GERMANY'S WORST ENEMY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 708, 30 September 1914, Page 5

GERMANY'S WORST ENEMY.

FIGHT ENGLAND FOR BOOTY. SAMOAN LOSS DEPLORED. Rome, Monday. A telegram from Be*Hn states that Dr Solf, the German Secretary for the Colonie?, in eh interview, bemoaned the fate of German possessions, especially Samoa, which he described as the pearl of the Pacific He deplored its passing into the hands of the vile invaders. Fortunately the fate of the German colonies was not lecided in Africa or tha. Pacific, but m tha European battlefields, where e hopad a decisiva victory awaited be Germans. He added: "The British are our •or3t enemies. Our task as regards lem is harder than many Germans nagine. Germany does not fear iigland on land, but at sea she :ust face the most powerful fleet in ie world, with the addition oE the apanese. Our greatest expectation i that we may merely damage the temy there, although Nelson won rafalgar over greatly - superior trees. We must fight Britain's dismal methods of damaging our comErce and industries. must fight i end her military and economic tmaio, and impsa security for at hat a cfintury. Against our Continual enemy we fight for victory; {ainst England we fight for booty. iat booty must be proportionate to a enormous sacrifice our people e enduring."