ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE KIEL MUTINY. AN ESCAPEE'S STORY Amsterdam, Nov. 25. Weigat, boatswain on tlio dreadnought Kronprinz Weso, who participated in the Kiel mutiny in October, has escaped to Holland. Interviewed, be state?, that three hundred sailors on the Kronprinz Sthleswig were ordered to proceed to the submarine school for instruction, and decided to revolt. When the Kronprinz men paraded for departure they refused to leave. ' Admiral von Schmidt struck Ileilmunn. the men's leader. ITeiimann returned the blow and floored the Admiral. Tlje officers fired with their revoipors and the mutineers used their rifles and knives in hand-to-hand conflicts. Seven officers, including the Admiral, were thrown overboard, and only the Admiral was rescued. The military police boßrded the Kronprinz, and t,lie mutineers surrendered. The six leaders were shot, and many others were sentenced to terms of imjprisonmont up to twenty years. TWO NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK. i FIFTEEN LIVES LOST. Received Nov. -2G 5.50 p.m. Cliristiania. Nov. 25. The Norwegian steamers liro'sfond and Victoria have been torpedoed. Fifteen of the Krosfond's crew were lost; THE APARIMA. T.IST OF MISSING. ' Wellington, Nov. 2C. Following are the European members of tile Aparima'a crew not reported as sifcly landed:—Officers: Chief, Daniel (N.S.W.); second, McDonald (Scotland); wireless, Millington (Auckland). Engineers: Rogerson (Gore). Stewards: Chief, MacKie (Capetown); "second, Christian (Liverpool). Boatswains: Perry (England) and Tefrls. Cadets' W. Williams, J. K. McKenzie (Auckland), Newton (Melbourne), K, Marshall (Westport), Alassev (fiisborne), A. Marshall (Kailangata), D. Hoare, J, Proudfoot, G. Bargrove (Christchurch), Colin McDonald and A. Ramsay (Dunedin), TownsiMid ! Victoria), Stneey (Melbourne), Baiinatyne (Waikouaiti), Shaw (Greymouth), Chalmers (Tasmania), (Smith (Wiuhiuku).

FATE OF A SUBMARINE. Washington. Nov. 25. Mr. Daniels announced that American destroyers bomb.4 a submarine beneath the surface of the water, and it was disabled and rose to the surface. A torpedoer attached a towline, but the crew, while surrendering, opened valves in the submarine, and it sank. The crew were raved with the ex:euption of two, who were drowned. THE BARRED ZONE. London, Nov. 25. The consensus of opinion among experts is that the extension of the barred rone is directed against neutrals rather than Britain, and foreshadows increased cfl'orts to deprive them of supplies unless these are handed over to Germanv.