Show I Fortress Destroyed WHATEVER else may be said of the failure and anft reluctance reluctance re re- re- re 1 1 of the Germ Germans ns to comply with the demands demands demands de de- de- de mands of the allies for disarmament they seem to have made a good job in the destruction of their great forress for- for fortress tr tress ress s at It is reported that the tho twelve-inch twelve guns juns that had been mounted in hidden emplacements have lave been removed and cut int into sections like round cheeses The emplacements have been destroyed by pick and nd powder The Tho island has been een completely shorn of its its' ts military and is not likely ever again t to be a menace to anyone When Great Britain traded to Germany in n 1890 for concessions in East Africa the island was little ittle more than a few rocks projecting out of the water off the mouth of the Elbe The Germans went to work constructing on that foundation an impregnable for- for tress iress It is reported that they spent more than in building up great concrete cliffs and installing huge guns in the emplacements A A. harbor barber for fol warships was dredged and sheds for aircraft were constructed on land made from material taken from the mouth month of the he Elbe I The Tue fortification fo represented to the Germans the acme of military strength and ingenuity It was the main thing that convinced d the tho German krman people that they were vere invincible With her navy gone and distributed to o her former fonner enemies there was no further need for the he great fortress The German workmen who dismantled disman- disman tied lcd it under the direction of allied officers have no doubts as to the completeness of the tIle ness downfall of PrusSian Prussian sian militarism I |