EMDEN COURTMARTIAL
OFFICIAL VERSION
United Press Association —By Electro Telegraph—Copyright) BERLIN, December 30. The publication of the Emden mutiny story is responsible for a somewhat tardy official statement by the Defence Ministry. Professing to give the facts it sets out to state that when the cruiser Emden anchored off Puerto Colombia, on November 13th last,' some of the crew went ashore and drank too much tropical beer. Ihey became hilarious, sang “The internationale,’ and hoisted a red hankerchief. When they reached Wilhelmshafen three of the crew were arrested and court-martialled. It was decided, however. that the offence did not constitute a mutiny and the punishment was a light one.
The Daily Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent, in recording the explanation, adds: The Defence Ministry’s explanation of embarrassing facts are so often misleading. This one hardly reassures the public mind. Indeed, responsible newspapers declare that even the official version indicates a 1 most unsatisfactory state of discipline aboard the bearer of the proud name of “Emden.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1930, Page 3
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