THE EMDEN
DISCUSSED BY CAPTAIN BEAN,
(Australian Press Association^
(Received this day at 9.25 a.m.)’ SYDNEY, June 8,
The dilemma of the civic authorities at Auckland over the 'Emden is discussed by Captain Bean (official war historian of Australia). Captain* Bean says:—“lf the Emden were to come to Australia it would be my hope'tliat she would be honourably received.’ We were pretty suspicious of German officers at Gallipoli, but I know that throughout that struggle the ■German Army fought a • clean campaign. Many times when our men were taken prisoner by Turks, the German officers stepped in and saved, them from savf agery or the more frequent inefficiency of the Turks.” - Captain Bean recalled an unrecorded incident during a recent tour of the battlefields when he men in mufti wearing several decorations and also the Iron Cross, plac& wreaths on the Anzae memorial at Lone Pine and Helles, both of which ’bore fitting inscriptions from tiiA German navy. •* ;; Captain Bean points out that the:. 1 reported brutalities of the German armies were vastly over-estimated and had caused much post-war prejudice.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1929, Page 5
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