GERMAN NAVAL MARCH

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1930, Page 6

GERMAN NAVAL MARCH

IN EX-GERMAN COLONY

APOLOGY DEMANDED

tUnited Press AsiociaUon—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON, August 5

“A march'carried out by German marines in the British mandated territory of Tanganyika, - and a speech made by the German Consul at Tanga, may lead the British to make a request "for the withdrawal of the Consul And for an apology from the Captain of the German cruiser “Karlsruhe,” says the “Daily Mail,” which gives prominence to what are termed a remarkable series of incidents during the first visit of a, German cruiser since the war to the territory, that formerly was German East Africa. The cruiser “Karlsruhe’s” stay at Tanga was marked by a gala dinner. The German community held it in the principal hotel, where Herr Speiser, the. Consul, in. a speech, dilated on the historical glqries of the-. German colonly..-; He recalled the. ill-fated sea landing at Tanga, in 1914, when the British were, bloodily repulsed.; ■■■■’• His oration, .was-f-followed■ by a parade' of tlie :-. Rarlsruheis”- mari peispNiditiy 1 amid the- Tuetonic'i-'- 'spectators’ cries of “Iloeh!” *• -goose-stepped past tlie* Consul; who took the salute. "' After this, they marched through the city. (Next morning the British PfoyiiieiM Commissioner"remonstrated "with the German Consul, who is reported, to have apologised, but lie stated that the dinner was one only for Germans, and he thought that none of the British bystanders understood Gorman. Two days’ later, an armed party landed'from the British cruiser “Enterprise,” and they then paraded in Tanga, while a sea-plane hovered overhead. Thee mars enissh GETAON E head. These marines saluted .the British flag, after which they marched through the town. . It. is, understood, ,adds the “Daily Mail,” that diplomatic representations are being made for the recall of the (Consul and for the -(captain qf the Karlsruhe to make an apology.