PATRIOTIC PRINCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 15

PATRIOTIC PRINCE.

.ENTHUSIASM FOE: GERMAN ;. NAVY. Speaking at a , banquet x given by .the. Senate of Brpmen after the" launch. of the Dreadnought battleship . Thuringen, Prince Eitol Friedrioh, who, represented the Emperor, -in proposing .tho:.toast■ 61 ■the.-Navy;-..said,!—■■'■' . ' .•"fiV i - "The■• System afdc and, regular - development of our High Seas Meet, under the most praisowortny direction of Admiral Von Tirpitz, Secretary of State.for the Navy, is: the .'best •■ guarantee for .peace and ; the tranquil expansion of ,our industry/The Meet is becoming ever more. the vehicle of the German Imperial' idea. Our countrymen across tile Beas Ore best: Mima of that, and this :oity will gladly corroborate words, - Everyone whose privilege it has been ■ to." .-.fair- in yrith a German ■ 6hip in waters.'.knows what pleasure it is to sight a ship flying the Imperial red, white, and blaeki How tho heart bounds when the cherished war ensign- greets ono from .tho masthead. Wherever that flag has flown on the seas, whether at joyous, festivities..or in, the scrioufl work of war, it has won honour, and renown, and has reaped the acknowledgment of the whole world.. But this has only been attained through the indofatißaplo and 'never-censing labours of the officers and' men. Without sparing thoir lives and health, by day or night, under blazing suns and in winter's cold, they have bcon inspired by only one.wish —namely, to reach tho highest point of rtadinosa for war.'.: Theieforo it is an obligation of honour for everyone of us'to express bur gratitude ia theeo men by cheering' His, Majesty'e Navy frem the Grand Admiral to the youngest ship's boy. Hurrah I hurrah I hurrah!" ..'.