The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-11
Submarine Service Cause of
Uprising, Washington
Thinks.
MEN SEIZE VESSEL
TO ESCAPE BATTLE
DestrOyers Force Surrender
of Ship Fleeing to
Norway.

London. oct. IA revolutionary
mutny among the crews OF four
hattleships OF the German fleet at
Wilhelmshavcn. in the course of which
the captain of the Westfallen was
thrown overheard and drowned. is re-
ported in n Central News dispatch
from Copenhagen.
The uprising occurred about six
weeks ago and was uuelled only with
the greatest difficulty. When the
mutinous crews landed marines re-
fused to fire on them. and it was not
until soldiers surrounded the rebels
that they surrendered.
Seized Ship; Sought lnternmsnt.
A mutiny also Is reported on tho
German warship Nuremberg. which
was at sea. The men seized the Of
ficers and proceeded in the direction
of Norway, with the intention of be-
ing interned. The Nuremberg was
ovcrtaken by destroyers and forced tn
surrender.
Several mutinous outbreaks are re-
ported to have occurred among sol
dicrs at the front These were not OF
such grave character, the dispatch
says
Emperor William went TO Wilhelms-
haven after the mutiny and ordered
| that one man ont of every seven
| mutineers be shot. Chancellor Mich
| aelis protested. with the result that
! only three were shot. Sentences ag-
| grcgaiing 200 years of penal servi-
tude We're imposed on the others.
Encouraging News to Allies.
Washington. Oct. 10.-F'ew dis.
| patches since the war began have cre-
! ated pore interest at the navy depart
/ mont than today's report from Amster-
dam telling Of revolt in the German
| navy. Officers unhesitatngly de-
clared that the story. so far not con-
!, firmed in official reports, was one OF
! the most encouraging signs of tho
! year for the allies and probably ono
| of the most ominous from the German
| view. They pointed out that while all
| the allied powers have noted repeated
ly recently in their official statements
that the morale of the German troops
| was declining and observers have be-
Iicved that the end would come in food
and labor riots or perhaps in n polit-
ical revolt there has been nothing to
suggest that the iron discipline Of the
German military system had lost its
slightest degree.
The declining morale on the western
front. it was said. has shown itself In
the feeble character of counter attacks
as compared to the all hut irresistible
drive a year ago. Assault after as
saut has dashed itself to pieces be-
fore the French and British trenches.
u-Boats Cause Of Revolt.
The revolt in the navy these Of
ficers said, was a more serious mat
ter for Germany The sailors gener-
ally have not been subjected to the
batterng of the guns day after day.
month after month. They insisted that
If there is discomfort among the sail
ors with their condition, it must be-
even greater in the army.
AS one possible explanation OF tho
navy revolt they pointed out that ever.
since submarine warfare was started
. by the Germans the British have
adopted the consistent policy of sup
pressing information as to the fate of
submarines sent to the bottom by
their patrols The policy was adopted
as a deliberate method of breaking
down the morale of the submarine
crews.
Crews of the J--boats are UNDER
stood to be drafted from the high seas
fleet as needed. The big ships are
2 practically idle. They have done little
since the North sea fight, but steam
: ont to target practice behind mine
protected zones. For the men of the
ships there has been little but the
daily routine of this business. varied
e only by calls for duty and probable
: death on the submarines.