Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-23
TWENTY MOTE U-BOATS
SURRENDER TO ALLIES
Nearly All the Crews Had Gone
Over TO Socialists: Admiral
Beatty Praises His Men.

London Nov ~ twenty morc Ger
man submarines were surrendered 10
| Admiral SIR Reginald Tyrwhitt of IIar-
viCh ycS; ;erdav Tins makes total of
| ffty-ninc submarines thus tar handed
over There would have hccn w nty-
one surrendered. but on. sank during tha
night
| Tho correspondent 81 tho wireless ser
| vice with the British naval a,rccs sav that
| just before noon a cruiser came into gh'
| followed hv the German submarines and
| n German transport The transArr took
| place m he hsrboT on account az the heavy
| sea running The majority ot thr sub
marines were large and nearly all were
fitted With wireless equipment
When the German arrived il was no
tlcCahc that the revolutionary element
was dccIdcdlv present Some az the Off
ccrs had removed the Pr,Is1ian eagles
from their caps and replaced them with
sort of red badge that recognizes the
authority Of the Workmcn and soldiers
Council. There seemed 70 h, little dis
cipllne among the lot The men took very
little notice Of anything their officers sald
10 them One shouted No officer
no Kaiser"
Some of the Germans were exceedingly
anxious 70 air such English as they pos
sesSed while Others suppressed their
accomplishments IN that direction with
equal care One German officer who was
inclined 10 be communicative attached
himself 20 tho correspondent and sad he
hSd worked in London before the war
DEPENDS sUBMARINt vARFAE.
Il had an IntimatIon. a. many of us had.
that VIC should be wanted III the summer
Il L., IL ! a.
Germany month or two before war was
declared. ! was not in the submarine
service at first but volunteered for II.
and had a fair share of luck You British
say 1t was not fair fighting but We Germans
believe that the end Justlfes the means
Then YOU complain that We shoot YOU
men while they arc IN tn" water w y
not? The men might be saved and fight
us another day. We should be fools
10 let them
The crew of one submarine. with the
exception of an officer were all intoxicated
After the surrender of the main in
stallment Of the German fleet of the Firth
OF Forth, NicC-Admlral Sir David Beatty.
commander in chief ISSUED the following
message 10 the men OF his command:
II wish TO express 10 the flag oftl-
GERS. captains, officers, and men of the
Grand Fleet my congratulations on the
victory which has been gained over the
sea-powcr OF our enemy The greatness
Of this achievement Is IN no way less
ened by the fact that the final episode
did not take the form Of fleet action
Although deprived Of this opportunity,
which We had so long and eagerly
awaited, Of striking the Gnal blow for
the freedom Of the world, We may de-
rive satisfaction from the singular
tribute which the enemy has accorded to
the Grand Fleet
Without joining Us in action lie has
gwen a testimony 10 the prestige and
efficiency Of the fleet without parallel
in history and il is to be remembered
that this testimony has been accorded
to US by those who were in the best po-
sition TO Judge
II desire 70 express my thanks and
t. al who have assisted
me in maintaining the fleet IN instant
readiness for action, and who have borne
the arduous and exactlng labors which
have been necessary for peTfecting the
efficiency which has accomplished 50
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