SHOWING THEIR TEETH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9608, 6 September 1911, Page 5

SHOWING THEIR TEETH.

FRENCH AND GERMAN NAVAL REVIEWS. (Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Piiiiss Association.) i PARIS, Sept. 5. A great naval review has been held at Toulon. Everything was done to make tho gathering tho most impressive in tho annals of the French Navy. Ninety warships were assembled, their crews totalling 30,000 men. The President, M. Fallieres and members of the Ministry were aboard the bat)Ueship Massena, which passed down tho lines. There was much enthusiasm, the spectacle being witnessed by 200,000 spectators. Whole families slept on the beach over-night. MM. Fallieres and Delcasse (Minister for Marine), in speeches at a luncheon, eulogised the Navy's preparedness for war and the spirit animating it to uphold the country's prestige. ' A sensation was caused by the battleship Brennus colliding in the mist with a stormier, which had a large hole made in her bow.

Tho passengers on the steamer were thrown into a panic, but the warship's boats assisted, and all were safely landed. Tho Brennus then continued on her course, and joined tho fleet. Received Sept. 6, 12.15 p.m. BERLIN, Sept. 5. Tho Kaiser reviewed ninety-nine ships at. Kiel, in addition to submarines, ami torpedo boats. Senseless stories about the Moroccan crisis caused a run on the Stettin Savings Bank.

FRENCH PROPOSALS. BERLIN, Sept. 5. M. Cambon, French Ambassador, handod written proposals on tho Moroccan question to Herr von Ividerlon Wacchter, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, who submitted tlieni to tho Imporial Chancellor, Herr von Bet-hrnahn Holweg. Tho Bourse is depressed.

WHAT THE GERMANS WANT. Received Sent. 6, 10.10 a.m. TANGIER, Sept. 5. Tho Germans affirm that tho German warships will remain at Agadir till Herr Mannesmann has secured all the mining interests at Sus.