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Show Complete Silence When Submarines Are Surrendered Sur-rendered to British Admiral Off Harwich. White Ensign Run Up Over the Teuton Flag; Eye-witness Account of Historic Occasion. By Universal Service. AMSTERDAM, Hot. 21. Fried-rich Fried-rich Wiliielm Hoheuzollem, cx-crowu cx-crowu prince of Germany, will be interned in Holland on the island of Wieringen, in the northern Netherlands, Neth-erlands, according to the Haudels-hlad. LOXDON7, Nov. 20. Tw en t y Clennan submarines ei o surrendered to' Hear "S. -Admiral Reginald W. Tyrwliitt, thirty miles off Harwich this morning at sunrise, sun-rise, according to a press associatioi Jdis-palch. Jdis-palch. These arc the first U-boats to be turned o er Lo the' allies by Germany. Admiral Tyrwliitt received the surrender surren-der of I lie Genua n craft on board his flagship, a British cruiser. The following account of the surrender of the submarines is given by an eyewitness. eye-witness. More than eighty other German submarines are to bo handed over to the allied naval command before the end of the week. NOBLE PICTURE AS BIG SHIPS FLOW THROUGH SEA. After .steaming twenty miles across the North sea, the .Harwich forces, which consisted of five light cruisers and twenty twen-ty destroyers, were sighted. Tho flagship of Admiral Tyrwhltt, the commander, was the Curacao. High abovo the squadron hun? a. big observation balloon. Tho squadron, headed by the flagship, then steamed toward the Dutch coast followed fol-lowed by tlie Coventry, Paragon, Ianal and Centaur. Other ships followed in line with their navigation lights showing. The picture was a noble one. as tho great vessels, ves-sels, with the moon still shining, ploughed their way to take part in the surrender of tho German IT-boats. Soon after the British squadron started the "paravanes" were dropped overboard. These devices are shaped like tops and divert any mines which may be encountered, encoun-tered, fm the vessels were now entering a mine field. ' j SUBMARINES APPEAR AS SUN COMES OVER HORIZON. Almost even' one on board donned a lifebelt and just as the red sun appeared above the horizon the first German submarine sub-marine appeared in sight. Soon after 7 o'clock twenty submarines were seen In line accompanied by two German destroyers, tho Tibania and the Sierra Yentana, which were to take the submarine crews back to Germany after the Jransfer. All the submarines were on tho surface witli their hatches open and their crews standing n deck. The vessels were flying fly-ing no flaes whatever and their (,'uiis wpre 1 mi tied fore and aft. in accordance with the terms of surrender. A bugle sounded on the Curacao and all the gun crews took up their stations, rcadv for any possible treachery. The leading destroyer, in response to a signal from the admiral. Hi rued and led t he way toward Kngland and the submarines sub-marines were ordered to f'dlmv. They immediately did so. The surrender hail been accomplished. FORCES AND SEAPLANES MAKE IMPRESSIVE SIGHT. Kacb cruiser turned, and. keeping a careful lookout, steamed toward Harwich. Har-wich. On one of the largest of ihe submarines, sub-marines, which carried two 5.9-inch guns, twenty-three officers and men were counted on her dec!;. The craft was estimated esti-mated to be nearly "an feet long. its number hart been painted out. Near the Ship Wash lightship three large British seaplanes, follcwed by an . airship. were observed. The Harwich f forces and the seaplanes and airships made a most impressive sight. One of the submarines was seen to semi up a couple of carrier pigeons and at once a signal was flashed frmn the admiral that it had no right t do Ibis. When the ships had cleared !ie mine (Continued on Page Ten.) FIRST 20 U-BOATS OF HIS GIVE UP (Continued From Page One.) field and entered the war channel the "paravanes" were hauled aboard. On reaching a point some twenty miles off Harwich, the ships dropped anchor and Captain Addison came out on the warship Maidstone. British crews were then put on board the submarines to take them into harbor With the exception ot the engine staffs all the German sailors remained on deck. The submarines were then taken through the gates of the harbor and the German crews were transferred to the transports which will take them back to Germany. As the boats went through tile gates, the white insignia was run up on each of them with the German flag underneath. ICach German submarine commander at the transfer was required to sign a declaration decla-ration to the effect that his vessel was In running order, that its periscope was In- (act. that its torpedoes were unloaded and that Its torpedo heads were safe. Orders had been Issued forbidding any demonstration. and these Instructions wero obeyed to the letter. There was complete silence as the submarines surrendered sur-rendered and as the crews were transferred. trans-ferred. So ended an historic event and the first, portion of the German submarine subma-rine fleet is now in the hands of the British navy. |
