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...boast that between August and November 1914 the Emden destroyed 20 million dollars worth of enemy shipping, mostly British, without the loss of a single life. True, the Emden sailed the Pacific under a British flag, disguised, with the aid of a disappearing canvas funnel, as the British cruiser Yarmouth. But within 1,000 yds. of her prey the behavior of the Emden was always scrupulously correct. Down came the flag and the dummy funnel; out broke the German ensign...
Thus with blatancy and bombast the Liberal Party Congress was addressed at Yarmouth, last week, by David Lloyd George. Though turned 65, the bandy little Welshman seemed to tingle with the fires and fervors of his youth. As though spoiling for a fight, he rubbed his eager hands and cried...
...Near Yarmouth last week Englishmen early one evening heard a disagreeably familiar purring sound. Then they saw the first Zeppelin to appear over England since...
Every Englishman likes kippered herring for breakfast, and especially "Yarmouth Bloaters," which are quite superior "kippers." Therefore true Britons have a sentimental liking for the old East Anglican city of "Yarmouth on the Yare." Last week 2,600 Conservative Party Delegates bustled out to Yarmouth, assembled in the famed "Seaside Hippodrome," and became momentously the Conservative Party Conference. Solemn was the occasion, for a platform would soon be drafted on which the Party will appeal to the country in the forthcoming Parliamentary Election...
...Alderman Ferrier eventually opined, "Steerforth brought disgrace upon little Em'ly, a Yarmouth girl. Although he himself came to a tragic end, it is not advisable to perpetuate his name unduly." The Council agreed; banished "Steerforth Avenue" from its deliberations...