PROUD OF EMDEN
new ship gets nameplate BERLIN, March 19. “We thank the Australians for their magnanimity in relinquishing this trophy,” said Vice-Admiral Forster, at the unveiling of the old Emden’s nameplate on tho new Emden. The nameplate is fixed on the quarter., deck above the rear gun. Addressing the crew, the vice-admir a i said: “We promise to do our duty ‘ towards the people and the Father!? aK in the same spirit as tho old Emdesr L <jid He described how the namep.n/,fce had been ceremoniously handed to President von Hindenburg by Mr. S. M. Bruce, and recalled Mr. Bruce’s worth“ The enmity of both nations is definitely buried.”
When the old Emden *s 9 ag, which veiled the nameplate, wafJ removed, guns fired a salute, and the? crew cheered President von Hindenbv/ ~g) a nd sang “Deutschland IJber Alles.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18056, 5 April 1933, Page 2
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