THE NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11370, 1 September 1908, Page 5

THE NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

GERMAN .'iNQUISItJVENESS

(Press Assn.— -By, Telegraph.— Copyright.) ' ._,. •_■ . ' , LONDON, August 31. The Chronicle and the Telegraph state th^t the German torpedo, boat on th« lynehad followed -the herring fleet as usual: from- Aberdeen.- The manoeuvres were . suddenly "cohcluded on Saturday [The German Crorisul!s explanation ;wa» thabjvthe boat hadbrokeii down!) (Received September 1, 8.15 a.m!) ' ,' - -,'■.' LONDON,- August 31. Officers' of ■■"' the' cruiser Vindictive bottrded' the German torpedo boat which entered the Tyhe. Commander, Hertzer explained the nature of the damages, and regretted that: he had caused, the stop-page-of the manoeuvres., Repairs were proceeding.

The Gothenburg correspondent "of the Pall Mall Gazette tells how the Kaiser demonstrated "in a manner peculiarly his own" liis interest in naval affairs*: '•The, British Channel fleet was at anchor in Aalbeefc Bay, on the north-east coast of Denmark, on July 7, when, at about 7 o'clock in the evening, 'the Hohonzollern, flying the Imperial Standard', escorted by the cruiser Stettin and the torpedo boat destroyer Sleipner, was sighted on the horizon steering for the anchorage.- Lord Charles Beresford, coinmarider-in-chief of the Channel fleet, promptly gave the order to dress ships witli masthead flags, and when H.I.M. the Kaiser arrived he was greeted! with a ocoyal salute of 21 guns from the whole fleet manned, with guards and bands paraded. The Hohenzollern came up to the fleet at a quarter to 8 o'clock, steamed round the bows of the,Hindustan, between the third and fourth divisions of the battle fleet, passed under the stern of the King Edward VII. — the ; commander-.in-chief's flagship — and then turned' again, steaming quite close toall four flagships. His Majesty then departed in the Hohenzollern. as mysteriously as he had arrived. As he passed each ship the National Anthem was played, and three cheers given. During; the whole time the Kaiser remained alone on the upper bridge, moving from side to side to acknowledge tho salutes arid cheers. Tlie manner in which the torpedo boat destroyer, Sleipner was handled aroused great admiration in oil who witnessed this incident. Steaming immediately under the port quarter of the Hohenzollern, her bows literally in the wake of the yacht's propellers, she kept perfect station throughout the complicated passage of the fleet."