| Show SURRENDER OF OF HUN NAVY HAS HAS- NO PARALLEL All 11 History y of War Tai ar b by bV r Sea Outdone in I Climax Re Reached 1 When Th n Germany Delivers Great Armada to tollies Allies IP t I H P By c Universal a Service 1 L f O ONDON TIO Nov Noy 22 The 22 The he sun SUIl has IJas just gone bone down own on the most wonderful day in all the long history of war h by sea sen writes the tho ent or orthe the he Loudon London Times who witnessed wi the surrender of oJ tho German high seas seas 1 fleet from his majesty's s ship Queen Elizabeth I A A great navy Y once one proud in its young strength and its imperial mis mis- mission mission mission sion sion gave ga this morning i into to ignominious captivity more than three sc score rc of its ts b biggest gest and best ships he continues The finest vessels vessels vessels' in the German German Ger man fleet fashioned at a 1 heavy cost in ta taxes taws es and debt to bo be a alike symbols sym oIs jand j i and engines of Ge Germanys Germany's y s 's world ambitions have hate surrendered themselves cs as ns hostages to tho the allies r i The The captive e ships sh lie c but a n few fe miles aw away away y in British h waters waters fast fast round bound in misery misers and iron the Iron the tragic semblance of a n. nn nav navy which h has lost its ita I soul I lUstor History tells tolls also of or ships which faced destruction rather than titan sur stir render Research mn may reveal re cases In iii which a a. group STouP of ar ships surrendered as it were In cold old blood without the striking striking- of ot a blow But the thc annals of or orn n naval yal warfare hold no parallel to tho the memorial event which it has been m my privilege tb ib witness toda today It was waR tho the passing of ot a whole fleet and It marked tho the final I ignoble KM obi e n. n abandonment of oC the thc vainglorious challenge go to the naval na supremacy of or Britain I watched th the c scene from the flagship flag lag ship hip of at their British commander In chief Never ever before has a n pageant FO so o majestically demonstrated the might of oC Britain's na navy naThe The dominions of ot Australla Australia Aus Aus- Canada South Africa and Now New ow Zealand had their places in tho the spec spec- American and French warships were there But Dut above all else this was the day of ot the British nov navy the supreme reward revard o of unceasing unceasing- vigilance and unrelenting unrelenting- noiseless pressure on tho vitals of ot Germany German Relations Relation Are Arc Formal Earl Early in tho the afternoon notices were posted ImpressIng upon officers and men men that their relations with of- of and men m men n of ot the e German navy with with- whom they the nm may ma r be DO brought Into nto contact to be beof of or strictly formal character rh The read In dealing with the late enemy i while courtesy is obligatory the i method with which the they havo have waged I Continued on Paso Page 2 i HUN SURRENDER OF NAVY HElD UNIQUE Continued from Page Pago 1 fJ 9 I war must not be bo forgotten Xo No International International international Inter Inter- national compliments aro are to be paid I and antI all conversation con Is forbidden en except ex- ex ex except I ex-I In regard to immediate business to be transacted I JU It If It Is necessary to provide c food for Cor German officers and m men n th they should bo ho entertained but Is should bo lie ser d to them In ina a a place especially sot set apart If It It Is necessary to accept a. foo food from Germans a request Is tobe to tobe tobo be bo made that it is to bo be similarly se sef e served These Injunctions against anything which might even en appear to bo be fraternization fraternization frater frater- with the enem enemy are arc hl h- h l ly in keeping with tho the attitude of oC mind of ot both officers and antI men towards the tho Germans writes fI tho the co In any In ordinary circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances nobody IB Is more magnani- magnani mOUR Ihn tho h foA I i I I iiI British rh- rh naval l officer and seamen a But ButI t I 1 have 0 not these three days as a's met a single man whether of ot hl high h position or in the humblest rank who ha has tho the least compassion for tho the present enemy n K Touch Throughout tho the night tho the flagship was wae In touch b by wireless with the tho Gorman fleet Cleet noting noling Its progress toward towar tho the place of ot rendezvous ous he writes writes' In fn continuing his description of ot the surrender At 2 o'clock in tho the morning tho fleet was reported about so ent seventy miles from the spot A few minutes before 4 1 o'clock the first battle squadron led letI led led-by by the Revenge flagship of ot Vice Admiral Madden be pe pegan eban e- e gan ban to move moc Silently through the darkness dl ship followed ship down to ithe the ho open sea an ominous awe In procession of ot black shapes each indistinctly silhouetted against Ithe the sIc sky and canopied with a smudge I o of smoke The Qu on Elizabeth took her place near tho end cad of ot the line B By daybreak day tIM break tho the grand fleet leet was at sea sel andIn and andIn andIn In the trio fra gray morning morning- mists the sQua squadrons squadrons squad squad- rons took toole up their positions in two columns single line In this order the grand fleet approached the rendezvous Half past eight camo came an and with It I the tho report that tho German Gorman tJ fleet et had hall been sighted l by y our destroyers An hour passed and the sun Bun rising In the tho heavens hea began bes-an to tinge the sky ky with glory glon Presently three or five he miles away on our starboard bow how thero there camo came into view a a. balloon towed toned b by the Car Cardiff lff At first it was a mero mere faint faith speck In the mist smoke tails stretching out beyond Then behind tho the Cardiff emerged tho the first of or the German ships At first in tho the threemile threemile