THE FLEET THAT WAS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 165, 14 April 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE FLEET THAT WAS.

In the "Magdeburg Gazette" Adniiial Kalau von Hopf pulls ugly faces at the British Fleet in the course an effort to excuse, or an any rate, palliate the masterly inactivity of the Kaisci's nary :

" ft is the duty of evmy Gorman, an \ particularly of German naval mon, to combat tho boasting of English Ministers and writers of the invulnerability of their Navy and of Us aloged wonde - ful operations.

"That the Xavy to-day dominates the trade routes only, and that simply because Germany for well known reasons, did not consider it worth while to defend these routes. Go many cotil 1 not risk weakening her already feeble fleet hv removing slrps front her main centre of defence in the North Sea. "The German navy is in a position to lure the English armada towards the northernmost point ot Scotland, and to stnt) it from any action whatever against the German coasts or a,, \inst neutrals. The English Fleet dares not anproacii any nearer to Germany. It dares not leave its place of refuge, not even to defend the vital interests and th.» prestige of England in tlio Mcditer. ranean.''