The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-17
R0w The German
i Naval Mutiny Started
German Social Democrat Naval Officer Vividly De-
scribes Events That Led to the Bloody Conflict
That Lasted From Early Morning Till Midnight
(Cortyrisht. 1917. BY the Interna-
tional News Bureau, Inc.)
'(Wrtten by Second LeutenaRt Ru-

.(Wrhten by Second LeutenaQt Ru-
dolph Glatfelder.)
The German blood has beeD shed
In the caure Of revolution. Other ma
tons can no longer ac, Sc us of not
having such court , as is necessary
fQr the making ol rebellion l ann
rhlatin& only one of the early Incl /
dentSr OF the general discomfort in the
RACKS of our navy. Before this ac-
count Is printed other grave events
"a no less than. $3.50 sailors ears and
marbles wereEss 1ftisvsofvsd This upris-.
tnR. am making this rstatementi
1rom} personal knowledge. This re-
fers to, the last ia. of July and early
days OF Augustine final suppression
having been concluded on the sixth
or seventh day of August, of which /
\ haVnP learned since leaving Williams
haven Beyond these dates other.
traxtdtes may have been enacter; our
ruler. ~xaaE-not- have kept their agree
snents with the sailors and marines.
, 1t s>;fu be expected If they found
that 1t was to their advantage to set
aside their agreement, they would do
- without one moments hesitation.
In conformity to the plans Of the
! Central Terrorists Committee a series
( OF lous- demonstrations were held at
\ Bnrne, &Switzeriand) for the purpose
n of deceiying the secret agents. of Ber-
/ 1fn into believing that the centre of
the coming uprising was to be near
the French frontier and that the agi-
ftat1on was intended for the army in
France.
In fact this was the original idea,
ibut the Russian Revolution had
changed our basic plans and we ha n
decided to direct our entire energies
( In working out q powerful agitation
IN the navy. The immediate carrying
ouf Of the new strategy was postpon-
nd nearly two months ON account of a
8erious isagreement amongst our
revolutionary tacticians- The first
group maintained that we should ex-
ert an our energies to bring about a
revolutionary feeling in the ranks of
nfr armies stationed in France and
belgium; the second group asserted
that our armies could not at present
be- approached by us as they have
not yet been subjected to decisive
! d1feat and that the army ration was
rnot yet sufficiently reduced to create
deep feeling of discomfort. Be-
sides. every regiment in France had
numerous representatives of our Ger
man secret service among them This
81 QUR Roiuic0 Oul lAi&t tAS Navy w a.
tota1ly overlooked by our Berlin
police. therefore 1t would be more
sffective II We centred our propagan-
datat zubreeg, Ostend and other Bel
xi6n coast cities The work could be
1i<ccted from these cities more easily
fand trusted sailors and naval officers
would carry the message to our home
p0<ts The third group demanded a
sizAultaneous activity In every front
ana IN every corner OF. our country.
! The advocates or this plan were only
few In few words they meant
that we shcnaa have sublime inaction.
kThe tactic they advocated was moth
Tine but q common proletarian wea-
poh of peace days; they could not be
made to comprehend the necessity OF
+ an immediate wartime weapon;r
tfsrrorfsm- The serious wranglings
between these groups postponed our
plan
finally. our Nayalists won and in
ne middle of MAY. to be exact. or
The 17th day. OF May. 14s heroic
conrades. s5 of whom were women
were started to 1s centres.
zurich was chosen as the SENTATIVE
1a@4 for our apvreesfva heado,,a r4ers