three- three mile range thc they appeared to be Le little littlemore littlemore more moro than sl slowly wl mo ln moving silhouettes o o. o FI Fleet t Wheels bet h. On Com coming In abr abreast st the German fleet the tho British fleet turned by squadrons sixteen points outward outwards wheeling that is to Ia say back on its own track and retaining positions on both sides of ot the Germans to escort them to their anchorage c The rhe order of ot squadrons was thus reversed ro I Unet Between tho the lines carne came GelI Germans Gel Ger led b by bS' tho trio Cardiff mans and tor for all the world looking like a A. school of ot leviathans led by a minnow Over O them flew a British airship I First camo came the battle cruisers headed b by the Se a ship which carries the tho scars of ot the Dogger Battle Bank battle of or 1915 1913 The Tune Moltke an and denburg followed then the tho also badly badh battered in lit the Dogger Bank Dank engagement and ancl finally the Von You der er L anti which according to report suffered lea heavily In tho naval na air raid on en On either r side moved mO the tho Fearless and the lie Blonde e. e Tho The nine battleships followed at Intervals ot of three cables Five Joho ships of or tho the Kaiser class c cane mo first then the Bayern nd d the then the three Koenigs 8 A mile mHo and a half astern was the ling King troy trod rind again at the same sam interval Inter th the of ot the I first light cruisers Tho The Castor flying the tho pennant of ot Commodore dle I commander of ot the flotilla and tl the tle a Cerman Gelman Gel Ger man destroyer surrounded L by nearly nearh British ships followed This bald description bald tile description of ot the pla of operation will not c convey to to the tho mind fund any conception of ot the tho scene cene but Lut It must bo be placed on permanent record for tor it indicates tho the s disposition of or ho hos lios- I tile ile fleets flees such h as has hns never no boon been seen before and in all likelihood never nc will be seen again T The e op operations were perfect t both In organization and exec exe- cution Tho The tedious task of tho the n navy had he been en fulfilled There Ther were one or two I little evidences of ot this which could not 1 escape notice For example there thero was a n cert certain ln finality in nl ul tho peak of ot the tho Queen Elizabeth of ot the tho ensign en- en sign III n flown lown b by 11 the Lion In III the tho Jutland battle brittle Part of ot the union Jacle Jack jacic had Isar been shot awn away and If ft the few I Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans who could be bo seen on tho the decks of ot their ships troubled to scan the tho I 1 flag It must have ha aroused bitter thoughts In their minds Again tho the Justifiable pleasure of or orthe the fleet In work well done was s shown sf own unmistakably b by tho the cheers of ot th the ships of ot the northern line as they the passed the stationary Queen Elizabeth I I on their wa way to the harbor From a dozen ships as the they came abreast of ot the tho flagship which had hoisted holste tho the blue pennant and antI drawn out of ot the line Une there came a roar of throated full d cheers in tribute not only to Sir David Da Beatty personally but to the tho majestic living forces whoso whose destinies h he hr con con- trois Other hea heavy of the gran grand fleet had hatI left lert the flagship well behind when the German destroyers rs came out of the mist An ordered arra array flotilla upon flotilla mo moved mod d across the sea the lie Germans Ger- Ger marts mans completely encase b by the Brit lint ish bib So vast ast was the area covered ered that both the tho head and real fear rear columns stretched away Into the and were lost to sight The eye ee could not count them Thc They were In themselves cs a tremendous tremendous tre tre- s armada Flag Ordered iu Don II rn i r All JJ this time the great reat captive flee t and tho ho greater fleet which encountered encountered It wore were moving slowly towar towards s the anchorage e appointed for the tier Ger Germa German ma mar man oft off May Ia Island the rock roel Island Ger which stands in the tho middle of ot the Firth of oC Forth sonic some ml miles cs eastward of ot the I 1 bridge I Presently Present the German ships came to rest nn and It was oI of observed served cred that on either side Hide of them heir British warders I In Ini tho the main the grand rand fleet made malIe Its wa way back to the Ita stations dons from which It started In time the carl early hours of or the morning As 1 i tho trio Queen Elizabeth t h steamed alon along alone tho lines s to h her I moorings moorings moor moor- ings sh she was cheered again and again b by the lie men who erow crowded e the tho decks of ot tho the ships she led lell The day a came to a peculiarly fitting close About an hour before beCore noon tho the In chief issued Issue tile tl follow follow- l In frig g signal nal to the tle fleet t and Ln It was re- re beyond doubt by bv a The rIme German flu flag will 1 he e o down at al sunset to today a Thursday and will n t be hoisted again a without permission permission per per- mission At 4 1 o'clock I all hands on tho the Queen Elizabeth vv piped a L After Artel the they had assembled and were uniting w perhaps perhaps per per- h. h haps for a speech suddenly a a. bugle rang out Making sunset In- In nI n- n I all turned to the flag and sa- sa sa sa- sa I IThe The next Instant cheer cheers for the commander r In chief for and und were given gl with a n. deafening heartiness Admiral Beatty Beatt acknowledged the 1 I tribute with a thank you ou and added I always alwa's told you the they would woul have ha to come como out Iii In the meantime the tho Germans perman In seventy ono snips ships which la lay out ot of I sight In the tho th the mist ha had un undergone mortification of or seeing their flag hauled down clown perhaps ps never nevor to be Le hoist Koist- I rd d d again T |
