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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TITtTRSI) AT, DECEMBER 10, 1914. BRITISH SERIOUSLY EXPECT INVASION GERMAN SHIPS SUNK IN ACTION, THEIR COMMANDER, WHO PROBABLY IS LOST. AND ONE VESSEL OP TWO WHICH ESCAPED. 2 'PEOPLED ll THEATER EJ The Leading Photo-Play Theater, West Park and Alder. Home Defenses Organized in Belief Germans Will Make Desperate Attempt. WORK DONE ON BIG SCALE ifilitary Experts Regard Excursion es Wholly Possible, for Purpose of Causing Panic and Keep ing Army at Home. ' LONDON, Nov-. 27. (Correspondence f the Associated Press.) Notwith standing the conclusion formed by. the imperial committee of defense some years agro that an Invasion of England vould be an impossibility while the British fleet remains in being-, inva sion by Germans Is now considered a distinct possibility. Both the government and the inhab itants of the seacoast counties are pre paring actively to meet a landing of hostile troops. The military prepara tions have been conducted on a large scale since the beginning of the war. Home Army Organised. The home army, which is commanded by General Sir Ian Hamilton, who car ries a broken wrist as a souvenir of the Boer war, has for its special func tion the repelling of an invasion. The army consists mainly of territorials, of hich number some 400.000 now under arms in the United Kingdom and a part of the so-called Kitchener's array tindoubtedly would be employed in case of need, as well as any Canadian and other colonial troops who might be in the country. The territorials were organized by Iord Haldaue when he was Minister of "War, and under the terms of their en listment cannot be ordered abroad, al though many of the regiments have volunteered for foreign service and several are n the Continent under Gen eral French. Desperate Excursion Feared. Military experts consider it wholly possible that the Germans may make a desperate excursion on the British roast, even with the expectation of losing a large proportion of their men. lor the moral effect the presence of an invader would have in throwing the population into panic and preventing the War Office from sending troops to reinforce the fighting line in France. It is thought the Germans might at tempt to land two or three contingents at widely separated bases for the pur pose of dividing the Briysh defense army, and might send their smaller ex peditions in advance of the main one to (create a diversion. The home army has been operating with a view to being prepared to meet such demonstrations. Several thousand laborers' have been employed digging trenches and making other defensive works on strategic lines behind the eastern and southern coasts. . The preparations of the railroads, controlled by a committee of railway managers who have military rank dur ing the war, have been made for mo v. lug large bodies of "men and guns Quickly. A practice mobilization was conducted a few days ago and rumors of an invasion immediately became cur rent. Rights of Cltlseas Studied. What citizens may do to defend their homes against an invader within the recognized rules of warfare has be come a burning question within the past few days. A meeting was held in Guild Hall in London this week to hear from Lord Desborough, well-known as the fore most amateur Rportsman of Kngland, a statement of the purpose of the Cen tral Association of Volunteer Training Corps for promoting the military train ing in spare time of men ineligible for service In the regular forces. The Lord Mayor, the Duke of Nor folk, the Duke of Devonshire. Sir Ar thur Conan Doyle, II. G. Welle, the au thor, several members of Parliament and retired army officers took part. Lord Desborov-s said that the Wai Office informed him that there was a force of nearly a million men giving up their spare time to drill. Sir Conan Doyle said that those who were too old to join the army felt they would be of no use to the country unless they had some rudimentary knowledge of the rlflo. Elders Strongly Desire to Serve. The Duke of Norkolk. the Premier Iuke of the kingdom, said: "The intense desire to serve the coun try on the part of those too old to Join the army should be recognized. The far-re&chjnar rnlamltlAi . v. . tnw flow an invasion must be borne in mind, and unless we are to submit with folded hands the movement must be encour aged." Lord Desborough said he hoped there would be a regiment of many battalions In every county, under the disposition of the Lord-Lieutenant, who would act UTrder orders and advice from the mili tary officer