2 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 15

WHAT IS A NASSAUER ?

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1

Sin,—The gallant performance of 'E23' in torpedoing the `Nassau' Dreadnought reminds me of a story I heard first from a well-known Professor of the Province of Nassau. The Duke endowed a table at the local University so that poor students of the Province might dine free of cost. At first occasionally, then more frequently, and in the end, to the exclusion of the true Nassauer, permanently, other students invited themselves to the table. A " Nassauer " is now understood in Germany to be one who takes what was intended for another. The first German Dreadnought was called ` Nassau,' and most people hero did not see the significance of the name.—I am, Sir, dm,