne and
Coblenzl to Belgium and Luxemburg,
and two million German soldiers, all
of those in the western army, with
the exception of those in Alsace-Lor
raine, would be cut of from thei
source Of supplies.
"The western German army would
4 then find itself with the English,
French and Belgians in front OF Il
81 ~ nufch hahind n And not
only the Dutch behind 1t, but 100000
English also. The massing OF great
numbers Of English troops in the east
of England during the last few months
4 has not been for the protection OF the
English coast, but to be ready to aid
the Dutch should Holland decide 70
move. From the east coast quick
transportation to Holland is possible
and then-a rapid campaign from Hol
lands eastern border into Germany
and toward Bremen, Hanover and Der
lin"