The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-20
nY HENRY WOOD

PARIS. Sept. 0. NY ail.p--EnR.
land hereafter must defend herself
from tho Rhine and not from the
Thames.
Thanks 10 the present perfection
OF long.rnnge artillery. not 10 men.
ton It's future possibilities. mn well
NJ aerial warfare. England faces the
necessity Of an immediate revision
OF her whole syston OF national de-
fensa.
This h tho declaration Of Gen.
Hlrrchauer. one OF the most dis.
tinguishcd military chiefs that the
French army produced during the
war. and now member Of the
French senate.
From now on. the English navy.
however powerful u may be. VIII no
longer he sufficient 20 maintain
Engisnd's ''proud Isolation" dc
cinrcs Gen. Iiisschauer.
Up until 1914. tho lines Of DC
fcnne for London werc situated AT
Is 10 20 kilometerr outside the capt
tai. During the wnr England found
II necessary 10 establish III London
defcns~s on the continent Nov.
according 20 Cen. Hirschauer. Eng.
lands sole hope OF defending its
capital. In 10 establish these lines
Of defense either on the Mouse
or on the Rhine.
Gen. Hirschauer points out that
nj the present time Ensisnd's en-.
tire plans Of national defense are
stu based on the imperial decree
Of 1855. The keynote OF this de-
cree. and m q consequence Of Eng
lands system Of defense Ia found
In the following clause:
DEFENSE or THAMES
u IMPORTANT
THE defense Of the Thames PR.
SCENTS a great importance. because
largo military establishments and
arscnais are situated on both sidar
Of the river. and above all. because
every landing on British soil Will
have for its object the capture Of
London"
A. a consequence the British plan
for home defense provided that the
moment mobilization was ordered
the permanent army should at once
take up a position along the coast
| Of tho channel and tho North sna
| for tho purpose OF Covering Lon
don" Then ms som ar the troops
Of defense were modified. the rcr.
| manent army WAS to become nm
,anny OF vancouver.
| In addition London WIS defended
BY rapid fire guns tina, were sup
posed 20 b- sufficient 20 prevent
a lnnding Of enemy troops. lines
OF torpedces were placed 10 prevent
/ the approach of troop ships. long
1 range coast guns wer. to ward
off the enemy ships. s,ill In advance
Of ali this passive defense. gun
boa,a torpedo boats and coast
guards cruisers were 10 be enKaE~d
In active dcscnr. while further In
advance the British fleet ~as sup
posed 10 smash tho enemy fleet h..
fore IL got within smrliinx distance.
u Now. according 20 Cen Hlr-ch-
asier. all Of this has been rendered
out OF date and useless by the de
velopncnt Of iongrange guns and
aerial fighting. EngInnd's only hope
Of defending her capital and her.
self must hereafter be made FROM
the Meuse or tho Rhine.
''in 1918" nays Gen. Hr-chsuer.
who IL one OF tho worlds greatest
experts on artillery. Two firrf dis
covered the gun with 40 kiiomoter
range. Shortly. this rangr was ex-
tended 10 100 kiiometerr. Soon wc
will be at 200 kiiometsrr and the
limit even then viii not have been
reached.
1T Ia just $50 kiiomesrrs from
Calais or Bouiogne TO London. Fe-
camp. Dicppe. Abhevii'c. Airc and
r'urnes are only 200 kilome,es
away.
LONDON ATTACRABI.R
ny LONG.RANGE GUNS
but the bomha rsimont by long
range guns will only be the second
act Of the next war which win
begin with aerial bombarimcnt- The
airplancs that syserc IN construction
at the close Of the war Ind a