THE GERMAN FLEET.
LORD FISHERS VIEWS. COMPEL GERMANS TO SUPPLY COAL, , By Telegraph.—Press Assn.- Copyr'ght, Beceived July 1, 8.15 p.m. London, June 20. Lord Fisher writes to the Times stating that the classic German remark addressed to a British officer: "You will always be fools; we will never be gentlemen," is applicable to the Scapa Flow ■incident. Lord Fisher adds: "Oft the whole I prefer to be ft fool, even as a matter, of business. Suppose we make the Germans, who have heaps of coal, supply the Allies next winter, or perhaps for "a longer time."—Times Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 July 1919, Page 5
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