The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
CHIEFS CONFER
ON SURRENDER
OF BOCHE NAVY
British and Germans Act on
Details to Begin Delivery
Of Ships Tomorrow.
MORE TINE FOR U-BOATs
Ten Battleships, Some Nearly
New, to Be Part of Fleet
Given Up by Boches.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. .16.-A large
number Of ships demanded by the AL
lies under the naval terms Of the
armistice were sunk by their German
crews during the revolution, accord
Ing to Gernl0nid Of Berlin.
[Clause so of the armistice pro-
vldes that ali merchant vessels in
German hands belonging to the Allied
and Associated Powers are to be re-
stored in ports to be specified by the
Allies and the United States
LONDON, Nov. 16.-The meeting OF
the German naval delegates with the
on Friday afternoon of Rosyth, on the
coast OF Scotland. The German repre-
sentatives consist of three delegates from
the Sailors and Soldiers Council and
four delegates from the Peoples Coun-
ell. including Rear Admiral won Meurer.
When the cruiser Koenigsberg.- which
carried the German delegates, was fifty
niles or the Isle Of Nay, on the Scot
:ish coast. FRIDAY afternoon 1t was me
by British vessels, which escorted It to
Rosytn.
No QufbblinE Over Details.
The preliminaries so far have bee
,arried out without a hitch and II Is no.
expected the Germans will guibble Owe
.etails. The discussions probably may
end at to-day's meeting Of the 3elega-
ton.
American officers will be present at
the surrender of the German high seas
fleet. II has not yet been determined
whether the United States will be repre-
Sented at Constantinople.
The surface warships which are to be
surrendered have to be ready to leave
German ports seven days after the sign
ing OF the armistice." that is, next Mon
day
The submarines to be surrendered
must "be prepared to leave German
ports Immediately on the receipt OF n
wireless order to sail to the port OF sur
render" and are to be handed over with
full complement In a port specified by
the Allies and the United States within
fourteen days after the signing Of tho
armistice." that Is, NOnday. November
IS.
All Of the submarines are TO be sur
rendered and of the su- face warships
ten bat,leshirs, six battle cruisers, eight
light cruisers and fifty destroyers of the
most modern type are TO be given up.
DrcadnouEhts to he Taken.
The ten battleships which it would
be natural 10 select are the kronprinz
Wilhelm and Bayern. both new dread
noughts completed s!nce 1916; the Mark
graf. koenig and Grosser kurfueTst, OF
the Koenlg dreadnought class. completed
in 1911 and 1915, and the Kaiser,
Kaiserin, Prinzregent Luitpold. Koenis
Albert and Friedrich der Cross, all
drehdnoughts Of TIE Kaiser class COM
pleted In 1912 and 1918.
Five battle c-uisers-the Dcrflinger,
Hindenburg, Seydlitz, Moltke and Won
der Tann-ure apparently all that Ger
many has available SO far as the So
called dreadnought battle cruisers are
concerned. The armistice terms sfipu-
late for the surrender OF six
Eight Of the most recent light cruisers
are tho Drummer, Bremen, Karlsruhe,
Pillau. Frankfurt. Nuremberg, Koein and
Dresden.
II is only icsneutral ports are not
available that the German warships are
TO be taken for surrender to allied ports.
But there is reason TO believe that since
tho armistice was signed the neutral
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