Show MOST FAMED SHIP BEING BROKEN UP UPS S The papers printed an unusually interesting little picture the other day day day-a a photograph from a German shipyard showing sho workmen dismantling disman disman- lUng the ancient German gunboat Panther Intrinsically the Panther was just jus another mother gunboat But historians will wil always remember it for the Panther through the machinations of international International diplomacy almost started the world war ar three years ahead of ot time In 1911 there was revolt in Morocco where the French claimed to exercise a special sphere of or influence At the height of ot the trouble the Panther dropped anchor in the harbor o of to protect German Interests interests- and caused such a fluttering In European Euro Euro- penn chancelleries that only prompt and energetic action by England prevented pre vented the war from starting then and there Now obsolete and rusty rush the thc Pan Panther ther is being broken up Few people recognize the name but for a few days 20 years Jears ago it was the most famous warship on earth |