Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-21
IS
REAL G|BRA[1A TAR
GERNANY His TEiN-foRNhD
ISLAND FROM FISHING HiA-
TION TO TOr1l,ESs

lONDOS Aug Germany a
groa, naval base Boz 'Ha Nortn sea
.st her chief rolian.a fsr the pro
tasfoa of her coast n the pf cnt
taf Be- lHs little island I' hriis'iah'
rHicH she obtained from England a
quarter of IL century l.1 n cAchanto
.Yr Zanzibar when 'Ie eAciAhg'
al made uellg0land Els mere
Ishing ISLAND Since fHan 20 has p'eii
iran formed into q .ria1le C'hfal-
iar. With a home i0f l.. small var
craft including diris.l.r. ana "aleT
plane
ln "a peech which aa delivered "a
Ills .di4r escort on August lV. lh''.
upornr William sal. lAit SIAM
b. deftIncd 10 be a. o. % pnlNark oi
flf Lea. protection .Hr the German
herman. a base 'Ir uf Narahlps
and truughold and defense TOT
German waters against any enemy
bo may take n iHf. Dis head "a
how himself upon .I'm A, th'
umf tHr words were ei'cd 10 ing
land Nith e. good I.I. of iucreduii.
u.s. A libc repeated 4. not invented
fy Hlsmlck that Germany mad CIV
90 away a pair OF trousers ana Sc
.lrod "a button In o. Iuge, passed
nom mouth 10 mouth
lmr has. however brought the
emperor Dob. rcvon aud the doubt
or. of score 81 yefr ago nov ad'
mlt. sIfh some q atinha, " u
true that his propH0 ls Boz q iaiF
eay of ulnllment a.I that Hcligo-
land b. IIkoly 40 pro-. % valuable
maiuata. in the do... of the Ger.
rgn empire In NJ. present titanic
ffuFg'r
Won "a number of r pat Ger.
nanny ha. followed policy OF dis
CORA Hn. the fitii .ut foreign.
rr tu I,ugoland Dr. enough has
boon lrnfned Of Oh, raiinns car
fi.d ru there iu .iIu 'Hdf the lilil'
land b one of The most formidable
naval l0rircsos 20 i"a entire world
rd tBat g be- probable as unavailable
.t Gibraltar itseli
Noli-ol q protect fI0 mouths Of
four rivers. inrludn. thr Elhc and
tic We or A projecting sea wall
bass been built balls round the b..
land and from Tho Hgh Overland,
tue biggest and best trupp .nns. ga
dsf lpcarInr platform romu'u' ei
Hpproachoa from The on a iu.lc'
p'crccs the island FROM vest Go rofth
through which ammunition and oth
~ material may he 1iel' taken
IuEe searchhFhts di cover 'tcry dis.
cent vessel At night and there is q
powerful wireless station
Tho crumbling cliffs of the island
have been projected against the raw.
,gof of the waves sim long hu'tress.
rs Of granite. 20 feet high, and ID
Get thick lunumcrable riffs and
,rcyices hay, been illcd with con
rctp The plateau has been studded
tith arWorcd clsomaies and sunker
batteries. from which the huge gun,
can sweep the ea Tor q radius ~ ter
miles Stately barracks and officia
l-I'iInrs have 'alen the place oi the
humble cottage which formerly were
tno only human habitations on the
island
70 the south OF the lower part OF
The island % uDa island has arisen
from the water 10 Dr. half as big %.
Hengoland itself ana was built OF
material hruu-at from Germany
D his new island provides shelter Ton
torpedo boats troycrs. UhWarin
cs. aud cruiser. IN this island are
also maga1iu,- aud sheds for air
alps of an sort
Millions of dollars have been cN
pended by Germany In the b uildine
40 OF this North Sea Gibraltar
few wears ago f.r garrison was 0nl'
100 strong. hu last year The number
wa. increased 900 100 On the liehl
COZ development lf the present Wal
military expert. believe that Ger
many viii haf. no cause 20 regret
the exchange Zanzibar for llelig
GLAND with Gr.u Britain in 1880.