THE GERMAN NAVY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13731, 20 March 1915, Page 5

THE GERMAN NAVY.

SUFFERING FROM IDLENESS

SEA TRIALS PROJECTED

KAISER INTENT ON A BATTLE.

(Received March 19, 9.35 p.m.)

Copenhagen, March 19

A Basle telegram from Kiel states that the Dreadnoughts are being overhauled and re-manned. Owing to long jest the boilers are showing signs of rust. The fleet will undergo seatrials and gun trials for a week.

Since the outbreak of the war the crews have been distributed, and many have been killed and wounded in land fighting. The biggest guns were sent to Belgium. The Germans boast that they can meet an English naval attack. It is freely stated that the Kaiser intends a fair fight in the North Sea.