Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-29
tFrom the Staff correspondent Of The
New York World and Alhu-
querque Journal)@

New 1ork World ana Nlhu-
querque Journal)-
on Board the U. S. S. Texas, Firth
Of Forth, Nov 81, 191S.-On this be-
wildering day when the German Hoch
See Flotte was surrendered to the AL
lied Navies. | am not going to write OF
the naval pageantry of it all, of great
gray ships of war steaming in battle
array of the mammoth hush" ship
and frail torpedo boats clipping the
waters, of submarines proudly moored
beside their parent craft II was just
like any naval manoeuvres-or better
still, it resembled the funeral voyage
az sea of some exalted pers6nage Not
a siren heard, not a whistle blown.
No, What gripped today was the
SCATTERING human psychology of it all.
II has been day of astounding humil-
ia ion.
! think the curtain really rose on
his final act of sea, war about the
beginning of this present month. one
day Beatty in his flagship. Queen
Elizabeth c'Big Lizzie" or "a. E'l
assembled his ships company aft.
Men, the said in that abrupt in
cisive way Of his biting his phrases
a, lightning speed, and emitting his
as and "the's' men they're COM
ing out at last, | always said they
would No stalenessi Do your jobs,
each one of you
And the admiral turned away to his
cabin. A week later the command
er in chief repeated this summons and
advice. Two Of three days ago he
tnce again, for the last time, called
Clupnu INliy1haIl ia attention
Men, he said, I've always told
you they'd come out But | didn't
think they'd come our on piece of
strine!'
And abruptly he walked away with
features drawn in disgust and bit"
ter disapp ointment. The fleet agreed.
Next day Admiral Won Meurer came
over on the Koenigsbere to arrange
tho carrying out of the armistice.
Beatty, robbed of his Trafa gar. pre-
served throughout an attitude of bit
ter disda NJ At the Cabin conference
Meurer would now and then break
in broken English, addressing him
self direct to the British admiral.
Entirely ignoring the German Beatty
would turn TO his Interpreter with a
"What does the admiral say" on
one such occasion Mcurer broke out
ANlllidl, We were ttlNtla 10 lIllS, We
we're coming on a fortnight ago. The
lnen refused You must know that
there is no child life left in Germany
under five years of age. They are all
dying"
Beatty exhibited about as muchI
interest in the child life of Germanyi
as he might be expected to in the
satus quo in Peru. Whereupon
Meurer went on, this time via the in
terprcter: we are anxious 10 get
these SHIPS over here at the earliest
possible moment" 2eatty's eyes open
cd In unheIief. Meurer continued:
"And we want You TO take fun crews
on thew, not reduced personnel as,
stipulated. The navy breeds the worst
Polshevists and we haven't enough
food for them if we take them back
homo. Keep all here!"
What the soviet Asked.
Beatty sternly observed: Tell the
admiral that we will abide by thel
armistice terms Meurer next pro-
duced a document in German capitals
and drawn up ty the Kel Naval So
Wet of Workmen and Sailors and the
rest. 1t read:
l. the undersigned, guarantee
that all German crews, either Of
ceeding to England for intern
ment will be immune from all i'll
treatment.
At the bottom space was left forl
Realty to sign Instead, the British
admiral took the document, tore it I'M
half. threw it on the floor, and said;
Tell him they're coming to England,
That's all there is to it!'
! have given these two hoardsidesI
of Reattv's because they typify all
solutely the attitude of the grand
feet toward the late enemy. ley
cnurtcsv erapito firmness. incredul-
ity, contempt. There has never been
any naval surrender in history like
this. Spaniaris, French, Russians
an came out. in similar circums ances
Of certain doom and fought their
ships to TIE end. They might have
fought these ships, they might have
seuttled them, a few brave souls at
least might have put up a death-or-
glory show in the waters of the
North sea. But no. There's no use