Heligoland

The island of Heligoland, former fortified custodian of the Kiel Canal, is in the process of disintegration due to the constant explosions of dynamite under the direction of the French and British who for three years have been destroying the great fortifications implanted in solid rock by the Germans.

Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, it was ordained that the fortifications were to be destroyed; the Germans were further forbidden to reconstruct them.