HUN NAVAL MUTINY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9793, 17 October 1917, Page 5

HUN NAVAL MUTINY

MANY CONTRIBUTING CAUSES DETAILED ACCOUNT OF ITS PROGRESS. Uy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyriela Australian anti N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, October to. The. Amsterday correspondent of the “Daily Press” gives a detailed account of tho German naval mutiny. binco tiro Batt.e ot Jutland (May 31st, I'JI6), ho says, the German Navy has been boiling with impatience for a decisive cattle or tor peace. Several causes combined to undermine the discipline or the navy—tiio prolonged inactivity, the harsnness of the officers, the reduced rations, ana, linaily, tue Russian 1 devolution, especially the Kronstadt •aut.ny. ouoi-cly after the last event, the officers learneo tuat tno men were conferring oy mgnt, discussing politics, aumausm, ana peace. Several arrests were uiaue, ouu uiesc only poured oil upon tno names. Matters came to a cumax early in August, as tne result or a. lurtner reduct.on m rations and of numerous Hoggings for tuning offences. . . i'ho revolt broke out simultaneously ou board lour iuob-cuis=> oatt/iesiups—cho Dreadnoughts Prmz Regent A<uitpold, tho Kiuser, the Westfalen, and tile Heligoland. At dawn on August ZO th, the crows assembled on the decks, hoisted rod flags, sang the Marseillaise, and shouted revolutionary cries. The officers went to thoir posts, but, being threatened that they would be thrown overboard, did not interfere, and awaited assistance. The captain of the PVinz Regent Luitpold hastened on board, and Qr.dered the men to haul down the red flag within live minutes. The crow replied by binding him with cords and throwing him overboard, and he was drowned. The majority of the light guns were thrown into the sea, and the heavy guns were rendered useless. Tho authorities at Wilhelmshaven ordered out several battalions of marines, but they declared they would not fire upon their comrades until they knew what had happened. The commander was furious, but yielded, and gave the information required. Tho marines then refused to proceed, and were confined in tho barracks. Infantry were then summoned from Oldenburg, and torpedo-boats, filled with the troops, surrounded the battleships and demanded their suirender. A small fight resulted, m which two sailors were killed and some soldiers were wounded, but the rebels soon surrendered I tactically all the ammunition bad been thrown into the sea. The ringleaders were shot next morning, and ten others from each ship were courtmartialled. Fifteen wore shot, and the remainder sentenced to imprisonment for terms averaging twenty years. It is understood that the mutinous cruiser mentioned in earlier reports as the Nurnburg was the Hamburg, which was stationed in Heligoland. The ca Ptain and most of the officers were absent from the ship, and the mutineers overpowered the remainder of the officers. and quietly left the moormgs m N Many’destroyers followed, and ordered the Hamburg to stop. The mows wore given five minutes to return Mr be torpedoed, and they obeyed Thirty arrests were made, and it is believed that the majority of the prisoners were shot. MUGH wTeITdESTROYED explosion and fire in BROOKLYN. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyrichl Australian nnd N.Z Cable Association. NEW YORK, October 15. A fire and explosion in Brooklyn destroyed 700,000 bushels of wheat intended for'the Allies. It is estimated that the damage amounts to a million and a half dollars (over £300,000). Investigation is being made of a story that the explosion was caused by bombs. SHORTAGE OF PAPER REDUCED NEWSPAPER ISSUES PROBABLE. Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY - , October 16. At the annual conference of the Country Press Association, the secretary’s report forecasted a great scarcity of paper after April. In view of the report, a series of resolutions will ho submitted from the Australasian Provincial Press Association, advocating a rednetion in the number of issues per week, a reduction in the size of the publications, or the incorporation of newspapers; and also recommending that the Federal Government should be approached with the object of establishing the manufacture of paper from Queensland grass and other grasses and weeds. magedoniaFarea A BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Alls, and N.Z. Cable Assn, and Renter. LONDON, October to. A British official report from Salonika states:—Scottish troops successfully raided Homodos, south-west of Seres. Our casualties were light. Our aeroplanes bombed a dump and a train at Cestovo, on the Doiran front.