Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-22

great battle cruiser Seydlitz, which
was flying the flag of Commodore
! Togert After her came four 9TH
ers of the same type. the Derff1ing-
er, Won Der Tam, Hindenburg and
Moltke. They moved along three
cable lengths apart
Immediately following them were
nine dreadnaughts, the FREDERICK
! Der Crosse, flagship of Rear Ad-
miral Won Rueter, the Koenig AL
bert, Kaiser, Kronprinz Wilhelm,
Kaiserin, Bayern, Markgraf, Prinz
Regent, Luitpold and the Grosser
Kuerfuerst-
Three miles astern of the battle
ships came seven light cruisers, the
| Carlsruhe bearing the ensign of
! Commodore Harder, the Frankfort,
Emden, Burnburg, Drummer, Coin
and Bremen.
80 DestrOyers Pass.
/ Then came another gap of three
miles and German desuroyers ap-
peared steaming in columns five
abreast, and 10 destroyers to a
column.
Six miles separated the allied
columns and squarely between
/ them the Cardiff brought her
charges, all steaRajng at the stipu-
/ lated speed of 10 knots. AS or
I dered, their guns were in regular
! fore-and-aft positions and as far as
/ powerful glasses could determine,
there was no sign to provoke suspi-
cion. Until all the major ships had
L ~
/ ing allied columns, the latter never
| for a moment relaxed their alert
watch. Over the Germans circled
British dirigible, which acted as
eyes for the allied ships, which, al
! though the fog had lifted, were still
too distant for accurate observa-
| ton.
When the leading German ship
| had reached the western end of the
/ thanking columns, the allied ships
put about in squadrons. Quickly
reforming their lines, they pro-
! ceeded to escort the enemy into the
/ Firth of Forth BY noon the last
] wisp of fog had disappeared and a
splendid view of the vast array of
war craft could be obtained. Hold
/ ing steadily TO its course, the great
fleet reached May island at .
o'clock The Germans were pilot
I ed to anchorages, assigned to them,
and the ships on the southern col
umn came in as guards. The north
/ ern column steamed on to the reg
ular anchorages, higher up the
/ Firth.
InternPd at Scapfa-
| Inspection parties from the grand
/ fleet boarded the Germans TO make
/ sure that all conditions of the ar
mistice were observed. The enemy
vessels will be interned in the
Scapia flow. Part of the crews will
remain for maintenance work, and
the remainder will return to Ger
many soon. Whether American
( ships have a further part to play
/ in connection with this internment
and guarding the high seas is a
/ question which is being discussed
/ by both officers and men of the
United States fleet.
/ King Visits L. =. s. New York.
King Georges visit to the Ameri-
can flagship New York yesterday
was a notable occasion throughout
British destroyers were streaming
/ out of the harbor TO take up ad-
vance positions 10 act as a screen
| for the grand fleet today and the
portentiousneSs of their mission
gave a note of solemnity to gala
/ scene on the New York. AS soon
as the royal party stepped aboard
/ the royal ensign was hoisted to
( the masthead. This was the first
/ time since the United States enter
ed the war that any ceremonial
punctilios have been observed.
! King George was touched by the
sight of his standard swapping in
/ the breeze above the stars and
| stripes.
Cements Nations Relations.
King George, the prince OF Wales.
Admiral Beatty and other members
OF the visiting party were received
I by Admirals Rodman and Simms
/ and other officers OF the fleet They
made a quick tour back between
long files OF marines standing stiff
ly at attention, and sailors man
ming the rails. The party went
below to the admiral's cabin, where
il visited for half an hour The
king appeared to have fine time.
Formalities were abandoned. Ad-
mirals Beatty. Sims and Rodman
were In high spirits and their good
natured bantering kept the whole
party laughing 1t was an interest
ing manifestation OF the extremely
cordial and intimate relations ce-
menting Great Britain and Amer
tea nurfnv hta ea1I King Ganrga