The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-22


London. Nov. 22-Thr main part of
the German flee as specified in the
term, Of the armStice with Germany,
WAS surrendered to the allies.
II = understood The WarShipS sur
rendered We're nine hattIcshipS. five
harlIecruisers and eight cruisers and
fifty deNlroyers.
Germany's high seas feet was
brought to the Firth of Forth. The
british grand fleet, five American bat
tIr~hip~ and three French war ships.
in lN.u long columns, escorted The sew
emf y-on- German vessels 20 their an
churass".
one German light cruiser. while on
her w, across the North Sea with
the German high seas tleet to Surren-
der Ia he allies struck il mine. She
WAS s. badly damaged thar she sunk.
An official admiralty statement
says:
The commander-in-chief of the
grand fleet has reported that he met
the first and main inSralment cf the
German high seas fleet. which is sur
rendering for internmcnt.
THE British grand fleet. accnmpan
led by an American battle squadron
and French cruisers steamed out from
T., Scottish base Ia accept the Surren-
der Of lhc German warShipS.
Thu. point of the rerdezVous for the
allied and German SEA forces was be-
tween thirty and forty miles east Of
May Island. opposite the Firth of
Forth
The fleet witnessing the surrender
consists of some 400 ships. including
ffly dreadnaughtS. fifty light cruisers
and nearly two hundred deStroyers.
! Admiral s. David Beatty. commander
of The grand fleet is on the Queen
Elizabeth.
The historic scene in Admiral Sir
David Beatty's cabin on the Queen
/ Elizabeth when the German delegates
arranged for the surrender of the
German fleet is to he placed on canvas
by Sir John Lavery. Of H." Royal
Academy.
Str John made special visit tn the
grand fleet at the request of the adj
! miralty to make the preliminary
sketches for the painting. He was
present in the admiral'S cabin during
| the whole Of the conference and paint
ed finished study of the scene which
will serve as q basis for the big cam
vas which he hopes to complete in the
next few months.
There will be fifteen figures in the
| painting, including Admiral Beatty,
| Vice Admiral Sir Montague Browning,
! Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt
| and the five German delegates. If the
| painting is completed in time it will
| be exhibited at the Royal Academy
! next year.
The names of the battleships, bat
lie cruisers and light cruisers desig-
mated for surrender to the allies have
not been announced officially. A tele
gram received in Amsterdam from
Berlin. Sunday, gave this list:
ttleships-Kaiser, 24,113 tons;
KaiSerin, 24,113 tons; Koenig Albert,
24.1l3 tons: kronprinZ Wilhelm, D.
GOO toms; Prinzresent Luftpold, a.
| 113 tons: Markgraf, 1928 tons: Gros-
ser kurfeust, 25,293 tons: Bayera, o.,
00o tons; Koenig, 1928 tons, and
Friedrich der Crosse, 24,113 tons.
Battle Observation-Disclosures about
| $4,000 tons: Derfiinger, $4,000 tons;
! SeydlitZ, $4,000 tons; Moltke, $4,000
tons, and Won Der Tam, 1880 tons.
Light cruiserS-Bremen. 10000 tons
Drummer, 1000 tons: Frankfurt. 800
tons: Koein, tonnage uncertain: Ores
| den, tonnage uncertain. and Emden,
| 800 tons
Under the armistice terms Germany
"'sH Surrenders fifty destroyers and
ii her submarines.