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Show HUNS MAY SINK WARSHIPS AND BURN ZEPPELINS '1ICTIS KELT IDE 1015: 111 -Jeer of German Army Says Craft Will Not Be Surrendered to the Allies. tempts to Duplicate the Destruction of Vessels at Scapa Flow Now Feared. By PAKKE BROWN. . -lico Tribiuio Cable, Copyright.) 3EKUN", Aug. 23. The Gorman ,-r anii navy officers are predicting ,'pts to duplicate the sinking of battle fleet interned at Scapa Flow, jaeritan officers leaving Berlin, -ttarJ bound, have been told to pth for news of two events seut-j seut-j of tho rest of the fleet Germany .squired by the peace terms to de-:: de-:: to the allies, and burning up the ; .-plinj which also must be turned Do you think?" a German army an recently asked the United States !.ner on the train from Danzig to Hj, "the crews of those battleships, rjers, destroyers and torpedo:boats r.i surrender them, They will sink, a first. And those magnificent Zep-:-!! will go up in smoke before they surrendered to the entente." of Americans. Vot much was thought of this at that but now almost identical state-i:ts state-i:ts from other sources have aroused belief that there is something more : the officer's remarks than mere work. The situation, with respect : the remaining vessels and airships, iifferent from that of tho fleet at 'W Flow, as Germany officially i:i?d an agreement to surrender them :ie one angle of the defense of Ad-:il Ad-:il feuter's conduct was that his :!t merely was interned. Another fact arousing the interest '. American officers is the unusually r;i number of German army and officers volunteering to enter the i-'iteof the United States. Naturally, : are not accepted. But it is esti-:ed esti-:ed enough soldiers to make a com- battalion volunteered recently, baj the navy men was one submit-commander, submit-commander, who couldn't under-' under-' 'id why he was not wanted. 'Another country wanta us," he fed for Work. J connection with the departure of Srst part of his command, General ; head of the American military :ion in Germany, has issued a gen-;. gen-;. order expressing appreciation of ;'orkof the personnel of the mis-i, mis-i, tou have benefited mankind where-'' where-'' there was an opportunity, and ''opportunity didn't appear you ':!il it, he said.' ' "Countries whose I 'Mlmve been in your kindly keep-:' keep-:' should never forget your unselfish ; in behalf of hundreds of thou-1 thou-1 :sj)f their helpless ones in captiv-uch captiv-uch worthy one of you may prop- proud of having 'shared' in the notable humanitarian enterprise of "historic period." |