New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Germans Meet
British to Give
Over Warships
Naval Delegates, Assembled
Off Coast of Scotland, AR
range Surrender Details

LONDON, NOV. 16.-Ihe meeting OF
the German naval delegates with the
British naval representatives, the lat
ter headed by Sir David Beatty, took
place on Friday afternoon off Rosyth,
on the coast of Scotland. The German
representatives consist of three dele
gates from the Sailors and Soldiers
Council and four delegates from the
Peoples Council, including Rear ADJ
mral Won Meurer
The surface warships which are to
be surrendered have to be ready to
leave German ports seven days after
the signing of the armistice"; that is
to say, on Monday November 1S.
The submarines which are TO be sur
rendered must "be prepared to leave
German ports Immediately on the re-
ceipt of wireless order to sail to the
port of surrender" and are to be hand
ed over with full complement in port
specified by the Allies and the United
States within fourteen days after the
signing of the armistice"; that is, Mon
day, November %.
All U-Boats Included
All the submarines are to be sur
rendered, and of the surface warships
ten battleships, six battle-cruisers,
eight light cruisers and fifty Destroy
ers of the most modern type are to be
given up.
The ten battleships which it would
be natural to select are the kronprinz
Wilhelm and the Bayern, both new
dreadnoughts, completed since 1916;
the Markgraf, the Konig and the
Grosser Kurfurst, of the Konig dread
nought class, completed in 1914 and
1915, and the Kaiser, the Kaiserin, the
Prinz Regent Luitpold, the Konig AL
bert and the Friedrich der Crosse, all
dreadnoughts of the Kaiser class, COM
pleted in 1912 and 1913
Five battle-cruisers--the Derflinger,
the Hindenburg, the Seydlitz, the
Moltke and the Won der Tann-are ap-
parently all that Germany has avail
able, so far as the so-called dread
nought battle-cruisers are concerned.
The armistice terms stipulate the sur
render of six.
Allied Ports to Get Them
Eight of the most recent light cruis
ers are the Drummer, the Bremen. the
Karlsruhe, the Pilau. the Frankfurt,
the Nurnberg, the Koln and the Dres-
den.
It is only if neutral ports are not
available that the German warships are
to be brought for surrender to Allied
ports. But there is reason to believe
that since the armistice was signed the
neutral powers have made il clear that
their ports are not likely to be available
for this irksome purpose, End there is
no doubt that the surrendered German
warships will be brought into Allied
ports.
Surface warships which are left to
Germany will be concentrated in one or
more of the German ports. They will
and will be under the supervision of q
commission of surveillance appointed
for the purpose by the associated
powers.
Black Sea Arrangements
Regarding the German submarines
which fed before the revolutionaries
and took refuge in Swedish waters,
there is no doubt they will have to be
surrendered.
Regarding the Black Sea, arrange
ments are now being made for the sur
render of all ships in German hands.
It seems to be practically certain they
will be surrendered without trouble.
American officers will be present at
the surrender of the German high seas
feet. 1t has not yet been determined
whether the United States will be rep
resented at Constantinopie.