THE MAN WHO DINED WITH THE KAISER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2685, 3 February 1916, Page 5

THE MAN WHO DINED WITH THE KAISER

■FUMHER IMPRESSIONS. ?urj£ e k gl s p ' l— ? r £ ss , Association—Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services' (Roc. February 2, 5.5 p.m.) nn, a ~n ■, Lo'idorij February 1. The Daily Mail spy, in descriliinf Austria, points out the accuracy of the artillery fire. The Germans demolished Belgrade without touching the railway station, which tho troops needed. A wonderful trestle bridge was immediately thrown over tho river. The bridges were obviously the work of years. ° As a piece of war advertising, the Balkan train was remarkable through out Central Europe and tho Balkans impressing hundreds of thousands of observers. The.grea-t food question is tho main topic m Vienna. It has its humorous aspect. Turkey expects food from Austria and Germany, while the people oi \ienna and Berlin expect Turkish sup The conquest of Serbia immediately heartened the Austrian®. They allov Brit'sh people tho. freedom of tlie cities Italy s intervention is due to Britain and has intensified the hatred againsi tho British. Milk is sold only for ohildren. The Austrian arc conlident tliej will secure Antivari, Venice, and Nortr Serbia. ■ He saw four small German submarines at the Golden Horn and heard of the existence of two others. Ho found a submarine base cleverly hidden bemf 11 ,V 0 German liners. 1 lie spy met in Vienna a German official from tlie famous Germania Shipyard at Kiel, from whom he learned the mystery of the German submarines ir the Sea of Marmora. Six boats of the smaller type were manufactured in sections, railed hundreds of miles, put together and tested. "I mot the submarme officers and crows at Constantinople, Xhey differed widely, from tbb swaggering Prussian Hypo. I often talked with i on Herring, the hero of the German submarine warfare sinco Weddingen waE killed. Von Herring sank the British battleships Triumph and Majestic. "Von Herring described to me his wonderful voyage out. He picked up petrol in tiho Bay of Biscay, and passeu Gibraltar in daylight. He suffered the agonies of imprisonment for two hours m a British submarine net off Lemnos, finally escaping with a damaged profiler, and arriving safely at Constantinople early in May. Tho German sailors realise the might and efficiency of the British' Navy, and do not spread tales about (the British Fleet hiding in ports. "One naval officer told me that Germany started t(ho war ten years too soon. No love was lost between the Navy and Army., The raeu of the former are of a better type. The sinking of tlie Lusitania was unpopular in the Navy, though the Gentian people gloried in it. "The Turks do not relish having the German submarines in Constantinople, about and showing their guns to instil terror into ths inhabitants, whom the Germans do not trust. The latter are not allowing the Turks much' ammunition, which, largely accounts for their shortage at GaJlipoli." The writer graphically relates tho efficient German procedure whereby numerous Austrian and German spies- are sent to England, provided with forged passports, birth certificates, and credentials which enable them to pass the strictest investigation.