GERMAN PROPHECIES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 239, 23 September 1914, Page 6

GERMAN PROPHECIES.

“JAPAX OXLY A MAKE BELIEVE ALLY.’’ In the beginning of last May the German Admiral Breusing, speaking at Stuttgart, made the following pi ophecies:— "When the war comes our nosition will be most favourable. Our destroyer and torpedo craft cannot fail to cause tremendous damage to the British ships, for we are used to night attacks. Further, the enemy will have great difficulties to provide themselves with ammunition, while we shall have ours on hand. "The moment will then come when many British ships being destroyed by our guns, many others detained m far distant seas, for the protecting of British trade, the two fleets will be equal in numbers. From that moment I can confidently say the advantage will be on our side. ■‘Our torpedo boats, our guns, oar shooting, all is far superior to what is done in England at present. Our guns can do terrific harm at ten miles’ distance, and the British fleet will be disabled before they have been able to attempt to fight us. ‘ Italy will have a double task. Her fleet will neutralise the French fleet in the Mediterranean, and her army will invade Egypt. The Italian fleet will be able to keen the French under control, even without the assistance of the new Austrian Dreadnoughts. As to her army, she ha < some 100.000 men in Tripoli, which she can easily send into Egypt to exterminate the weak English garrison (some 15.i'00 men) stationed there.

"Then Japan is only a makebelieve friend and ally of England. The Mikado’s Government is ‘tired’ of England’s proceedings, and onlv too anxious to shake off the British yoke. There is no doubt that, in ease of a European war. the Japa nose fleet will sail to Australia, and seize both the Commonwealth and New Zealand.”