MUTINY AT KIEL
CREWS OF MINE-SWEEPERS REFUSE DUTY AFTER A FIGHT WITH BRITISH (Reo. January 27, 11.55 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 27. A German naval lieutenant who deserted at Kiel has arrived in Holland. Ho says that three weeks ago the crews of mine-sweeping trawlers were badly handled in a fight with tho British. They returned to Hamburg, and were ordered to resume duty within an hour. Thoy mutinied, and threw an officer into the water and allowed him to drown. An armed motor launch arrived. Tho machine-guns fired on the mutineers, killing 44 and wounding 73. The remainder wero tried by court-mar-tial and heavy sentences were imposed on them.—Router.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 5
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109MUTINY AT KIEL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 5
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