Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
HUN PRESS FILLED
WITH IMAGINATION
Americans, According to Newspaper
Stories In Germany, Amount
TO Almost Nothing.
GEOGRAPHY OUT OF ORDER
Mutiny Said 10 Take Place on Bonts
That Arc Not and Place where
They Have No Business.

The frantic anxiety shown by the
Germans to minlmlze the Importance
OF Americas Intervention IN the war
Is the best evidence of the fear they
feel The German papers arc fun
or stories, possible and impossl bic.
about what rs happening In this
country, and every effort is made to
persuade the German people that
Americas adhesion TO the allied
cause Is but half hearted affair. II
Ia. however. to the German-con-
trollod press in neutral countries that
we must turn for stories whose stu
pidity passes the comprehension OF
man For example, the good people
or valencia, In Spain. are told by
the local pro-German paper El Dia,
that America Is on the poin~of rev
oIutlon against tho warlike clique
whlch dominates the situation in
washington and that the army and
navy themselves arc riddled with
dlsaffoction. The sublimest piece OF
imbecility, however was the
astounding discovery by the Ger
mans that the American navy mu-
tinied last October, and the guile
Tess Spaniard IL treated with this ex-
quisitely authentic account Of what
happened. FL Dla starts ouJ with a
Rlaring headline which rufs sen
sational News! Important Rebellion
III the North American Navy" II
then proceeds to treat It's readers 10
this entraneing, piece Of Imaginative
writing.
Sensational news has reached us
or serious revolt which occurred
about the middle OF October I'm the
North American navy on board sew
erai war ships which arrived dam
aged at the port of Halifax after
lhey had escorted large number OF
transports going with American
troops to France. The rtbelllon start
ed on three Yankee battlesblps which
ame into Halifax flying tho signal
Rebellion on board
Moro Wonderful Tales.
"One OF the ships raised the flag or
vice admiral as Sign thar the
commander Of the rebels. Commo- |
dore Dorswell, was inviting the naval |
authorities to come on board. which |
they did quite unsuspectlngly.
Ihe battleships were awaiting |
with steam up. When the authori- |
ties arrived they were made prls- |
oners by the mutineers. who then |
proceeded to threaten the garrison |
OF the forts unless they came over |
10 their side. The forts were pow |
erloss TO fire upon the rebellious
ships' Which were behind rocky |
salient or the coast. so group OF |
vilcers were sent for parlcy. but |
they, too, Joined the rebels"
~ Is interesting 10 note that the |
writer or this ingenious piece OF |
Iiction seems 10 imagine that Hall |
m .
by American troops Having pro- |
ceeded' to capture all the represan-
htives or the navy department In n
place whore none exist, the mu-
uneers started a pitched battle with
the ships that remained loyal. r., |
Dia goes cheerfully on:
Tn the meantime the battIeshIps
Minnesota, Kansas and South Caro- |
lima and the cruisers Albany Raj |
elgh, Des Moines. Tacoma and |
Chattanooga-all OF them boats OF |
little military Importance and slow |
speed, with the exception OF the first |
pattleship ned--surrendered
with loud cheers, When the battle |
ships tried to line up for battle the |
Kansas was hit by sos centlmeter
shell fired by the North Dakota, |
the flagship of the mutlneers. whose |
commander had palready been con-
victed In 1916 of insubordination !
and grave neglect OF duty In con.
nection with the first submarine
campaign. When the crews of the
other ships saw that the Kansas was
out of commission they Joined the
mutineers."
. Real Comic Opera Story.
Apparently after this comic opera
battle the sailors became an mad as
this story. for, we are told:
The sailors began to commit all
kinds OF depredations, and they con-
tinued for about four hours They
cut the steel cables which held six
teen partially constructed merchant
vessels, sliding them into the water
and sinking them at the entrance to
the dikes, which were thus closed
for several months, Thirty eight
other hulls. all OF them well ad-
vanced in tho process OF oonstruc-
ton. were sunk in the channel lead
ing TO the arsenals
THE government, though power
less 10 resist the mutlneers, still con
trolled the censor, but. despite all
their efforts, they could not pre-
vent the news from reaching Eu-
rope although, as win be seen, IL
arrived somewhat late"
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