CRISIS STILL IN FULL BLAST

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9791, 15 October 1917, Page 5

CRISIS STILL IN FULL BLAST

EFFECTS OF GERMAN NAVAL MUTINY HEAD OF ADMIRALTY OFFERED AS SCAPEGOAT DEMAND FOU RESIGNATION OF CHANCELLOR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. (Received October 14, 5-5 p.m.) ( AMSTERDAM, October 13. The .German crisis continues in full blast. The newspapers are demanding xho resignation of Dr. Micbaelis, the Imperial Chancellor. Admiral von Capcllo, head of the Imperial Admiralty, has resigned. Apparently be is offered as a scapegoat. , . It is announced that ho gave the Reichstag many more, details or Ino naval mutiny than Dr. Micbaelis intended or approved. Liberal and oocialist newspapers, however, are not satisfied with von Oapclle s xosiguatiou and reiterate that Dr. Micbaelis must go. The Reichstag has adjourned till December sth. The “Vorwaerts” declares that Dr. Micbaelis. after the recent soanea a the Reichstag, is “finally impossible as Chancellor.” HOW TROUBLE BE.GAN IN THE FLEET SECRETS OF PLOT REVEALED MY MEN UNDER DEATH SENTENCE. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. (Received October 14, o-o p.m.) LONDON, October ISThe Amsterdam correspondent of the “Daily Chronicle ' states that tho trouble in the German Fleet began when tho crows of several vessels showed nervous tension, which was traceable to reservists. Xhe agitation stalled, aboard tho Westfalen and spread, to other vessels. ~, One of the Westfalen’s crew refused to obey an order and was arrested. A deputation demanded his release and declared.' that the crews of several battleships had formed sailors’ councils on tho lines of the Russian Soldiers and Workmen’s Committee. The men refused to obey tho captain, locked him up and took possession of the ship. A strong military force oamo aboaiu and the mutineers surrendered. . , An investigation which was made showed that 300 men weie involved. Thirty were sentenced to death, but only three were executed. The latter revealed tho secrets of a plot, of which Admiral von Capcllo only revealed unimportant details. _ K similar incident occurred on another battleship at sea. the sailors seized tho ship, but were prevented from making for a neutral port by the accompanying warships, which threatened to fire unless she returned with them. Two of the men concerned were shot. , , Prompt action was taken on other ships. Several battleships lay at Wilhclmshaven without their crewsREVOLT HELD TO BE SIGNIFICANT WEDGE DRIVEN BETWEEN KAISERLSM AND PEOPLE. Australian and New Zealand Cable Association. WASHINGTON, October 19. It is believed that the mutiny in the German Navy is more serious than has been announced, and that it indicates that the moral of the navy is cracking under the strain of the U-boat failure and the non-realisation of Admiral von Tirpitz’s boasts. Tho Kaiser will now hesitate to send put the fleet and' his recent grandiloquent praises of tho naval men will seem ironical. gome officials believe that Admiral ton Oapolle’s reference to “Russian revolutionary ideas” is an intimation that President }Vilson has driven in a wedge distinguishing between Kaiserism and the German noonlo. Tho Now York “Volks Zeltung,” which was recently deprived of mailing privileges, joyfully hails the mutiny as tho first gloamings of the approaching dawn lighting up the international sky, and predicts further and more important revolts. ... Tho “New York Times ’ and the “New York Sun” warn tho public against attaching undue importance to tho German mutiny. Tho movement, they say, must be well under control, otherwise the censors would not have permitted any word to go out. ... .... The “New York Tribune expresses tho opinion that the time is not ripe for a proletarian revolt In Germany. SEAMEN REFUSE TO SERVE IN SUBMARINES STRONG AND GROWING DISINCLINATION FOR UNDERSEA PIRACY. Reuter’s Telegram. , (Received October 14, 5.5 p.m.) > LONDON, October 13., It is learned on reliable authority that there is a strong and growing disinclination on the part of German seamen to serve in tho submarines. Several Germans were recently shot for refusing such service. The shootings were quite apart from the mutiny at Wilhelmshaven. and occurred prloj to ite outbreak. BRAVE WORDS TO KEEP THEIR COURAGE UP Reuter’s Telegrams. AMSTERDAM. October 12, Field-Marshal von Hindonburg. replying to the German National Chamber of Commerce, said that England's envy had closed the door to international commerce. “She shall feel the sharpness of the sword until she perishes.' Admiral von Suheer, replying to tho Stendal Peaco Committee, said; "lour confidence inspires tho U-boat men. We shall ensure that the British shall never again dare to pick a quarrel.” ~ ~ , ~ n ... , Baron von Hertfing, speaking in the Bavarian Diet, said that tho British were hard-hearted, calculating, business men; but they were also beginning to ddubt whether the wpx was a paying business.