THE BRITISH AND GERMAN NA VIES.
A great impression has been made upon
the Emperor of Germany (says the Times correspondent) by the fact that the House of Commons has now in effect voted tho addition of 70 ships of war to the British navy, and his Majesty has followed the debates on the subject with the deepest interest. The events of the last few years have made his Majesty realise that he is the ruler of a great naval as well as a great military Power, and it may almost bo said that his military enthusiasm and attention are equally divided between
his army and his fleet. The Chauvinists were flattering' themselves that this steadily-increasing fleet, the wonderful creation of the last 18 years, was gr;idually beginning to bring' Germany alongside of England as a naval Power ; the prosper.t of this sudden and enormous accession of strength to the British Navy has rather taken away their breath, and made them pause in their calculations. The Emperor himself, too, is not unaffected by this feeling- of surpriso, but ho is animated by an earnest ambition to emulate to some extent the example of England, aiul doubtless thin ambition will only be stimulated by the monster naval review at >Spithead in July, to which his Majesty is looking forward, as to one of the greatest treats and compliments that are awaiting him in England.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2647, 29 June 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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233THE BRITISH AND GERMAN NA VIES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2647, 29 June 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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