Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-11-23
GERMAN OFFICER
Tells OF revolt
lnfurlated Sailors Mob an ADJ
miTaI and Staff.
BLOW UP UNCOMPLETEDSHIPS
Many Women Aided In the Mutlny.
Says Participant, Who 10 Now Safe
In Observation-Disclosures Vera
Moved Down by Machine Gun Fire
Secret Agents Deceived.

The New York Evening Sun prints
an account of the mutlny In the Ger
many navy az given by participant,
Second Lieut.. Rudolph Glatfelder OF
the cruiser Magdeburg, who escaped
TO Switzerland, He Is a Soclal-Demo'
GRAFT
Lieutenant Glatfelder's account OF
the outbreak was In this country
week before the cable dispatches told
Of Admiral Capelle's announcement
to the relchstag that grave disturb
ance in the navy had been sup
pressed.
He tells how the mutiny started, re.
lating events that led to the bloody
conflict that lasted from early morn
ing till midnight. Infatuated sailors
and marines from % ships mobbed an
admiral and his staff Of 80 officers
set fire to the barracks, Zeppelin
sheds, warehouses, wharves, naval OBJ
servatory and then pundered the ar
senal.
One of the arsenal forts sided with
the rebels and engaged II coastal
forts. Four uncompleted warShlps
bridges, buildings and httlng-out har-
borS were blown up. Some of the mu.
tineers reached their ships, others
were moved down by machlne-gun
fire. The lieutenant says ugly feeling
Is universal in the German navy and
other outbreaks are feared.
"No less than 10000 sailors and
marines were involved in this uprlS-
Ing" says Lieutenant Glatfeldcr 81
am making this statement from per-
sonal knowledge. This refers to the
last days Of July and early days of
Augustine final suppression having
been concluded on the sixth or soy
enth day Of August Of which | have
learned since leaving Wilhelmshaven.
Secret Agents Deceived.
"In conformity to the plans of the
central terrorist committee a series of
loud demonstrations were held in
Bcrne, Switzerland, for the purpose Of
dcceiy'ng the secret agents of Berlin
into hoIioyia., that the center Of the
coming uprising was to be near the
French frontier and that the agitation
was intended for the army In France,
"In fact, this was the original idea,
but the Russian revolution had
changed our basic plans and we had
decide! 70 direct our energies In work
ing out a powerful agitation in the
navy. The immediate carrying out of
the new strategy was postponed near
ly two months on account Of serious
disagreement among our revolutionary
tacticianS.
"The first group maintained that we
should exert all our energies IA bring
about revolutionary feeling in the
ranks of our armies stationed in
France and Belgium; the second group
pointed out that the navy was totally
overlooked by the Berlin police, there
fore 1t would be more effective If we
conferred our propaganda at Zee
brugge, Ostend and other Belgian cit
les.
"Finally our navalists won, and in
the middle Of May 149 heroic COM
rades, 85 of whom were women, were
started to 10 centers.
my group was assigned to VIII.
helmshaven. In my group there were
seven persons, five of them women.
Being an incapacltated naval officer
(the author Of this report lost an eye
during a naval engagement with
portion Of the Russian fleet in the Bal
tic), and therefore familiar with our
naval centers, was elected chairman
and director Of our group.
ut hardly took two weeks before ev-
cry one Of our woman comrades had
obtained positions as naval nurses at
the Wilhelmshaven Imperial Naval
hospital.
Hospital Horrors Told.
1--WE selected the hospital because
II Is situated right in the midst Of
the most intense activities. 1t was in
connection with this hospital that
ugly and heart-pierclng episodes took
place, the details of which I must d.
greSS to give in order to convey true
picture of the atmosphere of horror
which IS sure to breed revolution.
"Orginally built before the war for
1000 patients, the enlarged hospital
today treats as many as 10000, only
about 1000 being naval patients.
The 5000 military patients are known
as 'repulsiye Cases'-men who are
mere remnants, still breathing the
breath of life, but begging for death.
1.-THE 'rcpnlSlre cases are hidden at
Wilhelmshayen because the authorl-
ties do not dare to send them home.
The parents wives, sisters and broth
ers Of these beyond the pale casual
ties still think that they are some
where on our eastern front. Our mil
itary authorities do not dare to give
out true casualty lists. These victims
at Wilhelmshaven, who are known as
the 'repulslve cases. are still on our
active army lists, because they still
breathe.