Der Tag.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 28 November 1918, Page 1

Der Tag.

Loudon, November 23. I "Der Tag" proved very different from the expectations entertained in German naval circles four years ago. It was fine moonlight when the Allied fleets weighed ajKlhor at 3 o'clock in the morning' and proceeded to the place of rendezvous, sixty miles from the Scottish coast and in the North Sea. Admiral Beatty put to sea in two single lines, Bix miles apart, to enable the surrendering fleet to come up tlie centre. At 2.30 p.m. the leading German ship was seen fivo t miles away. She proved to be the bat- , tie-cruiser Seydlitz, flying Commodore Taget's pennon, $he was followed by I the Derfflinger, Moitke-, GElmdenburg j and Von der Tanu. The Allied fleet was ' instructed not to arelax its vigilance, j If any nonsense was attempted it was ready for immediate action. However. : the arrangement was completed without a hiitch. The surrendering vessels ap- [ proached in single column, three cables , apart. The battleships were followed by tihe light cruisers, which, three miles j afetern, passed bet-ween tifte Allied lines. :It was a stately procession. There was I not a sound in the Allied lines while the Germans passed; then Admiral Beatty on the Queen Elizabeth, came through the lines, and the men in every ship vented their repressed emotions. It was an amazing demonstration of affection and admiration for the Admiral. There had been some grumblers in the French newspaper* because the Allies had not confiscated all the German ships, but it is pointed out that every capital German ship ljuilt since 1910, excepting the Lutzow and "Worth, is now moored in the Firth of Forth, t where all are being examined before "being interned. In connection with the surrender of the second batch of submarines, the battleship Heligoland, unarmed, led them to Harwich. The commander of one of the submarines angrily ejaculated: "We will be back for them soon!" The surrendered warships included the light cruisers Karlsruhe, -Emden, Frankfurt, and Niirnberg, and 45 destroyers. The battle-cruisere Koenig and Mackensen audi two light cruisers have still to be surrendered. It is estimated that the ships surrendered cost considerably over fifty millions sterling. The German naval eta-, tus is now that of a fifth-rate Power. The Allied Fleet consisted of over a thousand vessels. London, November 25. The German battle eruteers left today for the British naval base at Scapa Flow.They have British navigation parties on board andi are escorted by the first battle oruiser squadron.