THE SCAPA SCUTTLERS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 233, 26 June 1919, Page 7

THE SCAPA SCUTTLERS

VON REUTER RECEIVES A DRESSING DOWN i A TRAITOROUS ACT By .Telesr&Bh-Prees ABsociation-OoDTriehl (Rec. Juno 25, 8 p.m.) London, June 21. Tho Admiralty announces that AdWal Fremantle addressed the German Admiral, von Reuter, his staff, and other German officers. They were paraded under an armed guard on board tho l{evenge on Sunday afternoon. Admiral Freniantle said that the Germans must consider themselves prisoners ot war, because they hnd violated the armistice bj n. traitorous act. This was not the lirst occasion that the Germans had violated all civilised laws on the high spas. Von Keuter replied that ho personally was responsible. Hβ had done "what any British sailor -would do in the samo circumstances. Tho Admiralty announces that the Baden was three .feet below normal draught, in readiness to be beached. Her engines are apparently undamaged. The Emdon, which wm beached, sustained little damage. The Frankfurt was beached. Hoi , upper deck is awash at high water. Tho Nurnberg was beached, with apparently little .damage. Two destroyers aro afloat, while eighteen are beached. There is little prospect of salving the other vessels.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

UNHEEDED ADVICE. (Roc. June 25, 8 p.m.)

London, June 21. In the House of Commons Mr. W. H; /Long (First Lord of tho Admiralty) stated that the British naval experts hao. urged the surrender of the German Fleet instead of intornuiout, but the Allied Commission was not agreeable.—United Service.

Mr. Long (Secretary to the Admiralty) stated that tho Government hnd been unable to obtain confirmation of tho report that tho German warships in Kiel harbour were .scuttled.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

Paris, June 21. The- fact, that the Germans 'sank' the remaining warships in Kiel harbour is considered here ns a clear proof that the Scapa Mow .incident was planned in Germany. It also silences the French hints tliat the British connived at the sinking. It is believed that the latest sinkings include four Dreadnoughts of tho Ostfriesland class, four of the' Wostfalen class, eight of the Deutschland class, and a few smaller craft.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

NOT QUITE ALL.THEIR OWN WAY A BRITISH "MIDDY'S" ACT.' (Rec. Juno 26, 0.45 a.m.) London, June 21. A British midshipman, armed with a rifle, boarded a sinking German destroyer at Scapa Flow and compelled the crew to close the saa-coelcs. Ho repeated this act on two others, and thus three destroyers were benched. German officers, using their killed several' of their own men who were attempting to obey similar British 'orders on other ships.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.