REMARKABLE INCIDENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1930, Page 11

REMARKABLE INCIDENTS

GERMANS IN TANGANYIKA

BRITISH DEMANDING APOLOGY MARINES MARCH IN STREET By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. London, Aug. A march by German marines in th© British mandated territory of Tanganyika and a speech by the German consul si Tanga may lead the British to request the withdrawal of the consul and an apology from the captain of the German cruiser Karlsruhe, says the Daily. Mail. in giving prominence to a cable emphasising, a r&* markable series of incidents during the first visit of a German cruiser since the was to the territory formerly German East Africa. ;

The stay of the Karlsruhe at Tanga wao marked by a gala dinner' the German com." munity held in the principal hotel, wher® Herr Speiser, the consul, in a speech dilat* ing the historical glories of the' German colony, recalled the ill-fated sea landing at Tanga in 1914 when the British were bloodily repulsed. The oration was followed by a parade of the Karlsruhe’s .marines, who amid Teutonic spectators’ cries “Hoch,” goose-stepped past the who took the salute. After this they marched through the city.

Next morning the British Provincial Commissioner remonstrated with the con* sul, who is reported to have apologised but stated the dinner was only for ..Germans and he thought none of the British by standers understood German. Two days later an armed party landed from the British cruiser Enterprise and paraded in Tanga while a seaplane hovered overhead. The marines saluted the British flag after which they marched through th® town. It is understood that diplomatie representations are being made for the re* call of the consul and for an apology from the captain of the Karlsruhe.