THE GERMAN FLEET
| GERMAN OFFICERS PARADED., I . i A TRAITOROUS ACT, VON REUTER'S REPLY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 25, 8 p.m. London, June 24. The Admiralty announces that General Fremantle addressed Admiral von Reuter, liis staff, and the other German officers, who were paraded under an armed guard aboard the Revenge on Sunday afternoon. He said the Germans must consider themselves as prisoners of war, because they had violated the armistice by a traitorous act. This was not the first occasion the Germans had violated all the civilised laws on the high seas. Von Reuter replied that he was personally responsible. What had been done was "what any British sailor would do' in the same circumstances."—Aus. N2. Cable Assoc. i
ONLY PEW VESSELS SOLVABLE. STATEMENT BY ADMIRALTY. Received June 25, 5.5 p.m. London, June 24. The Admiralty announces that the Baden was three feet below normal draught in readiness to be beached, the engines Ibeing undamaged* The Emden was beached and suffered little damage. The Frankfort was beached, the upper deck being awash at liittU water. The Nurnberg was beached, being apparently but little damaged. Two destroyers are afloat, while eighteen were beached, but there are little prospects of salving the other vessels.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. EXPERTS ADVISED SURRENDER. ALLIED COMMISSION OBJECTED. « Received June 25, S p.m. London, June 24. In the House of Commons, Mr. Long stated that British naval experts had urged the surrender of the German fleet instead of internment, but the Allied Commission was not agreeable.—United Service. ' 16 WAfeSHIPS SCUTTLED.
IN KIEL HARBOR, j Paris, June 24. The fact of the Germans sinking the remaining warships in Kiel harbor is considered hero as clear proof that the Scapa incident was planned in Germany. It also silences French hints that the British connived (it the sinking. It is believed the latest sinkings include four dreadnoughts of the Ostfriealand class, four of the Westfalen class, eight of the Deutschland class, and a few smaller craft. PLUCKY BRITISH MIDSHIPMAN.
SAVES THREE VESSELS. GERMAN OFFICERS SHOOT THEIR OWN MEN. Received June 38, 12.45 a.m. London, June 24. A British midshipman, armed with a rifle, boarded a sinking German destroyer at Scapa Flow and compelled the crew to close the sea cocks. He repeated this act on two other boats, and thus three destroyers were beached.
German officers, using revolvers, killed several of their own men who were attempting to obey similar British orders on other ships.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO LEARN THE TRUTH. - Received June 25, 8 p.m. London, June 24. In the House of Commons, Mr. Walter Long {First Lord of the Admiralty) stated that the Government was unable to obtain confirmation qf the report that the German warships in Eel harbor had been scuttled.—United Service.
THE SURENDERED SHIPS. The .tonnage of the vessels sent to Scapa Flow approximated 410,000, divided as iollews:— BATTLESHIPS.
DESTROYERS. Total of 50, averaging 000 tons, from the Ist, 2nd, 3rd, oth, and 7th flotillas. The armistice terms included the following naval conditions:—The folding German surface ships, which shall be designated by the Allies and the United States of America, shall forthwith be disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports, or, failing them, Allied ports, to be designated by the .Allies and the United States of America, and' placed under the surveillance of the Allies and the United Sta;tes of America, only caretakers being left on board, namely: Six battle cruisers, ten liattleships, eight light cruisers, including two minelayers, i
Tons. Bayerori (1916) 28,000 Konig (1916) 25,000 Grosser Kurfurst (1914) ... 25,293 Markgraf (1914) 25,293 Kaiser (1912) '.. 25,000 Kronprinz Wilhelm (1915) , 25,000 Konig Albert (1913) 24,113 Frederick der Grosse (1913) 24,113 24,113 Prinzregent Luitpold (1913) 24,113 BATTLE BRUISERS. Seydlitz (1913) 25,000 S8,O0O 27,000 Moltko (1911) 23,090 Von der Tann (1916) 18,000 LIGHT CRUISERS. 4,000 5,400 0,400 4,000 4,000 4,500 4,000 4,000
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