commanding the district. It is possible that the German army would refuse to recognize these bodies as soldiers, as they refuse to recog nize the civil guard of Belgium. A red armlet stamped with the letters "G. R." Georgius Rex) is proposed as the in rignia for the volunteers, and it Is a debated question whether that would constitute a distinctive mark of a bel-l ligerent demanded by the usages of civilized -warfare. The membership of the rifle clubs and other bodies now belonging to the volunteer corps Is re ported to be about 250,000. Scotland Admits Probability. Surprising military and naval prepa rations have been and are still being made along the east coast, particularly In Berwickshire. Haddingtonshire and Fife, says the Kdinburgh correspondent of the Daily Mall. In discussing the threat of German Invasion. "In Scotland the probability of a German raid is freely admitted, but beyond a few of llclals in each of the big towns who have been taken into the conBdence of the War Office and pledged to secrecy. io one Is able to define exactly the pre cise state of affairs. "In Scotland, as in England, there is a desire to know how the Inhabitants are to act In the case of a German landing. The provost of Kirkcaldy, speaking as a private citizen, feels that civilian defense corps should be organ ized." The Lord Provost of Edinburgh' holds the view that civilians should not take up arms against any Invaders. "Let them stay in their homes," he has said. "They will be told what to do If the necessity arises, but I do not think there is any more chance of Invasion1 today than there waa six weeks ago." The authorities at Leith. North Bcr 'wick, Dunbar and Berwlck-on -Tweed have prepared instructions to be given to the population in case of an invasion. East Side Votes for Aldermen. J1ARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec 9. (Spe cial.) At the city election at the East Hide yesterday G. M. Bailey, L. u. Meeks and .T. C Steckler were suc cessful as Aldermen: C. T. Keating, Recorder, and S. McGrift as Chief of Police. ' H , ,53- - - 4. "V V. "" V 1 ' " " r v 'HI I C5 v v J 'f ' V ft i 'r & r fft tf fix- ! FAxr Vl Above, Armord Crnlser Scharnhont. Jiamirai von spee, fleet lommtm fr, Who Probably Went Donii With t be Scbarnhorat. At Rlpht, Map Snow ing Monte of German Fleet From T line When It Destroyed Brltixb Crola era Good Hope and Monmouth Off Valparaiso Until It Encountered Ifinemy's Fleet, Loalns Three Vcaaela. IText Below, Crulaer X,eipsis, WUck Wan Destroyed, and At Bottom, Cruiser Numbers, Whtch Escaped. BRITONS WIN AT SEA Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig Sunk in Battle. VICTORS' LOSSES SMALL Dresden and Xurnoerg ISscape and Are Being Pursued, but Loudon Believes Destruction' of Fleet Will Be Complete. (Continued From First P&g-e.) lie, and until his name was mentioned it was believed that Yice-Admiral Sturdee was serving in home waters. The fact he was taken from the post of chief of the wa: staff Is indica tive of the determination of the Brit ish government to clear the Pacific and South Atlantic of all German war ships. It Is believed, therefore, that the British commander is at the head of a formidable squadron. In addition to the Dresden and Nurn berg only one German warship the Karlsruhe is now unaccounted for In those waters, although there may be one or two armed merchantmen which the allies have not rounded up. As the Charnhorst and Gneisenau each carried a complement of 785 men, the Leipzig 286, the Nurnberg 322 and the Dresden 261, the total German loss is estimated at not far from 2000 men. although the actual losses to the Dres den and Nurnberg cannot yet be known. The Sharnnorst and Gneisenau were the largest ships of the German fleet. They were sister ships of 11.600 tons displacement. 460 feet on the water line, and were rated at a moan speed of 22 knots. EJach was armed with eight 8.2-inch guns, six six-Inch guns. 20 two-pounders, four machine guns and four torpedo tubes. The Leipzig sal a displacement of 8250 tons and carried 28S men. She was 811 feet long on the water line, bad a beam of 48 H feet, and was rated at 23 knots. Her largest guns, of which she carried 10, were 4.1-inch. She also had 10 one-pounders, four ma chine guns and two torpedo tubes. Admiral Count Von Spec, commander of the German squadron, was aboard the Scharnhorst. .which, was his flag ship. SANTIAGO, ChlloT Dec S. la ra- ! IT I n.ia.j, t " 4 (The Gneiscnaa Wan u Exact Counterpart of the Scharnhont), Kext Below, ports received here of the sinking of the German cruisers Scharnhorst. Gnei senau and Leipzig by British warships off the Falkland. Islands say that two other German cruisers engaged, in the battle were badly damaged. FIVK SHIPS IXXG AT LARGE Battle, However, More Than Evens TJp Score of Sea Raiders. