GERMANY'S TROUBLES

Taihape Daily Times, 15 October 1917, Page 5

GERMANY'S TROUBLES

VON CAPELLE AS SCAPEGOAT. j Oct 13. ) The German crisis continues full blast. Newspapers are demanding Dr. Michaelis' resignation. Admiral von Capelle was apparently offered as a scapegoat. He announced that .he would give the Reichstag many more details of the mutiny than Dr. Michaelis intended or approved. Liberal and Socialist newspapers,; (however, are not satisfied with Admiral Capel'le's resignation and reiterate that Dr. Michaelis must go. TROUBLE TRACED TO RESERVISTS. LONDON, Oct 13. The "Daily Chronicle's" Amsterdam correspondent says the German fleet trouble began when the crews of several vessels showed nervous tension, traceable to reservists. The agitation started aboard the 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 several battleships' crews had formed sailors' councils on the lines ,of the Russian soldiers' and workmen's councils. The men refused to obey the captain and locked him up and took possession of the ship. A strong military force came aboard and the mutineers surrenderwere involved. Thirty were sentenced to death, three being executed. The latter revealed secrets of a plot of whic-h Admiral von Capelle only revealed unimportant details. 4 similar incident took place on another battleship at sea, k The sailors seized the s n ip> Dut were prevented from making a neutral port. Accompanying warships threatened to fire unless she returned with them. Two men concerned were shot.Prompt action was taken on other s&ips, .••* ,' :':■■■■ Several battleships lay-at-Wilhelms-haven without crews. v > • Admiralty , per wireless.—Admiral von Capelle has resigned. < THE CRISIS ONE OF GRAVITY. Received 8.35. PARIS, Oct 14. Le Matin's Zurich correspondent says the German crisis is the gravest since the war. Dr Michaelis and the pan-Germans find themselves pitted against the Reichstag majority, instead of merely the Independent Socialists. Admiral von Capelle accuses Dr. Michaelis of shameful desertion after they had agreed to stand together in the whole affair. JAPAN'S ENTRY INTO EUROPEAN WAR. A FORECAST. Received 8.35. LONDON, Oct 14. A Moscow paper reports a speech of General Alexieff's, wherein -he forecasts Japan's entry into the European theatre of war. MUTINY IN GERMAN NAVY. Received 8.35. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 14. The "Steft Stunende" says the mutiny in the German navy began in February, when the ds*adnought Bayern's crew, owing to the unsatisfactory food, tied the officers to the anchor and let them into the sea. The majority 1 were sent to the front, and others confined in naval prisons.