Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-01
WHEN GERMAN FLEET
WAS TURNED OVER
TO THE ALLIES
The Most Cowardly Act in War
History Narrated by Core
spondent at Scene.
SAILORS MEEKLY QUIT


on Board the [ : = Texas. Firth of
Forth, Nov. 2l-On this hCwildcring
dav when the German lloch Sec tlottc
was surrendered 10 the Allied navics, am
not going to write OF the naval pagcantry
ol 1t ALL OF great gray ships of war steam
ne m hattie ARRAY. of the mammoth
hush ship and frall torpedo boats clip
ping the waters. of submarines proudly
moorcd beside their parent craft. Ii WAS
JuSt hike ANY naval mannuvres = or bet
Ter still. Il resemblcd the funeral voyage at
sea ol some exalted parsonage Not n
siren heard. not a whistle blown
No What grpped today was the shat
tcrlng human psychology ni II all. II has
been day Of astounding humiliation.
| think the curtain really rose on the
final act Of sea war about the beginning of
thus present month. Ono day Beatty, IN his
flagship Queen Elizabeth big Lizzie
or % L assembled n, ships com
lanV att
Men. H. sad IN that abrupt, IN
cislvc way ul hl,. hltng his phrases Al
lightning speed and umlttIng his as
and the :, men. they rc coming out at
last alwayS sad they would No stale
uess' DO your Johs, each one OF YOU
Nnd the admiral turned away To his
,abln \ week later the commander IN
chiet repeated tins summons and adv =.
IWo.ol three days ago hc once ag,p for
the lo>t time called Queen Ehzah, a.
attention
Men, hr -ald. 1 " lwal- told You
iac> q come cut But dion imnk
tu,> q com ont pa rlcr, Ii string
Md abruptly he walked away vlth
appointment lhc fleet agrc,,l
N,Nt da, Ndmrd ven Ncurcr ramc
over ,u tine kocm-~hcrc III arrange he
earning odt 81 tho arm~u.c Rratr,
rohbcd of hl~ Trafalgar, preserved through
out an attitude 81 hitier Li~jain Al the
cabin conference Mcurcr would now and
then break into broken English address
ng himself direct IL tin ngll-h Admiral
Entirely ignoring The GrTmau. Beatty
would turn ~ hi> interpreter Wth 4
''Nhat docs tho admiral 9.N On one
such occasion Mcurcr hrnlr uut td-
mral u Ncr' driven 81 thl~ Nc Ncr, conn
ing cat fortnight 70 Ihr mon refused |
} ou must knew that there J. uo ,hill lir |
lcit ID Germany under htc wears ui age
! hey are All dNIug'
Realty exhibited about a. u4,h u |
tcrc-t hi the chlld llfy I'D Gc.m-ul As ho /
fnIghi hc expected 81 il thy status ono III 1
Peru Whcrupan Nclrcr went un. this 4
time VIA the interpreter We art AnNluus
~ Get these ships ever here A ih, earliest
possible momout BctttN c}t, opened I
n unbcllci M.lrcr olntnucd And 4
xe want you n take ull crews ou them
lot reduced personnel az stipulated The
lavv breeds the worst BolshcyIst- and
Sc haven't enough food FIR horn If ne
axe them back home. Keep an here
WHAT TIE SOVIET AskED
Beatty sternly observed Tel. the
admiral that We VIII abide by the arms
ace terms Meurer next produced 4 docu-
nent IN German capitals and drawn up by
he kIel Naval Soviet of Norkmen and
sailors and the rest. Il read
l. the undersigned, guarantee that all
'erman crews either % submarine or ,,Ir-
ace raft proceeding n England ior
nternmont. W.ll TX immune from aIl Ill-
rcatmeut
81 the bottom = space va, lott far
ScattN q s:gn. Instead d, British adj
nlral took the document fur + u halt
hrew II on the fio1r and -sid Tel HIM
hey r. coming q ELgiaud Iasts all
here i 10 1t,
! have gwen these twa traad.idCs of
BEATTY ;, because thc> tNpt, absolutely
b. attitude u The Grand legt to,, ard
lc lato cnems I.l eourtcsy urault
rmuc,-, incfcd.A't canr,mp l'h.r
a. never been ANS naval surrender ia
l,tor, like lhl- ~pam4rI>. French.
,u-slans-aN e:.me uat tI similar cIr-
lmstanees 81 certain doom and rough,
1elr ships fhe end ln,l might have
'urht the- -hsp- 'hcy might haze ~cIt-
Ell them. fov brave soui. af least might !
81
b. water, - II, North ~ta But no (
Ther, NJ I~ Il i oon help us :
won help "a - don { le, do 1t" they ,
ial havc argued 4
British and Auisrlcan semen ielt ~ If i
ae.r oun profession rclag held 4p "a r
n mIny and tney thcm-civc, indirectly i
1tnprJmI-ed
ADMIRAL BEaTtY oKuIR-
Admiral Beatty had taken over com
and II ne German fee bcfor, +. Iet,
Iel M it, hua voyage Is, wireless be
-derrd tho German aauraitv tins way I
ld that and the enemy ot,cycd hav,
en ali that wireless Take s.. exsnph =
Admral commanding GRAND flect -
1iIser kocnIgsherF You viii stop using =
IuT wireless tlll further order,
German Admiralty 10 Admiral Beatty :
egret one submarine ol latest tatch IL "
a for Harw I'll ha- not her tor1sd,4, II
,oard a. stipulated
Reply from Beatty y ou AN send On u
,ssInr torpcdoc~ It's thc ucXt tranSpor' 3
Again after the Crerinap- had rcportad u
= sinking 81 d boat on il, way ..cr,,,.
ntcrument Beatty VIrelcsss.d asrl Z
Oh will forward full report ~ N. ,,,t- a
2 a. II appears that samo Va. avoid :
u y
When DESTROYER ~anh lu III. u.A =
ross. Beatty slgualed Nnn viij for-
ri vessel 81 the --latest tvtp. ri rI.,c, ~
nkeu I %