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9. When Britain ' declared war on Germany, the cruiser Leipzig was lying at anchor in the harbor of Mazatlan, alongside the British sloop of war Algerine; the Nurnberg was on her way from San Francisco, where she had coaled July 20, to Honolulu, and the Gneisenau, Scharnhorst and Dresden, with the Km den. were at the German naval base of Tsing-Tau. The story of how they finally con centrated In strength sufficient to de feat Sir Christopher Cradock off Coronet, Chile, is full of twists and turns. On August 17 the Liepzlg appeared In San Francisco, coaled and sailed the next day, cleared for action. She turned south and was next definitely heard from when the 'British tanker Elsinore was sunk by her off the coast of Chile, September 11. On October L came word of another prize, this time the British freighter Bankflelds, also sunk off the coast of Chile. In the meantime the Emden. the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had escaped being bottled up In Kiau-Chau Bay by the Japanese. The Emden turned to the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, where her career as a commerce de stroyer was of perhaps unparalleled brilliancy. She was sunk by the Australian cruiser Sydney, finally, oft the Cocos Islands. The Nurnberg, taking for her field the Mid-Pacific, made , no prizes, ran out of coal and waa next reported at Honolulu, wnere she put In early in September, and cleared before dawn the next day. She was not Idle, however, for shortly there came word that the cable station at the Fanning Islands had been destroyed, cutting communi cation between Australia and the American continent. Almost at the same time, the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst raided the French settlement at Papeete, wrecked the town and did damage estimated at $1,000,000 in a bombardment lasting only a few minutes, sank the dis mantled French gunboat Zelie. and sailed away again without landing a man. This was on September 26. Another blank space followed, but It had given the Germans time to rendezvous somewhere in the Southern Pacific and when Sir Christopher Cra dock sailed round The Horn to meet them, they had the advantage In speed and metal and sank him with two of his ships, the Good Hope and the Mon mouth. XUfajr'a featy than, avened iis.A j: , L t " , ?i t . -J) up the score. There is not now a Ger man warship In the Pacific. GERMAN" SH3!CHAXTJE5f STJXK Either British or Japanese Ships Met Off Terra Del Fur go. BUENOS ATRES. Dec 9. Three German merchantmen were sunk by British or Japanese warships off the coast of Terra del Fuego, the southern most extremity of South America, last Sunday, according to advices just re ceived here. The Information was contained in a wireless dispatch to the ministry of marine from the commander of the Argentine war transport Pledra Buena. The message said a division of war ships, which the commander believed to have been either English or Japanese, aggregating five ironclads and one transport, on the morning of December 6 sank one of the Germans In the road stead of Plcton Island. The two other steamers were sent to the bottom the same day outside the harbor of Panta lon, near Cape Sanpioa. One steamer belonged to the German Cosmos line. The ownership of the two others was not given, but the com mander of the Pledra Buena reported that one of them had a yellow funnel with a black ring around It. AID OF AITt SCOUT CREDITED Steamship Officers Tell of Having Seen Aeroplane at Sea. . NEW ORLEANS, Dec 9. The British squadron sent in pursuit of German commerce destroyers operating off South America was aided in its search of the vessels by an air scout, in the opinion of officers of the Colon, a ves sel plying between New York and Panama, and owned by the United States Government, as told in mall ad vices reaching here today from Colon. According to the advices, the Colon, when 300 miles southeast of the Flor ida coast on Its last voyage out. sight ed an aeroplane, which, because of its distance from shore was thought to be unattached to any land station. The aeroplane approached the Colon closely, then veered off and vanished in the gathering night. HOSPITAL TRAIN WRECKED Derailment Kills 53 Wounded on Railroad Xear Aachen. LONDON. Dec 10. Advices from Vise, Belgium, to the Exchange Tele graph Company, by way of Amsterdam, say