Sunken German Ships.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 June 1919, Page 5

Sunken German Ships.

I noun TO BE SALVED. i ’ REST IN DEEP WATER_ I LONDON, June 23. F Admiral Von Renter, who has been ‘varrested, states that the ex-- Kaiser \issued an order in 1914 never to permit Ge_l'nlan ships to fall into the enemy ’s hands. ‘ It is ofiieially stated that it is intended to salve the Baden, the Emden, and possibly the Frankfort and Nuremburg, but not to salve the others, which are lying in froni 12 to 20 flathoms, making {it unnecessary to blow them up. ' . SUNK IN HOME PORTS PLOT I-TATCHED IN BERLIN.. LONDON, June 23. Advices from Weimar state that the German warships remaining in Kiel and other German harbours, yvhen the surrendered Ships put to sea on th'e’l'r last voyage, have been sunk. The Evening News states that it has been definitely ascertained that the scuttling of the ships was planned in Berlin. Relief crews recently brought instructions for the sinking. ‘ The latest details from Scapa Flow show that five battle-cruisers and ten battleships were sunk. The Baden was beached, five light-cruisers were sunk and three beached, and 28 destroyers were sunk, 20 beached, and two’ are afloat. ,

It is» authoritatively denied that the crews were periodically relieved when supply ships arrived from Germany, but the vessels lay so close that it [Was d'ifl‘icult to prevent communicaltion between them. The British frequently assisted in quelling mutinies. }' A German officer wearing the Iron [Cross boastfully pointed to the sinking Tships, and ""§aidA:‘ "_‘See «how they go idewlir with fleigs flyiri‘g.’x’ ' He spoke too soon, for British sailors’ boarded ship after ship. and hauled. d_ow_n< t.he flagsnbeforenthey sank. ' l The_“Sewol Fuhr Blatt” praises. the feat‘, but fears, .the_ fnntente will make an ’adnitienal'.’3nenerary _claiii_l.',. . that Germany fulfilled her resolve to ‘G f‘Mit’C-3% 'Zeit‘lln‘g” G proudly‘ Whoa-s-ts that; Germany f_illfilled‘,her resolve to never let Englaiigl keep’ the German ships. H G .. The French Presslis‘ "indignant at the sinking of the ‘German ships at Scapa Flow. Some deplore British silence, while others. point out that France expected a share of the ships, and infer that. France should claim compensation from the Allies.-. -German newspapers are elated on account of the sinking of the German fleet.