Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22
AMERICAN GUNS
WERE READY TO FIRE
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led the way, followed by dread
naughts. Admiral Beotty's flagship,
Che Queen Elizabeth, led the suu0d-
ran in one column, The American
warships fell into line behind Ad-
miral Beatty's craft, balancing n
British squadron similar In power
In the opposite line.
The rendezvous was approximate
Iy fifty miles distant and the ships
gRuged their speed to arrive at the
> appointed place ut s O'Clock, AZ
O'clock a signal summoned the men
into battle stations and, except for
the officers OH the bridges. tho ships
companies were hidden behind bul-
warks OF steel,
Great Cruisers I'm Line
Close behind the Cardiff came the
first of the German ships, the great
battle cruiser Seydlitx, flying the flag
OF Commodore Togert, After her
came four others OF the same type,
the Derff1inger, Won Der Tam. Hin
denburg and Moltke.
hmm ediately following them were
nine dreadnaughts, tho Friedrich
Der Crosse, flagship of Rear Admi-
ral Won Reuter-; the Koenig Albert,
Kaiser, Krouprinz Wilhelm, Kaiser
in, Bayern, Markgrat, Prinzregent
Three miles astern OF the battle
ships came seven light cruisers, tho
karlsruhe, bearing the ensign OF
Comm odore Harder; the Frankfort,
Emden, Burrberg, BrummeTs Coin
ard Erenen.
Then cumo another gap of three
niles and German desJroyers came
staa1.ing m i've columns abreast,
witit ten destroye"s 30 n column,
No Sign OF Protest Seen
SIX miles separated the Allied col
urnnS and sQuarely between them
the Cardic brought her charges, ull
stsanling at the stipulated speed OF
ten knots, AS ordered, their guns
were in. regular fore and aft posi-
tions and, as far as powerful glasses
could determine there was no sign
30 provoke suspicion. Until all the
major ships had been swallowed
up In the enveloping Allied columns
the latter never relaxed their alert
watch.
British Close In us Guards
When tho leading German ship
had reached the western end OF the
thanking columns, tho Allied ships
put about in squadrons. Quickly
reforming their lines, they pro-
ceeded to escort tho enemy into the
Firth of Forth. Holding steadily
to its course, the great fleet reached
May Island at two o'clock, Tho cap
tive Germans were piloted to
anchorages assigned to them and
British ships from the southern COL
umn closed in as guards. The
northern column steamed on the
the regular anchorages higher up
the Firth,
Inspection parties from the grand
., % bal
sure that all conditions OF the
armistice were observed, The enemy
vessels Will he interned in scapa
Flow. Part Of the crew will remain |
for maintenance work and the re- |
malnder will be returned to Ger
many soon,
Admirals Receive Visitors
King George, the Prince of Wales,
Admiral Beatty and other members
of the visiting party were received |
by Admirals Rodman and Sims and |
other officers of the fleet. They
passed between long lines OF marines
and sailors standing at attention |
and went below the Admirars cabin.
The visit lasted half an hour, dur
ing which formalities were aban-
doned.S
King George voiced the brotherly |
feeling Of the two navies, with n
suggestion that arrangements might |
we'll be made for joint maneouvres
every year by the American and
British fleets, The proposal was
heartily seconded by the American
officers.
Three Cheers For King
AS the king entered the royal
barge the order came from the Off |
Ger on the bridge to the sailors and |
marines three cheers for the king
of England Cheers were given
with such will that they brought |
an answering cheer from the men |
on the distant ships of the Ameri- |
can squadron.
Event Skaters Traditions
Although the wonderful naval |
spectacle was the same as a peace
time review and evoked little en-
thusiasm, the haze blotting out the
horizon, American and British off,
GERS could scarcely credit the evil
denSe of their eyes. 1t was an event
which shattered all naval traditions
and idcala.
Men animated by the spirit of
Lawrence's Don't give up the ship"
and Nelson's England expects
every man to do his duty" could not
as that to which the great enemy
sea force was submitting. The As
sociated Press correspondent. stand
ing on the deck of an American
dreadnaught, heard an officer eX-
claim:
Even the poor old Spaniards
knowing they hadn't chance, came
out of Santiago"
Pity For Fallen Giant
But for the most part, both oEt-
GERS and men were silent. They
realized they were witnessing the
climacteric act of Germany's down.
fall They knew that the surrender
of these vessels automatically raised
the United States to second position
among the worlds naval powers.
but they showed no elation and
tuous pity for the fallen giant OF
the sea who had refused TO fight.
Their Imagination dwelt on the foes
shame.
The German fleet which sur
rendered consisted of nine battle
ships, five cruisers, seven light
cruisers and fifty destroyers. Sew
enty- one e-vessels in all. There re-
main to be surrendered two battle
ships, which are under repair, and
fifty modern torpedoboat destroyers.
One German destroyer while on
its way acroAs the North Sea with
the other ships of the German high
seas fleet to surrender struck a