that a train of 40 carriages convey ing wounded, on the line between Gemmenich and Aachen, was derailed yesterday, killing 62 and injuring a large number. Every carriage was badly damaged and soma war gastrov.04, - THEATER THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALICE JOYCE In the One Million Dollar Jewel Production, e iiee ie Crowiii If 1 99 The Jewels "worn by Miss Joyce in this production are valued at $1,000,000 and were specially loaned to Kalem by Lebolt & Co., Fifth Avenue, N. Y. - Miss Joyce's gown was designed by "Lucille" (Lady Duff Gordon), the famous modiste, and cost $3000.00. Hearst -Selig Weekly Showing the wrecking of the steamer Ilanalei off San Fran cisco. Actual scenes of thrilling rescues and lifesavers battling with the waves ; also remarkable scenes of Army and Navy football game, Philadelphia. ii An Adaptation of the Famous Featuring WALTER E. COMING 66 BY HENRI BERNSTEIN Played by DOROTHY DONNELLY (Creator of Madam X), RICHARD BUHLER and an all-star cast. Miss Donnelly in this production wears $o000 worth, of gowns. 1 Oc ADMISSION 1 Oc EX-MIL MAY DIE British Court Convicts Natur alized German of Treason. PRISON TERM PROBABLE Nicholas Allien?, Accused of Helping Reservists to Return, Home, Says He Ceased Activities When War Began. LONDON, Dec 9. Nicholas Ahlera, former German Consul in Sunderland Borough, was ceauvlcted today by the Durham Assises) of high treason and sentenced to death. The grand Jury of the Durham As sizes returned a true bill against Nich olas Ahlers on a charge of high treason early in November. According to the Indictment Ahlers was naturalized in 1905. After the declaration of war he engaged In helping German reservists leave England for Germany. Ahlers pleaded not guilty. The Im portance atteched to the case by the government is shown by the .fact that the Solicitor-General, Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster, personally conducted the prosecution. , In presenting his case. Sir Stanley quoted Ahlers as having admitted to friends that he had sent back numbers of men to Germany, adding: "I am a naturalized British subject, but naturally I am a German at heart." "That declaration," said Sir Stanley, "disclosed the whole situation. It showed, that the prisoner had changed his citizenship but not his allegiance. When war was declared he set out to do everything In his power to assist 4n the mobilization of the German army." Ahlers went into the witness box and denied that any of his actions had been Inspired by traitorous intentions. He said that as soon as he was aware of the fact that war had been declared he ceased his attempts to repatriate Ger man reservists. Death May Be Escaped. That Ahlers probably will escape the extreme penalty is indicated by a state ment Issued by the Official Press Bureau. This statement says that the death sentence was the only one the Judge could pronounce, according to the law on conviction of high treason, but A Politz Garment has something in the cut and the hang of it there is completely lack ing in others. And that Something is the dy namic quality which in men and clothes is called Individuality 285lSLorrison Between 4th and 5ta & 99 Play bv H. A. DU SOUCHET, PERKINS as "TOPPY" SUNDAY 99 that an appeal from the sentence has been granted. If, on the hearing of this appeal, the statement adds, the conviction of Ahlers Is affirmed, the Home Secretary will consider the advisability of sub stituting for the death penalty a term of pensri servitude or Imprisonment. LISBON-LONDON PACT MADE Two Governments Enter Into Sig nificant Arbitration Treaty. LONDON. Dec 9. 9:15 P. M. An ar bitration treaty Detween Great Britain and Portugal has been signed in Lon don. The treaty, which is for a period of five years, is of special signifi cance, as is emphasized In the pre amble in the following words: "Being desirous of confirming by a further solemn agreement the friend ship alliance which happily has exist ed for so long a period between them and of eliminating so far as Is possible from their relations everything which might impair or weaken that friend ship, the alliance has agreed to the submission of questions in dispute in the terms of the articles of this treaty." PEACE PROPOSAL OPPOSED Minister to Holland Advises America to Await Invitation. PRINCETON, N. J.. Dec 9. Peace in Europe will be obtained only through justice, according to Henry Van Dyke, United States Minister to The Nether lands, who received a hearty welcome here tonight when he spoke in Alexan der Hall. 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