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Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1919, Page 5

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WN WARSHIPS. | SCENES OP mRT AND INDHTEft* ENCE. (M The task of th 6 Allied Cotamissidt ..i| of ihspecting and disarming such.enesflr warships as reinain in German ponpis proceeding without serioui taffldaft -m (stated the Daily News b( J&ntuAr ,-.j| 11th), and the big warships are btUf j§ depleted of their araaiqe&t u fast ln'.'jflj the present chaotic state of Qsrmtlfir will permit. The remaining vessels it V* Kiel and Wilhelmshaven bare befe \ ; fe completely clekred. ■ jig The work of removing the guhi Mid >J| range-finding insttuments, and St - f| emptying the magazines has been doto A$ under the greatest pressure from tfc i Commission. Tin Qerta&ni (till ewi* J-. plain that it is impossible fst than » -3j carry out thi9 work at the speed that » . 'J required. Although the delegate* of tHe /' Workmen's and Soldiers' Council. mailttain considerable authority at KWI oitw 5? WilhelmshiVen, even to tht sSMht <Sf being saluted by their commlaiiooet oS- ' - cers, thfey have not such bold as wfc prevent the men leaving their ships they feel so inclined., • The Baden, the latest Qentata httil ship, fitted with 15in. guns, has anfrod * 1 at Scapa Flow. Her speed is katfa. On this vessel, which was in the «■«**« dirty, condition as the otfcift, the oft- "p cers bad to give t4>feit ordoj* through the medium of the Workmen's and Sol* / > diers' Council. ,u Discipline on board the German shfos ' # at Scapa Flow Varies MMideftttfr, On -..'p the whole, the crews show little lion for work. Tlvey «*; tb go ashore, which, of eotifrse, is strictly forbidden. Alfnost thfefr interest in life is Ishtog. ' "" The ftutobefr of stibfflfcrinfes *ti& in German ports is rdugMy 00, frftffcfrn ! are due to leave QetaMuiy to-fedftrir, including 13 which w«tre frerthwi to < 1 Germany froto the Mediteitantom tod ' thtee' Whirfi Were inspected by thk Allied Commissfon at Wjlh'elmshsvttl. Arrangements hav« also beefc **«"<« A for the surrender pj tile five GeWnan ; interned in Spain, oak In Holland, and one ih Norwty, ifcws' aVe still abottt 170 subtaaritfes in Various stages of building, but the toaftHty are mere skeletons. Further construction work on Ihese vessels has been suspended. The feritish criiiserr squadron which J has been operating along the Esthonlan coast has returned, and another light cruisw squadron has taken its pten. The warships inspected by the Commission were, like, those which were gur- • teMeVM to the British Fleet, Ift what wis officially described as * » n d « disgusting condition." . *. The Mackensen, the latest tattle- ' • iruiseh "iot yet complettd, was dtstad by - ■, the Commission as being in a peHVctly ■ v state, "aft offence tq the nostrils" oveV a considerable area. ' ,i Somfe of the vessels were ihdrt of 1 lubrieating oil, tad Vert tfnable to'at- j tain anything like their fuß Siere was a general disinclination Wknang 'i e engine -r6ote statfs to do ait* fcork.' ' and th'i're, was further evideAris that - the order for these ships to go ant" -"jS engage the Grand Fteet had mfaipi. , tated the revolution. Some of tu vet-' ■ ?els wew ifot in * fit state to do to Scapa Flow. . '< There Was „aW a certafA amAtskt of 'demoralisation among the small craft used as minfe-sweepers. » The teftfca in Wiafiy castes took an independent Vttw of the situation, and had dispersed.