Again, the preparations which they are making in the North Sea show clearly that they certainly have contemplated an attack on Germany.

These preparations are like a strategic march, and the natural extension of their naval bases leaves no doubt as to their meaning.

The great military harbour of Rosyth is admittedly built for the eventuality of a war with Germany, and can mean nothing else.

Harwich has also been recently made into an especially strong naval base, and, further, the roadstead of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Isles has been enlarged into a cruiser station.

These are measures so directly and obviously directed against us that they demand an inquiry into the military position thus created.
The English have only considered the possibility of a German war since 1902.