BRITISH FLEET IN GERMAN WATERS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9834, 27 June 1914, Page 5

BRITISH FLEET IN GERMAN WATERS.

ROYAL WIT.

(Tims and Sydney Sun Sibvices. (Bl tUOIUO XBUBBAfB—COCTBUMK.) (Pll PIIH ASSOCTATTOi.) BERLIN, June 26. The Kaiser, when visiting the British Dreadnought at Kiel was in high spirits, and joked with everybody. He expressed disapproval of the top hat worn by a diplomatist present. He also asked the captain whether there was any swearing on British ships. He signed the visitors book. There was a mutual understanding that there would be no thorough-going visit to either the British or the German battleships. The conning towers were closed and the wireless installations were not inspectable. LORD BRASSEY ARRESTED. THOUGHT HITwAS A SPY. LONDON, June 26. Tne Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent states that Lord Brassey. aboard the Sunbeam, visited Kiel and was arrested yesterday by the harbour police on suspicion of espionage. Lord Brassey was being rowed in a dinghy near the Imperial dockyards. The floating dock has a huge sign warning trespassers that they will be punished under the espionage law. It took Lord Brassey seventy-five minutes to establish his identity and secure release. BERLIN. June 26. Lord Brassey landed and strolled in the vicinity of the shipyards. He was unaware of the prohibitive regulations, and was arrested, though well known in Kiel. The Kaiser personally enquired into the affair. Lord Brassey assured him that he had been courteously treated. "THE BRAVEST AND FINEST." Received June 27. 10.10 a.m. ST. PETERSBURG, June 26. At a banquet to the officer* of the British squadron visitinir Reval Count. Tolstor. the Mayor toasted the British as the bravest and finest navv in the world.