THE NAVAL SURRENDER.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1919, Page 5

THE NAVAL SURRENDER.

COMMISSION IN GERMANS. ■ DIRTY GERMAN VESSELS. I London, Lac. 27 I Tlia Press Bureau has issued an acfl count ol' die Allied Nava' CommisiionTH work in German wafers. The commission, headed by Vicfl-Adl miral Sir Montague Browning, includ«*fl distinguished American, French, J&paiS esc, and Italian naval leaders, by notable British ami American techuH cal experts The commission left tbfl of Forth on ivcember 3 aboarijH the dreadnought Here lea, which was ««B carted by four destroyers, and the foil riowing day they passed a riix°d lot ofl German ships going to Seapa Flow tfl make up too shortage in tho agiee^J The*e included the battleship Konifl the light cruisev Dresden, two Nordfl dcutschcr Lloyd transports, and a dJjH The commission was, met a< an pointed spot by it German eomnn<.9]ovfl headed by Rear-Admiral , u ,d ...M eluded Captain von Miiiler, of the Kmden, which was destroyed by /MlAfl Sydney. The Navu. Commission devoted ltriH to various tasks. A sub-commission delegated to inspect the German ships, all of which were found to be InH filthy condition, with the discipline atH low 00b. Indeea, so much so was latter the case, that the British charge found it necessary salutarily warn tlie sailor;. Other sub-commissions inspected airship ai.d seaplane sliitbvis, und in tiH course of frequent jiun:f\ing3 far land came to the conclusion that tepiuseiuations li.<il the people needed food and clothes were nothing as justifiable as the authoriti« a seeking to impress on tho Allies Tlfl agricultural conditions were most favorable. One sub-commission visited the Norfl Sok Zeppelin station, lfom which Ml tlfl raiders w England started Here thafl saw tl.c famous Ll4, which visited EbjM land 24 times. A memorable occasion was the passaS through the Kiel Canal of the HWcuS the first British battleship ever to do tfl L the course of the passage the Hafl culcs was warmly gecled by the Bifl Ufh prisoners of war on the banks. Hfl lho great experimental air statin M v\arneimiude wis visited under protest. y Tho Submarine Commission B Scores of nearly -™ tion the not h»en declared by, tho Qennwi jH rsr:? to t»i» them <£fl despite Admiral Goette's strong