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Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1915, Page 5

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NAVAL BATTLE EXPECTED. London, June 22. A neutral writes:—"Silence reigns in the palatial offices of the HamburgAmerika Company at 'Hamburg, and giant merchantmen arc huddled at the quays rusting under the summer sun. The average 'German forgets that commerce is at a standstill, and still expresses unshaken faith in the German fleet. Great hope is set on the combined action of battleships, submarines and airships, and he 'believes a contest will soon occur in an attempt to destroy the British fleet, which is supposed to 'be (hiding in terror on the west coast of Ireland, Taubes have been discarded as. wholly unsatisfactory for military purposes, and biplanes of an improved Farman type are being, made. German experts admit that the French are still superior in field aeronautics. ''The hatred against England among the upper classes has subsided. A high official said.: 'We hope to reach an agreement with England, who will surely realise that we are an enemy worthy of her steel.' "■Most Germans visualise a phalanx of Zeppelins and aeroplanes advancing four abreast, and sweeping over Britain at night and destroying the chief arsenals and factories, especially in London. Inquiries respecting the date of the event elicit the reply, 'Whim we have beaten the Russians.'"