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tary move.
London. April 30-A joint military
and naval attack or Calais by German
forces is only a question of a few lays.
in the opinion OF experts here, who see
in the Smelling Of Dunkirk and Calais
a preliminary move toward a great
Teuton sea attack.
In connection with the local raids on
the English coast. the belief Is openly
expressed here that Hindenburg is
using this for the double purpose OF
terrorizing the British residents in the
region of Calais and of silencing His
critics at home. Doubtless he realizes,
too, that something must be done to
turn attention from the big Internal
strike scheduled for May /. That Hin
denburg Is confident a combined at
tack on the English coast will avert
this strike is not doubted here.
More Grief for Carson.
With most of the cnuntry's press
hostile to his administration of the I'D
miralty, Sir Edward Carson is likely
to suffer further broadsides of criticism
following this mornings destroyer
raid on Ramsgate, in which there were
five casualties and considerable prop
erty was destroyed.
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shelled Calais and Dunkirk, fought an
unsuccessful engagement off Dover and
shown more activity In the entrance
of the channel than at any period OF
the a The next few days will de-
eide whether these frequent excursions
are meant merely as a local embarrass-
ment or whether they are forerunner
of a military and naval raid on Calais
One set OF observers believe that
Hindenburg has dec;Sed to fight de-
fensively on the west front and depend
wholly on the submarines for the Of
fensive, while another group insist that
his reserves in men and guns are still
sufficient TO permit of attempted
drives against The Ypres salient, where
furious ~bombardment has ragged for
several weeks.
Riga Of Little Weight.
Costly counter attacks on Arras and
Rheims, according to n view. have
greatly disarranged his plans, Y
many others believe that the internal
situation in Germany will compel him
to assume the offensive at once. Hin
denburg's appeal, Bethmann-HollWeg
threat and Croeners' sharp attack tell
the story of unrest n dissatisfaction
within the German empire.
Though the Riga front offers greater
inducement to success than any other
portion of the field, there would hardly
be much here to encourage the Ger
mar peoples hope of peace. and that
is what they want above anything else
in the .world.
Not only the social democratic press,
| but many others also, warn the gov
eminent that 1t is playing with fire.
| while Admiral capable has been forced
20 promise Germany that England VIII
soon be compelled by the submarines
20 accept peace.
If Hindenburg has decided to re-
1 main an tho aafopsiva and demand on
the submarine for his chief offensive
weapon his decision is contrary to all
fsermany's expectations of the war
ord and hardly calculated to strength
IN the confidence which Major Moraht,
Count Won Reventlow and the rest Of
The German experts have worked SO
ndustriously recently to make people
believe he deserves.
WAGES AGGRESSIVE SEA PLAN
Paris. April 3O-Rear Admiral De-
souy, retired, advocated q change OF
methods in dealing with the submarine
within the week of 40 vessels Of more
han 1900 tons, according to figures
given out in London.
1T is indispensable to prevent the
greatest possible number of submarines
rom beginning operations" the admiral
said. ITO pursue and destroy when pos
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we'll, and it is evidently advisable to
continue in this direction. but that is
insufficient. The only and decisive
of preventing the German from
disturbing the allies is to fight with
aim in his home waters.
1.-The British admiralty did well }ast
February when it e~ndeavored to bar
,ut from the North sea a maritime en-
!renched camp whose supporting posi-
ions were Bodkum, He,goland and
5ylit Ia line drawn through these POI
;itions bars Germany's principal means
of ingress to h North sea, as well as
he entrance to the Wezer and Elbe
rivers.) This effort was not carried
out with sufficient vigor and results
we're not what was expected. In brief,
the anticipated submarine war is stu
I in a passive stage"