Germany.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 55, 8 June 1916, Page 5

Germany.

“THE DAY S”

MORE KAISER VAUNTING.

LD nixed AhhociatiohJ

(Received 8.45 a.m.)

Amsterdam, June 7

The Kaiser, aboard the flagship at Kiel, addressed detachments from the vessels participating in the battle. He said; “While our Army was conquering enemy after enemy, the Fleet waited vainly for a fight. Numerous isolated deeds manifested the Navy’s heroic spirit, but its hour had not struck. Proposal after proposal was vainly made to bring the enemy into the field. Finally, “The Day” came, and the gigantic fleet of Albion, which, since Trafalgar, had imposed on the world a ban of sea tyranny and surrounded herself with a nimbus of invincibilty,. came into the field. Its Admiral, almost more than anyone, enthusiastically admire dthe German Fleet. He, the brain-leader, leading splendid material, composed of the bravest veteran sailors of the British Armada,, approached our fleet and engaged it. What happened? The British Fleet was beaten. The first great hammer-blow struck, and the nmbus of British world-sup-remacy disappeared. The news rushed round the world like an electric spark, causing unprecedented jubilation wherever German hearts beat and among our Allies. You opened a new chapter in the world’s history. The German Fleet defeated a superior British Fleet. God Almighty steeled your arms and kep- your eyes clear, but I, your supreme War Lord, thank you from the bottom of my heart in the name of the Fatherland and the Army. Verdun has begun to collapse, and our Allies are driving the Italians into the mountains. The world was prepared for al-. most anything, but not a German victory over the British Navy. Now that a start has been made, fear will creep into the enemy’s bones. You have done this so that the Fatherland may for all time have free way on the seas for our industry and strength.