Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-22
GERMANY HANDS
 OVER FLEET IN
 SULlEN SILENCE
Conversation Not Taboo, But Germans Only An
 swered Questions.

Press. )--(6:45 D. m.)-TWenty Ger man submarines, the first of the Ger man fleet to surrender were taken ov- CT by the British thirty six miles east of Harwich this morning. The trans fer, by Admiralty order was made sll- ently and without demonstration. The German crews sullenly obeyed the orders which had been given them, and tonight the U-boats lie moored un- der the British flag near a British SUD- marine base.
 During the ceremony of surrender, American seaplanes flew low over- head while American submarine chas- CTS carried British crews to the un- dersea boats.
 From the time the leading subma- rine at the head of the long line was sighted by the British squadron of light cruisers and destroyers there was not word of communication with the Germans. Only once they spoke to the British complaining of the speed and saying that the weaker ones were unable to keep up Slower, my last boats cannot keep up this speed was the wireless message from a com mander who did not sign the name of his boat to the message.
 The scene that bean about sunrise, when the first submarine was sighted until late this evening, when the last one was rounded up, might have cas- fly been mistaken for fleet maneuvers. The work was carried out with such precision that there were few signs of the momentous significance of It all. The crews of the British ships lined the rails but seemed little inter- ested. When the enemy boats were sightd there were only two or three members of each crews on deck but as the details of the surrender worked out during the morning and early at- ternoon more Germans appeared from below decks. They appeared a sullen, but we'll fed lot when the first British officers stepped aboard and curtly sal uted. British sailors followed the ottl- cers and the Germans went to their forward deck and the British and German officers went below to exam
 inc the first ship to be taken over.
 The German commander briefly an- swered questions regarding the mach
 inery but said nothing else. Evidence
 of strain and deep chargrin were un-
 mistakably written on the faces of
 some of the enemy officers. The mach
 inery was generally in good shape.
 but the vessels were extremely dirty
 and devoid of all unessentials. Every
 thing indicating the names of the
 craft had been removed although the
 Germans, conforming to instructions,
 readily told the names of their boats. The Germans anchored near the rendezvous last night and appeared
 at the appointed place promptly. The
 British ships, with their crews at
 quarters and every gun manned, took
 precautions that nothing untoward
 occurred. One of the eighteen British 1 destroyers in tho fleet took a. position ahead of the two German transports
 accompanying the submarines. Other
 destroyers steamed along on each
 side when the column started toward
 IIarwich.
 i The column was divided into five
 divisions. In addition to the seaplanes
 that swooped low above the enemy
 craft, dirigibles kept company with the
 fleet and an observation balloon which
 was anchored to a cruiser kept vigil
 Ten miles from Harwich the fleet
 was met by more British destroyers
 which carried crews from British sub-
 marines. These were divided into par
 ties of 14 for each German boat, and
 each was transferred by American submarine chasers to the U-boats
 where British officer quickly took charge.
 The first submarine boat flew nc flag and it seemed long time to tho British sailors on the other vessels be fore the flag appeared. Finally how yer, white ensign was brought out Even this last signal of total submis sion by Germany did not cause th' British sailors to disobey the order o .. silence, but the expression in tn faces of the officers and men betray ed their satisfaction as each U-boa displayed the colors.
 At last the newly Jagged subma rincs were brought to anchor at liar , wich. The German crews were place. on destroyer and taken to the tw ! transports which had accompanie them. These vessels were escorted b destroyerS to the rendezvous of tn morning where they were left t ! make their return trip to German alone.
 London, Nov 21.-The British gran fleet, accompanied by an America battle squadron and Trench cruisers ! steamed out at 8 o'clock this morn ing from it's Scottish base to accer the surrender of the German battle ships, battle cruisers and destroyer: . A wireless dispatch this noon report that it got into touch with the Ger man ships this morning and that tn surrender is being carried out accord ing to plan.
 The point of the rendezvous for tn 1 allied and German sea forces was be tween 30 and 40 miles east of Ma Island, opposite the Firth of Forth. The fog which had enveloped tn Grand Fleet for three days cleare last night and this morning the weath CT was dull with slight haze hangin over the Firth of Forth.
 The fleet which is to witness tn surrender consists of some 400 ships including sixty dreadnaughts. lift