19 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 2

There remains, therefore, only the West, and on the West

they will fall. In all probability the attack will go hand in hand with some grandiose naval venture—somo attempt, bylinkingup huge fleets of Zeppelins and submarines with capital battle.- ' ships, we will not say to destroy our Grand Fleet, but at any rate to give that Fleet a very hard knock. While it is recovering therefrom transports will be rushed across the North Sea, and an attempt made to perform that hazy miracle after which the teermens are always hankering. Strange as it may seem to us, they. really appear to believe that if only a hundred thousand. Gerneuts could effect a lodgment for a few days upon our shores,. weshould all be down on our knees, imploring them to go away. on any terms they liked to grant us.