WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “EMDEM.”

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 33, 9 February 1916, Page 7

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “EMDEM.”

Speculation has been rife for many months as to the ultimate fate of the “Emden.” Hopes were entertained that she would be refloated and towed to Sydney, and a mild discussion 'arose in some quarters as to whether, in the event of her remanis being exhibited as a national memorial, the feelings of another nation might not be wounded “after the war.” All doubts are, however, set at rest by an article in the February issue of

“Life.” The writer, W. A. Somerset, tells of a trip to Keeling Island, on the anniversary of the day on which the “Sydney” drove the “Emden ashore, and describes the condition of the wreck as absolutely hopeless. Many interesting sidelights on the fight are given—such, for example, as the fact that the wounded men who crawled ashore were killed by monster crabs—and there are many inter-

esting photographs of the vessel and the island. This, however, is only one of ten special articles that mark the February issue of “Life” as perhaps the best number of that popular magazine ever printed. Dr. Fitchett writes “The Epic of the Dardanelles.” Carlyle Smythe describes the treatment cf the “Anzacs” in England. Charle s Barrett contributes some wonderful Nature photographs. Nuttall gives genre amusing sketches of life in camp. Boyd Cable writes 'an absolutely thrilling account of the smashing of the Germans at Loos, whilst Lieut.-Commander Wedgwood’s account of the landing of the British troops on Gallipoli is one of the most moving bits of battle literature ever penned. And on top of all these special 'articles are the regular departments, full, as usual, of good things. Certainly the rise in price to sevenpence has been more than justified by the bill of contents. If “Life” is unobtaining in any corner of Australia or New Zealand, a copy can be obtained by the simple means of posting seven penny stamps to T, Shaw Fitchett, 676 Swanston Street, Melbourne, or a postal note for seven shillings, which will ensure its regular delivery at the same price it can be purchased from the bookstalls month by month.